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philsmove
18th-May-2009, 11:54 AM
http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshoplightroom/Any one use lightroom? I have a 30day free trail version, which I am using with elements 7, so far I am impressed, but wonder if it has any hidden snags

straycat
18th-May-2009, 02:51 PM
I use it (version 2, MacOS) - it's a great piece of software. No real downsides that I can think of, and if you do a lot of photography, it's well worth the purchase.

Feelingpink
18th-May-2009, 08:37 PM
http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshoplightroom/Any one use lightroom? I have a 30day free trail version, which I am using with elements 7, so far I am impressed, but wonder if it has any hidden snagsDon't use it at the moment, but the person who does my wedding processing does - and it has the ability to do amazing recovery from shadows, even with jpeg (& far better with raw). She has written a guide - http://www.lightroomqueen.com/. Since pretty much her whole life is spent correcting files, if I was going to use the software, I'd buy the book.

That said, was at a seminar today given by a photographer I respect hugely (& my mentor) and some of the photographs he showed had extremely good colour and skin tones which came out of raw processing via CaptureOne, which he thinks produces the best colour possible, especially with colourful images like late afternoon portraits shot into the light.

Tessalicious
18th-May-2009, 08:55 PM
I've used Lightroom a lot, as has Mr Danceportraits, and it's excellent. It allows really high throughput of first pass editing, but also enough features so that it'll probably be all you need for your full editing too. We never found any real snags, at least not that haven't been fixed in version 2. Enjoy :)

philsmove
27th-May-2009, 06:21 PM
Don't use it at the moment, but the person who does my wedding processing does .......

Thanks

I have just bought and down loaded the book

Like lightroom it is excellent, answering lots of my questions:

Mac or PC ?

How to integrate the use of a desk top and a laptop

why do you have allways have to import images

not just how to, but why

Feelingpink
28th-May-2009, 09:03 AM
Thanks

I have just bought and down loaded the book

Like lightroom it is excellent, answering lots of my questions:

...Glad to hear it's working for you. Will give you a call if I swap across! :wink:

philsmove
14th-December-2009, 03:41 PM
Any one tried Beta 3 yet

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/what-s-new-in-lightroom-3-beta/whats-new-in-lightroom-3-beta-part-1/

I am still trying to learn 2 but the changes to import. look like an big improvement