| Itchybottom |
09-28-2010 12:05 PM |
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Originally Posted by yt2005
(Post 150377)
So what's the deal with Lightroom, anyways? How does it compare with Photoshop? Are there any features that make Lr better than Ps, or is it just Ps-lite for photo editing? Is the user interface at least geared more towards photo-editing?
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They're different products. You can do everything in Photoshop, but Lightroom is just the beginning of photo processing workflow, with library integration and some shitty scripts (like being able to compress/archive your workflow). It's for people who don't have the skill, and/or time for a real postprocessing suite. RAW processing is leaps and bounds better in Photoshop. I think though that grandma with holiday photos, would probably make more sense of Lightroom. Elements, is the middle man between Lightroom and Photoshop. Lightroom is the "sorting" end of the spectrum, Elements is the "consumer post-processing" and Photoshop is the "do-it-all". Then of course there is Adobe Bridge, is which their file browser and has all sorts of quirks (like not being able to export RAW data from Lightroom to Bridge, but you can export RAW data from Photoshop to Bridge ... yeah, whatever that's all about)
The user interface [of Lightroom], is counter-intuitive compared to competing products. Aperture is easier to use and Silkypix, even though horrible, is better laid out and comes free as postprocessing software with a lot of cameras.
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