> I've recently started carrying a corporate laptop and have been
> Photoshopless on the road. I downloaded CS5 trial, now expired, and now
> have a trial version of LR3.
>
> I'm sure the differences between PS and LR have been discussed ad
> nauseum, yet I'm still curious about how others feel they compare. I
realize
> it's natural to prefer what one is accustomed to, and for me that's been
> Photoshop since 3.0 thru CS2.
>
I first used Photoshop at version 3.0. I never liked it. I disliked its
interface, I disliked that it called itself Photoshop but was not
particularly photographer-friendly, and I was not prepared to put the work
in to learn its concepts, which have no value for me - layers are for
cartoonists and chicken farmers, not photographers. It has always seemed to
me that they were based around the tool, not the task.
> My opinion after working / trying to work with LR is that I much prefer
> Photoshop. I'm particularly irked that it does not let me resize my image
at
> any time in the editing process.
I don't understand what you mean by this. You can crop, you can zoom in and
out, and you can export in any size you want.
> I also find the software itself uses up far too
> much screen real estate for itself in default mode.
>
> Overall I prefer the interface of PS and the fact that it has no pretenses
of
> imposing a structured workflow of it's originators design upon my
> postcapture processing.
The basic elements of the workflow - import { catalogue | edit | output } -
are things any digital photographer must do, although not necessarily with
one tool. Other than having to import first, no other sequence is imposed on
you. This is no different to downloading from your camera to your disk for
Photoshop, or using the twain interface to scan something. With LR though
you can set up presets to automate a lot of routine stuff at the import
stage if you want to - however, you're not obliged to.
It differs from PS in that it's aimed very specifically at photographers,
not graphics people in general, and it includes the 'asset management'
functionality.
> I realize
> it's natural to prefer what one is accustomed to, and for me that's been
> Photoshop since 3.0 thru CS2.
I strongly recommend that you give it a fair crack of the whip. It might be
worthwhile working through one or 2 of the books that are available so you
can see what it does. It's nor intended as a complete replacement for
Photoshop, so there may be things you want to do with it, but can't, but I
personally feel no need for PS at all, and it's liberating! Have a look at
the D65 Workflow site and book, which I found very useful when setting LR up
and learning how to make the best use of it.
<http://www.d65.com/>
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615378447?ie=UTF8&tag=d65-20&linkCode=as2
&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0615378447>
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