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hi chaps and chapesses,

just wondered if any of you could shed any light on this for me? (that's the absolutely dreadful gag out of the way!)

at the moment i use Canon's DPP for twiddling white balance etc.. before converting from RAW to tiff/jpeg.. then i either leave it or i enhance further in PS or Elements for cropping / levels etc..

i was wondering (as i've never used it before) what added benefit i would get from using lightroom? does it duplicate a lot of PS's jobs or do many of you use it as a stand alone piece of software? basically what i'm asking is... should i buy it or what would be the justification in buying it?

as a bit of added info, i'm not particularly honed in any specific togging area... i like a bit of everything.

whaddya reckon? :help:
 
i'll just apologise in advance if there's already loads of threads about this... i'm just about to leave the office and i never checked beforehand! sorry!
 
Lightroom was designed for Photographers and to that end does a lot of things that Photoshop does. Ok it can't do a lot of retouching but everything eklse it does very well. In fact if you have the latest version of Photoshop, you've got in ACR module a lot of the develop tools in Lightroom, but not as good an interface.

Plus there are a couple of additional tools not in ACR

Best bet download the 30 day trial and see for yourself
 
Duplicate post ooops
 
dont know if its still available but lightroom 3 beta was available as a free download for trial purposes with a longer use time than 30 days
 
thanks boys.... i think i will download the trial and have a gander.
 
Lightroom also catalogues all your pictures and allows you to find them by searches - file name, keyword, lens used etc - helps you keep organised and does 99% of your PP better/faster than anything else - integrates beautifully with PS when required too.
 
The Lightroom fans will say use LR, some will prefere the raw conversion of Canons DPP and say why not use that,and others will prefere another raw converter.

The question is what works for you, Lightroom is a good all in one application that does all three well ,raw conversion, some editing and dam organisation.
If this is what you are looking for then look no further than Lightroom and Elements as it will fullfill all your needs.

But it is not the best at all three and is why there are some (including me)who still think there are still real benefits for the modular, three pronged approach to a photographers' workflow. When someone builds a better mousetrap you can update that component, be it a , better Editor, RAW Converter, or more efficient Cataloguing application or faster Image Browser.

Although I own LR 2.6 I still use this approch after LR did not satisfy all my needs.

The point is try them and make your own mind up for your needs and expectations. Nearly every piece of software as a 30 day trial so try a few combinations, what I use is irrelavant as it may not suit you. :)
 
OlyPaul said:
The Lightroom fans will say use LR, some will prefere the raw conversion of Canons DPP and say why not use that,and others will prefere another raw converter.

The question is what works for you, Lightroom is a good all in one application that does all three well ,raw conversion, some editing and dam organisation.
If this is what you are looking for then look no further than Lightroom and Elements as it will fullfill all your needs.

But it is not the best at all three and is why there are some who still think there are still real benefits for the modular, three pronged approach to a photographers' workflow. When someone builds a better mousetrap you can update that component, be it a , better Editor, RAW Converter, or more efficient Cataloguing application or faster Image Browser.

Although I own LR 2.6 I still use this approch after LR did not satisfy all my needs.

The point is try them and make your own mind up for your needs and expectations. Nearly every piece of software as a 30 day trial so try a few combinations, what I use is irrelavant as it may not suit you. :)
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blimey... i didn't even realise it was a RAW converter as well. i defo need some organisation bringing into my catalogue thats for sure, so it'll worth a pop.

thanks for the heads up :thumbs:
 
I only use LR when I do event photography and have a thousand odd pix to process at the same time.
This is where LR really comes into action me thinks.
Be lost without it!!
 
It's a long while since I used DPP, but you can do a hell of a lot for your images with just four sliders in the develop module of Lightroom - exposure, recovery, fill light and blacks.

Personally I find all the cataloguing tools in LR unnecessarily complex, though.
 
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