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Downloading the trial at the moment to see if i like it,i use ps cs3 at the moment.
Never having really tried anything else i thought i would give this a go to see how i get on with it.:)
 
I upgraded to Lightroom 3 from version 2 last week primarily because there is a new feature in there for batch processing an embedded watermark image. I've not got my head around how to get the best out of it yet but it certainly looks like a very good tool.
 
It sounds good from what other users are saying,so hopefully i can persuade the wife i need it if it is not too expensive.:):thumbs:
 
I have LR3 and PS CS5 and have to say, I use about 5% of the capabilities on both.

In retrospect I wish I'd bought Elements...

I do keep pushing and trying different things, expecially in Photoshop - the action facility is amazing as is the content aware fill.

Cheers.
 
Lightroom is Light YEARS ahead of photoshop for processing pictures - catalogues them too so you can find them no matter where they are on your disks. The best thing for photographers since the end of the darkroom!
 
Having had a quick play with it i think i might like it but like anything new to you i am not too sure.:)
 
Will try.:)
 
awp said:
persevere - it is worth it :)
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Aye, it needs a wee bit effort but it is close to "all-you-need-to-have" for finding and processing your photos.
 
I'm about a month in front of you, having moved from PS CS2 to Lightroom 3.

Despite being a software junkie I don't find it intuitive.

I have the book by Scott Kelby which is well worth £18 from Amazon, also watching the video tutorials on the Adobe site. I think it's worth persevering though.
 
I use LR2 and have done so for over a year now. It has shaved hours from my work flow and being able to batch export for web, print etc is a real time saver.

The other aspect which is a godsend is the ability to convert RAW files to DNGs at the import stage.

Keep at it, the Kelby book is good value.
 
Thanks for all your input,a bit strange at first i suppose.:):thumbs:
 
Is light room a lot better than CS5 then? I thought it was pretty much the same but CS5 has more options for none photography things and light room is more geared towards batch processing? What is the difference? How are you finding it jockwav?
 
Lightroom can do 95%+ of everything you'll want to do to a picture - and much much faster than Photoshop. There is NO file loading - NO saving files - all done in the background - totally non-destructive editing - everything is just saved to the database. It also catalogues the pictures on your drive - PS doesn't do that. You can search for pictures in all sorts of ways including metadata - PS can't do that either. It integrates very well with PS for the times you need to do a little more.
 
awp said:
totally non-destructive editing.
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This is the best bit for me , I tend to over do PP and with a click of a button you can send it back to normal , or back track a step at a time .

:thumbs: Lightroom 3 and the ability to add watermarks to all my images at the same time
 
It is going to take a lot of patience i think,but so far i quite like it.:):thumbs:
 
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