Lightroom is best compared as Bridge+PS Lite, rather than a direct replacement to PS.
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 3:01 PM, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On Aug 6, 2010, at 2:08 PM, Tom C wrote: > >> 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. >> >> 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 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. >> >> Tom C > > I much prefer PhotoShop, but I'm sure that's due in part to familiarity. By > the time I got Lightroom, I had already established a solid filing system > with Bridge and a conversion workflow that's fast and efficient. Plus, I do a > lot of image editing. (Witness the PhotoShopped "action" shots I've done for > car mags.) I think they're both good tools, serving different constituencies. > Paul > > >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- 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.
