jamieleephoto Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I have only been using photoshop to do everything needed with my photos. Once I start doing more weddings should I buy something like "LIGHTROOM"? I wouldn't know what to do with the 1,000's of pictures. With my portrait sessions, I can view and edit each picture in photoshop. Is there a program out there that makes everything easier and faster for bulk photos? Any help would be great! Thanks! Jamie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen dohring Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Lightroom is now more valuable to me than photoshop - much faster and more intuative. If I had only one choice it would be LR, however they both are needed. For the low price and the time it saves me, LR is the greatest value in quality output and time savings I have experienced in anything I have purchased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronald_moravec1 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 lightroom is made for bulk editing. Adobe camera raw does bulk work as well if you shoot raw. If not, you can still do things in ps you can`t do in Lightroom like burn and dodge several ways. With lightroom, you can only adjust the curve, not specific areas of a photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneguy Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I use them together in combination. All exposure adjustments, and conversions in LR, and use PSCS3 for touch ups, and heavy editing. They are both invaluable. If I had to choose, I'd pick CS3, and use ACR over just having LR. Just my .02 worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony bennett Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I bought lightroom a few weeks ago and also elements 5. I love my new workflow. It is very efficient. I agree with Steve that I cannot live without lightroom. You will spend some time learning it but once you do, it will change your life(less time editing.) Options included include a crop/straightening tool and a clone tool. I found these after I bought LR. I also like to print directly from LR to see what my adjustments look like and they have been great. The only thing I use the Photoshop for is the plugin "Portraiture." Also, you can use the lightroom on two computers (mine is on desktop and laptop.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_schilling___chicago_ Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I get by very easily with just PS and use batch actions to speed post-processing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenbarrington Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I'm using a combination of ACDSee Pro2 Beta, Lightroom, and occasionally, PSE5. I like ACDSee as my organizer, but I really dislike its raw developer. I love the Lightroom raw developer, but its organizing capabilities are just awful IMO. And for those rare occasions wen I need a real editor, PSE5 works well for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly_m.2 Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 I use lightroom for overall bulk adjustments and minor color corrections etc. Everything goes through lightroom edits or not and then for a anything artistic, face touchups, B&W, Sepia, etc. I use photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfidaho Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 If you do daily retail work in addition to weddings, you may want Lightroom in order to better organize your work. If you just do weddings (like me), you can easily get by with Bridge and Photoshop. I would also get the Noise Ninja plugin, especially if you don't shoot with a Canon CMOS camera. Later, Paulsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedding-photography-denver Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 I have pushed myself to incorporate LR and have recently stopped using it wholesale. The whole idea of library based working is not for me. I prefer the Bridge idea, where it access files where you placed them and does not creat whole new libraries each time I import a new wedding. LR is good and powerful, but slow to operate in practice to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiva Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Capture One Phase One then finish in photoshop. No Lightroom here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkka_nissila Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 For me, the digital workflow was extremely time consuming before I started using Lightroom. It reduces the time I need to spend sitting on a computer by at least 50%, maybe even 70%. I use PS and NX occasionally also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o._wagner Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Lightroom was too complicated and putzy for me. Some people swear by it. Try Photo Mechanic (www.camerabits.com). They have free trial versions. It's great for viewing and organizing (lightning fast for 1000's of files). It has a great feature where you give each photo a color class and arrange photos by color, batch rename, etc. I open my folder of photos, arrow key through them and hit "1" for the keepers. Then I click on arrange by color class, and delete all the rest. Thumbnails are viewable instantly, vs. other programs that take forever to load up. I then use PS for color adjustments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielserrano Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 how does it compare to apple aperture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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