anesh Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 I have just got Lightroom and upon first impression it seems more "intuitive" than ACR. Have you dropped ACR in favour of Lightroom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des adams Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 No,I've dropped light room in favor of bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbalko Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 My budget limits me to Elements, so my ACR isn't nearly full-featured. For 300 bucks I've got PSE 5 + LR and all my RAW work is done in LR. I also find that the more I shoot, and the more I learn about LR, the less time I spend on local adjustments in PSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anesh Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 "No,I've dropped light room in favor of bridge" Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronald_moravec1 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 It is nice to do as much as you can with the raw image, but as a rule you can not do local changes with them. Lightroom does have a tone curve, but it is not selective. If you want to adjust some of tones of a certain brightness, but not others, I don`t see how to do it. I will probasbly upgrade CS2 to get the Lightroom raw converter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricklavoie Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Yes. I use Lr 1.1 to do everything, form cataloging, development..well basically to do everything it does! I still use Bridge when i work on file, just to select them and see them bigger when working on a project. I dont catalogue my PSD in Lr. Personal choice only. Im also curious why Al dropped Lr for Bridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_oconnor3 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Lightroom was one of those things I didn't think I would find any use for. ACR and bridge make a great combo. But I have to admit, just like previous posters I do 80% of my work in Lightroom. It is just such a simple tool to use. I now have a ton of photos that never go through bridge to PS3. I'm looking forward to when the SDK becomes available for Lightroom that should enhance its functionality so I have to say I, yes, I do use Lightroom more than ACR. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_bradtke Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 NO I tried lightroom when it was in Beta testing. I used it enough to find out that I do not like the UI. I will stick with ACR and CS3 Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenbarrington Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Yes, I too find the combination of LR and PSE5 to be an ideal combination for me. I hardly ever use PSE anymore but I realize I need SOME sort of selective editing on occasion. What I'd like to see is for Adobe to take the PSE editor and modify it to work as an optional add-on module for Lightroom, so I wouldn't need to export the photo to PSE. Instead, it would be just another module. Then my life would be complete! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anesh Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 Having use ACR for quite a while I find everything about Lightroom just a lot more sensible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Ingold Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 There are many things about Lightroom that make it easier to use than Bridge/ACR, but I still use the latter in many cases. Lightroom can be a PITA since you must "import" images rather than simply open a directory in which they reside. Secondly, directories set up under Bridge/ACR are portable if you cache the Bridge information in the same directory. You can move them to another drive, the contents to another directory or rename the directory and use them in Bridge without fuss. With Lightroom, you must jump through hoops to "find" the images once they have been moved. You can't simply re-import them without deleting them from the existing data base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_ Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Bridge is a browser. Lightroom (among other things) is a database management system. Very different. www.citysnaps.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des adams Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Bridge-CS3 suits me better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beauh44 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Nope. Bridge/CS3 here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricklavoie Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 I think the question should have been; Do you need Lr in your workflow? As for me Bridge is not enough to do what i need, or at least not design as simple as Lr i should say. ACR or Lr is almost the same, i still prefer Lr for is quick way of saving preset and applying them. Could i live without Lr? not anymore since i know it well, but i could have live without it for sure if i didtn see what he can do. Bridge and ACR serve me well for years, i just find that Lr is more darkroom/production oriented. Im curious to know from those who still use ACR and Bridge, what is your main reason? $$$? speed? need? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trunfio Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 I feel left out! I tried Lightroom demo yesterday for 2 hours and couldn't get past the UI. I like Bridge-CS3 much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldw Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 ACR is out of my workflow completely...All Lightroom all the time. Adobe nailed it. I still use CS2 when necessary, but 80% of what I need to do from a RAW processing perspective and asset management can all be done in Lightroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkka_nissila Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Lightroom for the majority of images; with an occasional pic in NX and sometimes a bit of PS. Maybe 1 in 10 images that get printed get treatment outside of Lightroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_austin Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I'm a PSE3/ACR user who tried the Lightroom 1.0 trial for the full 30 days, then passed on it. I'm looking for a tool to replace or integrate with PS, not just augment it. Unless/until Lightroom includes the ability to launch plug-ins (I use Noise Ninja and PT Lens) and the ability to pass the image directly to PS, it's not for me. I also tried the 30-day trial of PSE5 since Adobe has elected to freeze PSE3 out of any further ACR updates, but the removal of certain icons I use constantly turned me off. (Maybe they'll fix that in PSE6?) I did enjoy LR's interface, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_marion Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I downloaded a trial copy (v 1.0) off the Adobe website last week in order to try it out. I am quite happy with my previous setup - I was using ACR with CS2. I wanted to check out the improvements to ACR as I believe they are also built in to LR. Well, I was EXTREMELY disappointed with LR. it was incredibly slow. What drove me nuts was the delay in image clarity when I moved sliders. In CS2 the image adjusts instantly to slider changes using WB, shadows, exposure ect. In LR the image became fuzzy as I moved the slider and took half a second to become clear and focused again. Reminded me of a copy of RawShooter Essentials I test drove last year. This time lag is simply intolerable when trying to do fine adjustments. My rig is plenty fast enough to handle LR - it's duo core E6600 with 4 Gbs RAM. LR converted the RAWs quickly - it just had unacceptable lag times with the images that I was trying to make adjustments to. I've since read about changes certain display preferences as well as noticing a new release just came out. I hope to give the new version a whirl, if I can. I deleted LR from my machine earler this week as it was crashing too frequently. We'll see if I can download the newer version again. I really like CS2's ACR. If the improvement to LR 1.1 is not significant I'll probably just upgrade to CS3. I'd read so so many great reports about LR - probably the MAC version or the PC beta version. I was hoping the RAW engine would be an improvement over the already good ACR 3.7 in CS2. I am praying the new release works out better for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustafa_a Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 <p>i have lightroom 2.4 key, if anyone needs it, email me at <a href="mailto:moostico@yahoo.com">moostico@yahoo.com</a>..... ill see if i can assist you guys..<br> thanx</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricklavoie Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 <p>Mustafa, you are aware that this is a legit forum?</p> <p>you still have 9min left to edit your post ; )</p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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