A street price of $100 or less for Lightroom would make me take notice. However, I'm finding Bibble Lite excellent also (I have an earlier free version which supports the DS - the current version sells for $70). It doesn't seem too dissimilar to Adobe Camera Raw in the way it works (not that I've used ACR but I have Bruce Fraser's book on it and the workflow he describes seems to be adaptable to Bibble).
By the way, Fraser is a great loss - I received a copy of his book on image sharpening at Christmas and have learnt more about sharpening (and image processing generally) in the last two weeks than I had worked out in the previous 2-3 years. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Jan 23, 2007, at 1:10 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > > ... I've tried Lightroom and yes, I think it's excellent. > However, > > I suspect Adobe will charge accordingly. ... > > I'm sure they will "charge accordingly". Apple charges a list price > > of $299 for Aperture, targeted to professional usage and with a > feature set that is in most ways quite similar. Lightroom is > targeted > to a broader audience and will most likely be priced below that. > > Personally, I think $200-250 list with a street price around $180 > is > perfectly fair for what I'm seeing in features and quality. Who > knows? it might come in at a Photoshop Elements price level, around > > $90, as a replacement. > > Time will tell. In the meanwhile, it's free during the beta period > > and I'm getting a lot of work done with it. > > G > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Click for free info on online degrees and make $150K/ year http://tags.bluebottle.com/fc/CAaCMPJnTICHCq4PGWRWko6hg0W2nxFc/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
