Definitely not a replacement in its current state (which is an early,
feature-incomplete version - hardly a beta by the usual definition).
So far, no layers, masks, or any pixel based editing or retouching
functions. But boy, does its B&W conversion function kick butt. Right
now, for the way I work, I'd do initial conversion in Lightroom and
then export to PS for further editing. It'd be great if they would
add enough editing stuff to eliminate the need for PS. We'll see...
Good introduction here: http://labs.macromedia.com/technologies/
lightroom/
Particulary, check out the "Getting Started with the Develop Module"
video.
-Marco
On Mar 13, 2006, at 11:20 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
While talking with Marco last night at Godfrey's show (VERY nicely
done,
BTW - and Godders is a fine host), he mentioned that he was playing
around
with a Beta version of Adobe Lightroom. The program is not yet
available
for Windows, and I'm wondering if any other Mac users have been
using it,
and what comments you may have. From all I've read, it seems that
it might
be a very fine adjunct to Photoshop, or maybe even a replacement
for it for
photographers. Any thoughts?
Shel
