[SpA]JediLardMaster wrote:
Why is Lightroom so good? I messed around with it for about hour and couldn't really see what it actualy does - is it an alternative to something like photoshop?
Lightroom is more like the Camera RAW in Bridge but it's got better features and you can control a lot more, including changing the lens from the one that was originally used to fish-eye, wide-angle; the list is massive. You can control the WB and there are plenty of really good presets to choose from. You will only be able to use Lightroom to it's full extent if your photo's have been taken in RAW format. Otherwise you might as well stick to Camera RAW in Bridge or just Photoshop.
Lightroom is essentially a skin for some of photoshop's functionality making it easier to access, there's little maybe nothing there at all that you can do with photoshop, its just presented to work for a photographer rather than an artworker, the programs workflow is so slick its untrue making large volume editing a dream, and its cache is just a god send.
I still prefer lightroom and then photoshop... but I doubt I'll go back to just using photoshop any-time soon
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