lightroom V darkroom

paul hodgson

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Are the 2 comparable?

What are the differences?

I am looking to do high volume photos with on site printing so my workflow has got to be quick, which would you recommend
 
was my first reaction... then, I realised that this was in PP and image editing, where all the digikal people hang out, so I'm guessing he's comparing

https://www.darkroomsoftware.com/

and

Lightroom

That is exactly why I responded lol.

Also, and I've noticed here quite often there are a lot of threads with not a lot of replies to honest questions. I think it's important to support each other in online communities. Hopefully the OP will get someone that can give him the answer he really needs. The more people post in the thread, the more likely it is to happen :)
 
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to be honest, I'm still slightly "mentally scarred" by my attempts to produce "runs" of a single image - used to hate it when a customer would say "that's the perfect shot to have in the reception of our depots, can we have 14 of them please..." not realising that the print i'd taken in was the 7th attempt to get everything perfect, and there was masses of hand-dodging and burning going on to get it to the state that i'd handed them what I thought was the finished article for their boardroom... Replicating that, at least for me, was a nightmare - one time where I'm so much happier with digital workflows - do the pp in Lightroom (or Photoshop) ONCE, then hit the button to print multiple (or for the big stuff, just tick the "print 14 copies" option on the online order)

Having said that, I've had jobs where we knocked out 1400 prints every evening for 6 nights in a row - 2 people, 1 shooting everyone in the dining room at their Evening Meal (40 rolls or 36exp), the other guy running back and forth with exposed film, and feeding the rolls of 35mm into the minilab, then both back to the lab after the meal finished, chopping the photo's out and onto easels to be viewed before the people on the cruise went in for their breakfast. Again, what would I have given for digital, a wifi enabled camera, and digital browsing of the images...
 
For a bulk solution to on site printing, I think the answer is neither, there are workflow solutions much better suited, but I can't remember the name.
 
The question I would ask is what is the event. How many pictures do envisage taking in what space of time, and how quickly do you need to have them printed. Also how are you going to to print the images. Darkroom is a Photo Booth type operation . I've never used it so can't comment on its suitability. I don't know how fast it is or how well it works. You'll need to talk to them about it. Lightroom would work, shooting tethered would be the quickest way. But it does depend on numbers etc
 
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