Software Upgrade - what next?

Andysnap

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Hi folks,

I currently use Elements 6 but I'm finding that its starting to be limiting. I don't want to spent hundreds on new software so whats next, CS3, or is there something that will compliment Elements without costing me a fortune and probably severe bruising from the wife? :eek:

Cheers

Andy
 
I don't know much about Elements or CS3, but Adobe Lightroom is what I use and I love it - you can get a 30 day free download from the Adobe website, and to be honest, my NCFE Photography tutor says it's better than PS.

why not try it for the free 30 days, and tell us what you think? :)
 
andrewc said:
What bit is limiting?

Lightroom?
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To be honest it might be my grasp of what it can do thats the limiting factor so maybe a course in Photoshop might be a better investment. :shrug: However I find I'm more drawn to b&w recently and feel that there might be better ways of converting than E6 allows.

I know nothing about Lightroom at all, is it complimentary to E6 etc?

Cheers

Andy
 
HopefulM said:
I don't know much about Elements or CS3, but Adobe Lightroom is what I use and I love it - you can get a 30 day free download from the Adobe website, and to be honest, my NCFE Photography tutor says it's better than PS.

why not try it for the free 30 days, and tell us what you think? :)
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I may just do that Maria. By the way I did the NCFE course last year, you enjoying it?

Andy
 
andrewc said:
Lightroom as well as an image cataloguer, is a raw converter. Really depends how and what you shoot, but its a free download (30 day trial).
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Just You Tubed a tutorial about what it does and it looks very interesting. I'm always struggling to find images so the cataloging part alone would be useful and its not daft money either. Thanks Andrew.

Andy
 
I use E6 and Lightroom together. lightroom for cataloging and rough editing. Lightroom does batch editing as well.

I use E6 for in depth editing on a single picture. Don't want to spend the big money on PS....
 
Have you considered Nikon Capture NX2.
A trial download is available.
 
Andysnap said:
Just You Tubed a tutorial about what it does and it looks very interesting. I'm always struggling to find images so the cataloging part alone would be useful and its not daft money either. Thanks Andrew.

Andy
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Amazing for the catalogue side :thumbs: I use it & would never go back to PSE now.

If you wanted a good run down we could meet up in some nice pub like The White Lion & you can have a look at it on my laptop
 
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