On Jul 12, 2010, at 10:34 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > I started with Elements, then soon tried Lightroom, and I've never wanted to > use Elements again. I find Lightroom's photo management excellent, and I use > Lightroom to upload to my web site for my PESOs and GESOs, and I'm going to > use it for my online portfolio as well (I actually worked on that a bit > today). It's soooo easy to do this once you have a web site. I HATE > Elements' organizer for it's management stuff. Can't stand it. Clunky for > me to use. Also, I really don't want to spend a lot of time with Photoshop > layers and such. I want to try to take good pictures in-camera, so I have > shorter post-process time. Because I can't do overly obsessive localized > editing, I know I have to do good camera work to get an acceptable shot. > Easier said than done to be sure, but I try. Anyway, using Lightroom helps me > in this goal. Though you can do quite a bit of post-processing with > Lightroom, and I checked out Lightroom 3 today, and wow, I want it, but I > don't have 2 gigs of RAM or service pack 3. (Just had a conversation with > hubby over dinner about the possibility of a new computer.) If you can, you > should download a free trial of Lightroom 3. I'm pretty darn sure you'll like > it.
Thanks, Christine. I'm convinced about Lightroom. [It's a bit pricey for me though. Almost double what I paid for my used *ist DS -- with which, by the way, I am VERY happy.] And it is more the file management than the editing capability that I'm looking for. I like hearing a professional photographer saying what you said about "taking good pictures in-camera." I think I can learn how to do that. I have no interest in learning how to edit images. Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
