Can you experts tell me in simple terms what can be done in LR that can't be done in PS and vice-versa
Why do Adobe have two products when most of you have both anyway,
Would it not be simpler to have both programs rolled into one?
Cheers.
By the way the Photography show at the NEC was excellent on Sunday and well worth a visit.
I'll try simple terms with an example:
LR is a bit like Chapters thumbnails you would find on any DVD movies.
PS is a bit like the full movie.
LR is a bit like an index at the back of a book.
PS is a bit like all the full pages in the main body of the book.
LR is a bit like a sheet of different colour samples for a range of paints.
PS is a bit like the actual tin of paint, which you open and use.
Or put it another way, use the military as an example:
LR is a bit like small forces of advanced scouts, with lightweight weapons, suited for seeking the enemy.
PS is a bit like the main forces with heavy weapsons and tanks, suited for full scale attack.
LR is more suited for heavy use as a catalogue, for looking at so many photographs within one viewing, although you could point out that you can do the same with Windows Explorer by looking at the files in a thumbnail format in the folders, LR however could give you more options than Explorer by offering you a chance to group photos in Collections, or Catalogs, or using keywords, ratings, etc., (although Explorer can do that too), but LR do have Maps.
Once you have found the image in LR, bearing in mind, LR is primary designed as a catalogue for searching images, and designed secondary as a light quick editing application, you do not have to do any work in LR all the time, you can always open it in PS for serious editing work.
If you think of it as a library in the old days before computers were used to help search for books: LR is a bit like a drawer full of 5x4" index cards, with the book title and author's name typed on it, plus year it was published, and a very short description of what the book is about. It helps you to search for any books you seek, and you read the short intro to check if it is the right book. If it is, you take it out, then go to the shelves of books to seek the actual book you want to read (which is what PS is).
Sometimes new users tend to think "Lightroom OR Photoshop" but althought I've only had both of them for about less than a year so far, I find that it would help if you have BOTH Lightroom AND Photoshop, you just use them both side by side. LR to seek the images, PS to do serious editing.
Hope this simple terms using examples helped to give you some ideas?
