On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Malcolm Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Each one will do things the other won't, but Lightroom is by far the >> better tool for photographers these days; Photoshop has become more of >> a graphic designer's tool. That's not to say you can't have a good >> workflow with Photoshop and Bridge, but if you find yourself regularly >> needing the features of Photoshop that Lightroom can't do there are >> probably shortcomings in your photographic technique that need >> addressing more than software. If you're going to have one tool for >> photography Lightroom is the best choice. If you can afford both then >> get both :) > > Shortcomings in photo technique; well, quite probably but we won't go there > today. I was more concerned with how LR would deal with repair of damaged > photos, but having had a look at the videos that George recommended, I am > really surprised at how much LR can do. I really want to buy rather than > rent (right term?), so I'll grab the latest version and see where we go from > there.
Lightroom is the right choice for most photographers' work, most of the time. But photo repair and restoration is similar to retouching and is a specialized task that I myself don't undertake in Lightroom, rather I use Photoshop for it. For example, you need to be able to use precision healing and cloning tools with low percentage flow and a lot of feathering. For your poll: I use both Lightroom and Photoshop, but I'm hanging on to my slightly out of date paid-for copies. I will not move to a Creative Cloud subscription until I have no other choice. Eg: s/w no longer runs on latest Mac OS X, or I desperately need a new product feature. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
