Confuse about software

joeinmiami

I use Elements 8 for my photo finishing work. Lately I have seem advertisements and threads talking about Adobe Ligthroom. Can someone tell me the difference purposes between Adobe Elements and Adobe ligthroom?

Thanks


Joe :scratch

run_kmc

A fundamental difference is that Lightroom is for organizing and making bulk edits to photos, whereas Photoshop and Elements are for editing single photos. Lightroom is also excellent for editing photos, but not on the pixel level like Elements or full Photoshop.

The best way to figure out the differences is to try Lightroom: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/

Personally, I use Lightroom for everything.

pathfinder

I agree.

I think for beginners who have no experience with Photoshop, that Lightroom is much easier to use and learn. One does not need to learn ( or even be aware of ) CMYK or LAB, nor does one need to use Layers. The downside of Lightroom, is that is does not provide access to Layers, and color spaces other than RGB of some sort.

I can use Lightroom for most of my images, and reserve PS use for those that require Smart Objects and Layers, or a pass through LAB or CMYK. If your work is so sophisticated that you need access to CMYK, you will not be reading this thread about image editing software.

If you are going to be swapping backgrounds, or local selective editing, then you will need software that supports Layers, and that includes Photoshop of some sort, or Gimp, or a few others.

Mike J

At least one company is promising to break some form of layers to Lightroom: http://www.ononesoftware.com/products/perfect-layers/
It will be interesting to see how this works out.

pathfinder

Sounds interesting doesn't it?