I've always been pretty comfortable in Photoshop. I admit, I like the way aperture works for sorting and picking, but it has been awfully slow to edit with.
Has anyone given Adobe Lightroom a serious try, and if so, opinions. I have every intention of moving up to CS3 when it is a final release and would be interested to know if Lightroom works better with Photoshop than Aperture.
Thanks.
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
If you have a fast connection you can download the video tutorial which will be up to 4.5 hours worth of training once they get it all filmed. Costs under $15 total:
I have been using Lightroom for a while and I am VERY HAPPY with it. I used a couple of the different Beta releases, and now have purchased v. 1. Several very important features were added to v 1 which made it a must have for me. I too recommend looking at some video tutorials to get a feel for it. You can also try out a full version trial for 30 days.
Lightroom is very intuitive and powerful program. I find that Photoshop CS2 feels clunky compared to it. The fact that I can now do the majority of my work without having to go to Photoshop is a major time savor! With 500,000 downloads of the beta versions, and incorporating that input, Adobe was able to deliver a very polished v 1. It will only get better.
Give it a whirl. I think you will really like it.
J. Paul
yes, LR is awesome. it has shaved 2 hours a day off our workload (we shoot about 250 gigs a month of events, weddings and glamour)
BUT BUT BUT
there is a major pain in the ass bug on mac os 10.4.8 on a mac book pro - the app inconsistently sometimes won't let you move files with out renaming them, this is a TOTAL pain, it also wont let you rearrange files all of a sudden within the same folder. yikes! and then sometimes it will let you move files in sub folders but not at the root level. this is also related to the app "checking" the database every week, as the problem gets worse after this has been done.
there is little to no adobe tech support for this app, and all their resonses on their forums are full of how clever they are and no help at all.
the workaround is to rename the images with a sequential number after the file name and then after a restart it will let you move them.
but still, the overall workflow and raw conversion quality is incredible. and yes even with the file naming and rearrangin bug, this app is quite amazing.
previously we used capture one and then bridge, i never got on very well with iview.
good luck with it.
i am sure that abobe will fix this in v1.1
will
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
I wonder if anyone can help me? What's the best way to save jpegs or tiff files once you have done your post production in Lightroom? Also can you save a white balance preference which then can be used in subsequent shots?
What's the best way to save jpegs or tiff files once you have done your post production in Lightroom?
Select the photo(s) you wish to export and choose "Export...". You can create presets for commonly used export settings.
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Also can you save a white balance preference which then can be used in subsequent shots?
Absolutely. In the Develop module, you set the white balance on an image that will suit for a model, then you create a new preset by clicking the + icon in the Presets panel on the left. The "New Develop Preset" dialog will pop up, and you need to make sure that "White Balance" is checked and nothing else is. Give the preset a name (such as "My white balance") and click Create. You can now apply this preset to any image you select in the Develop module, or you can have it automatically applied via the Import Photos dialog.
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
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