I use photoshop exclusively. I frequently do a lot of post work and ps is the best tool in many cases. But more importantly it's familiar and feels right. I have my own filing system that I access with Bridge. It's all working fine. Tried Lightroom 2 years ago, didn't like it.
Paul via phone > On Dec 5, 2014, at 3:49 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 to my slightly out of date paid-for copies.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. -- 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.
