Lightroom 3 Question

If you're buying from the Adobe website you'll often find that the hard copy is cheaper (albeit £2-3).

Why not download the trial and then when the boxed set comes all you have to do is put in the key. I prefer a tangible product too!

DB
 
Adobe charge postage on top of the cost of the software if you opt for the hard copy. Check out Amazon as you will usually get free postage
 
I got it in the end guys, got it from Dabs with 3% cash back from TopCashback

This is such a great program but still got alot to learn about it.

Could I ask a couple of questions is it best to use separate catalogs for each year or just use one big catalog for all my photos? Also what is this camera calibration all about?

oh and another question which is the best way to import my old photos from Photoshop Elements 7? The trouble with PSE7 it is destructive workings unlike LR3 which is non-destructive which I prefer. Do you think the best way would be to put the finished PSE7 photos alongside the original file within the same folder if you get what I mean?
 
I'd go fro the one big catalogue, then use a directory tree method to segregate into years that way you keep everything together, but well organised.

Camera calibration. refers to the picture styles you get with many cameras. There are style for canon and Nikon, not sure if there are any for Sony. The sliders are there to allow you to produce your own custom calibration data if you want to. Initially I'd leave that bit alone.

Your old JPEG's I'd import as you would RAW files. OK they aren't RAW but it keeps the workflow tidy. As far as images you've worked on in PSE7 yes you can put those alongside the original. Not sure if it will do it with PSE7, but Lightroom will do that export if you export a RAW directly into Photoshop and save it. It will appear next to the original, as a TIFF or JPEG

If you've just started with Lightroom have a look at the NAPP site , they have loads of tutorials there on Lightroom, plus a good book would help, I'd suggest either Scott Kelby's or Martin Evening
 
Chappers said:
I'd go fro the one big catalogue, then use a directory tree method to segregate into years that way you keep everything together, but well organised.

Camera calibration. refers to the picture styles you get with many cameras. There are style for canon and Nikon, not sure if there are any for Sony. The sliders are there to allow you to produce your own custom calibration data if you want to. Initially I'd leave that bit alone.

Your old JPEG's I'd import as you would RAW files. OK they aren't RAW but it keeps the workflow tidy. As far as images you've worked on in PSE7 yes you can put those alongside the original. Not sure if it will do it with PSE7, but Lightroom will do that export if you export a RAW directly into Photoshop and save it. It will appear next to the original, as a TIFF or JPEG

If you've just started with Lightroom have a look at the NAPP site , they have loads of tutorials there on Lightroom, plus a good book would help, I'd suggest either Scott Kelby's or Martin Evening
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Thank you for the great advise, I will give it ago. Sadly I have not ever imported RAW yet, havent experiemented with RAW yet (I should though) I presume that I just import the photos that I have worked on in PSE7 and just have them next to the original.
 
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