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Apr 1, 2013 12:53:23   #
texaseve Loc: TX, NC and NH
 
Can't imagine life without Lightroom.

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Apr 1, 2013 17:30:38   #
pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"
 
Pick something and stick with it to really learn the features. I currently use Elements 10 and have used the full blown Photoshop but found I didn't really need all the bells and whistles. :thumbup:

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Apr 1, 2013 18:12:12   #
RJM Loc: Cardiff, S Wales, UK
 
Personally, I use Picasa for downloading and organising and basic (well, a bit more actually)editing.

It's soooo easy to use.

I have Lightroom but much prefer Picasa. Elements 11 for what Picasa can't handle.

Oh, Picasa is FREE, VERY easy to use, and VERY fast!

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Apr 1, 2013 18:16:15   #
pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"
 
RJM wrote:
Personally, I use Picasa for downloading and organising and basic (well, a bit more actually)editing.

It's soooo easy to use.

I have Lightroom but much prefer Picasa. Elements 11 for what Picasa can't handle.

Oh, Picasa is FREE, VERY easy to use, and VERY fast!


I like the auto sizing in Picasa to send a photo quickly via email. And the basic adjustments (contrast, brightness, cropping ) are very simple to learn. But for more serious work I'll use Elements. :thumbup:

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Apr 1, 2013 20:50:59   #
stanleysaft Loc: West Chester,PA
 
Yes. They are two different programs,LR is a data base plus and most of stylization can be done here. I use onone photosuite7 as my main plug in and have not found any need for my cs6 which has a steep learning curve. Photo suite 7 uses layers similar to cs6 .

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Apr 2, 2013 12:15:24   #
BigGWells Loc: Olympia, WA
 
LR4 is simple awesome. None better.

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Apr 3, 2013 20:48:11   #
frankyvee
 
You will gain from LR if you shoot lots of pictures for customers and have to edit large catalogs of photos. LR room strengths lies in the capability of organizing and processing a high volume of photos. If you are only occasionally edited one or two photos here and there then you don't need LR stick with CS6 or PSE 11.

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Apr 3, 2013 22:18:15   #
Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI
 
Use them both. 90% LR 10% PS.

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Apr 5, 2013 06:11:42   #
Dun1 Loc: Atlanta, GA
 
If you want to be able to sort and catalog your images, name a series of images according to a specific date, or category YES. You can elect to use CS6 as your external editor for Lightroom 4.
So if you want to be able to import your images and perform basic cropping, editing and most important cataloging Lightroom 4 is a great piece of software.
So you just finished shooting a series of photos/images you can import the photos name the images with the name you desire. OK maybe you imported the images, to a catalog, you move into the develop module, and you preview the images and make changes, possibly images 1-4 are spot on exposed, but the following images are underexposed or overexposed, once your complete the edit on an image that is a good image, you can copy the settings from one image to the next and so on, until you get the images that suit your purposes.
If you wish to perform more intense edits, you can elect to us CS6 in the develop module without leaving Lightroom to complete those edits.
The main purpose is to be able to catalog and find your images, by using keywords in Lightroom so it is easy to find those images where you stored them, even if you utilize an external hard drive to store your images, rather than bloat your main hard drive.

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