I played a bit on my Mac this morning, and it's significantly more
capable than Bridge as an image management tool. I'm not really familiar
with Organizer beyond descriptions, but from them I assume that
Organizer is much like iPhoto or Picasa in capability (both of which I
have used). Lightroom is nearly as capable as real DAM software, from
what I can see.
-Adam
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I'm looking forward to the Windows version. Sounds like a neat program ...
certainly one well worth trying.
You say it's more capable than Bridge or Organizer. Have you actually
tried it or have you reached that conclusion from the documentation and
description on the web site?
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Adam Maas
This program isn't intended to remain free, is it?
I would expect Adobe to start charging for it, after the beta period is
over. If the non-beta "release version" remains free, this sounds
terrific.
Two more questions: What does this program do that Adobe Bridge, or
the
Organizer in Photoshop Elements 4 won't do? Aren't these three programs
designed to do roughly the same thing?
take care,
Glen
It's not going to remain free, and the beta will expire.
Lightroom is more capable than Bridge or Organizer is. It combines that
functionality with significantly more editing capability (Well it will,
editing is somewhat limited at this point, but on the feature-add list)
and it is more capable as an image manager, being actually a database.
Think iPhoto on steroids, but without the suck. It's more of a bridge
replacement for photographers (Bridge is a generic file manager, and has
no ability to organize images beyond folders/directories). Also the
Camera RAW portion is built-in rather than opening up seperately, basic
RAW editing can be done just by selecting an image.
-Adam
