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Lightroom VS Photoshop
unfocused:
Mine is definitely a minority opinion, but as a non-professional who only has to manage his personal photo files, I say stick to Photoshop.
I bought Lightroom, tried it a few times, just couldn't get excited about it. (Okay, maybe I need to give it another shot, but I didn't find it all that useful for me).
My point: I can do everything in Adobe Camera Raw that I can do in Lightroom. They are the exact same tools, just different interface. I'm used to the ACR interface after several years of using it, so I'm comfortable with it. I do a lot of work with smart objects. Going back and forth between Photoshop and Camera Raw. (As an aside, I believe smart objects are absolutely the best way to dodge, burn and adjust image areas.)
One of the huge flaws of Lightroom, is that it is a one-way street. If you take a smart object into Photoshop to make adjustments, then duplicate it to return for additional processing in Raw, you can't easily get back to Lightroom. Instead, you end up back in ACR. So, since at least half the work is going to be done in Camera Raw anyway, what's the point of processing some in Lightroom and some in Camera Raw? None that I have found.
For file organization, I've used Bridge for so long that I'm pretty comfortable with it. Not as sophisticated as Lightroom, but it works fine for me.
Tijn:
--- Quote from: neuroanatomist on March 16, 2012, 12:17:33 PM ---LR for light image editing and library management. Photoshop for serious image editing.
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This, for me, too.
Except I suck at editing with photoshop, so in reality it never happens. I might still try though. :'(
Z:
--- Quote from: unfocused on March 16, 2012, 02:27:08 PM ---One of the huge flaws of Lightroom, is that it is a one-way street. If you take a smart object into Photoshop to make adjustments, then duplicate it to return for additional processing in Raw, you can't easily get back to Lightroom.
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Ouch... is this a fact? It's not something I've considered, but at present I use smart objects quite often with Photoshop/ACR.
Kernuak:
Like many, I use LR3 for RAW processing and basic editing, such as highlight and shadow recovery, lens correction (profile or manual sliders) and some highlights/lights/darks/shadows adjustments, then I do a bit more fairly light editing in CS4, such as curves adjustment to give it a bit more punch and the clone stamp/spot removal to remove the dust spots that weren't obvious in LR without having to look around (mainly for the 5D MkII and not the 7D). When I do a bit more, such as B&W conversions and the occasional heavier editing, then it is always CS4.
pdirestajr:
--- Quote from: unfocused on March 16, 2012, 02:27:08 PM ---Mine is definitely a minority opinion, but as a non-professional who only has to manage his personal photo files, I say stick to Photoshop.
I bought Lightroom, tried it a few times, just couldn't get excited about it. (Okay, maybe I need to give it another shot, but I didn't find it all that useful for me).
My point: I can do everything in Adobe Camera Raw that I can do in Lightroom. They are the exact same tools, just different interface. I'm used to the ACR interface after several years of using it, so I'm comfortable with it. I do a lot of work with smart objects. Going back and forth between Photoshop and Camera Raw. (As an aside, I believe smart objects are absolutely the best way to dodge, burn and adjust image areas.)
One of the huge flaws of Lightroom, is that it is a one-way street. If you take a smart object into Photoshop to make adjustments, then duplicate it to return for additional processing in Raw, you can't easily get back to Lightroom. Instead, you end up back in ACR. So, since at least half the work is going to be done in Camera Raw anyway, what's the point of processing some in Lightroom and some in Camera Raw? None that I have found.
For file organization, I've used Bridge for so long that I'm pretty comfortable with it. Not as sophisticated as Lightroom, but it works fine for me.
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My workflow is exactly the same. ACR + PS CS5. I see so many people talking about Lightroom that I wonder if I am missing out on something. Is there any editing benefits to using LR over ACR? I have used ACR for years and have my own file management system that I don't know what benefits LR offer.
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