Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have had Photoshop since V3 Mark, so not as long as you. OTOH about 75% of what it is designed for I have never used, since it is not really only appropriate for conventional photography but mainly creating artwork sometimes using the last vestiges of a photograph as a root. I am neither artistic enough, nor talented enough at those Photoshop specifics, to do any of this. What I like about Lightroom is that it stripped out of Photoshop those features it had which were very specific to presenting photographs in a normal way. When I bought Photoshop originally I had to buy it with a whole suite of other programmes which I did not use at all. Now I can buy a photographer-centric version of Photoshop - Lightroom, without paying for all the useless, to me, functionality of the full programme. I was a bit like not having to buy a whole suite of programmes just to get Photoshop. I do not consider it to be inexpensive in comparison to Photoshop since it is effectively just buying the part of Photoshop which I need and paying nowt for the part that I don?t ever use. On top of that its file organisation is better than Bridge for photographs in my opinion. So IME the full version of Photoshop is a waste of money for a photographer whose intention is to produce excellent quality prints from their exposures, and catalogue them rather than take the exposure as a basis for a bit of artwork. cheers, Frank > On 13 Oct 2015, at 17:22, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > I know a lot of people who never stopped using Photoshop. > Not Adobe Photoshop LightRoom 6. But Adobe Photoshop Photoshop that has > dominated quality digital photography before digital photography even > existed in 1991 which is when I started using it.. > There are new people buying it everyday as well. > It's like your supposed to be embarrassed to be a liberal. I'm ok with both > Photoshop use AND being a lefty. > > I'm sure Lightroom has the market share and some good top people are using > it. It cost $142.99 cents which is what a cheap here today gone tomorrow > third part filter cost for the real Photoshop. I'm sure it comes free with > some scanners and cameras. > If you don't want to pay 5 times more for the real Photoshop and make the > commitment to using that's great. But lets not pretend Photoshop doesn't > exist shall we? The real one. Adobe Bridge browser still is downloadable as > part of the CC Adobe system and I've been using it for close to a decade > and > never heard of Mechanic. > > Capture One comes free when you get a Digital camera back from Phase One, > Mamiya and Leaf the software is free and called Capture One 8 DB its what > people use when they use digital backs or who want their cameras tethered > to > huge screen so art directors and clients can direct their shoots and they > know they're getting paid because whatever happens is not going to be > blamed > on them. Its not their image. Now you can tether up your Canon or Nikon to > it. > Its still thought of my anybody I ever met as a medium format digital > solution though I know one guy who switched from Photoshop to Capture One > something a few years ago and I've not seen a pic he's done nor him since. > I think the program might be tethering him wirelessly. He's off somewhere > harvesting silicon for the big take over. > > > > On 10/12/15 11:50 PM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > >> Adobe is having issues with ONE version of Lightroom. The sky is >> not > falling. > > > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 7:54 PM, Gerry Walden >> <gerry.walden at icloud.com> > wrote: > >> In my opinion LR is the only way to go if >> you want a fully integrated >> piece of well developed software. It has a few >> detractors, mostly those who >> object to paying monthly for it, but for every >> detractor there are hundreds >> of very satisfied users. >> >> For serious users >> there are, I am afraid, very few alternatives. Probably >> the one that comes >> closest is the combination of Photo Mechanic and Capture >> One Pro. Both are >> extremely good pieces of software but C1Pro is a bit >> quirky and can take >> some time to get used to. Once you are used to it and >> used to Photo Mechanic >> the combination of the two can be very good but they >> are not as integrated >> as LR is. I am sorry to say that the market has been >> pretty much sewn up by >> LR, like it or lump it. >> >> Gerry >> >> >>> On 13 Oct 2015, at 03:38, Spencer >> Cheng <spencer at aotera.org> wrote: >>> >>> Apple has abandoned Aperture. Adobe >> seems to have major issues with LR >> according to many of you. >>> >>> I am in >> the midst of deciding what to use instead of Aperture. Apple?s >> Photos is too >> minimal for me as a image management package. >>> >>> What software should I >> be considering instead? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Spencer >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See >> http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > // >> richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // >> http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > // >> https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto > > _______________________________________ >> ________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug >> for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information