Is Lightroom Reliable for You?
Apr 11, 2016 20:38:14 #
bsprague wrote:
In a couple recent topics, it has been suggested t... (show quote)
Don't count my (none) vote as I've only tried it a number of times and find a database program not to my liking or way of thinking. I use Photoshop CS6 w/ ACR 9.1.1 had happy with it, a graphic design "pixel editor."
Not sure "reliability" is the issue with Lr but the use or abuse of the Library Database. Not my thing, I'm happy (er) with files that I can treat as I feel and move anywhere I feel. Also per the ACR uploading and converting Camera file formats can be a major pain for people (and that includes Ps as well as Lr).
In my case it has not been an issue yet as Pentax uses as a choice Adobe DNG as a possible Raw format (in addition to a Pentax format and JPG for compressed image files).
Apr 11, 2016 21:21:48 #
amfoto1 wrote:
...I've recently upgraded from LR5 to LR6 (had to, to accommodate a couple newer cameras) and started to get a "Server Busy" error at startup. That's just a minor glitch that stops LR from loading temporarily. A click or two and it finishes and then works fine...
I've had this for a couple months now. It doesn't always happen but when it does it seems to start just fine when I click "retry". More of an annoyance than a problem.
Apr 11, 2016 21:22:48 #
bhimmelr
Loc: Weirton,West Virginia
Good
bsprague wrote:
In a couple recent topics, it has been suggested t... (show quote)
Apr 11, 2016 22:13:26 #
mcveed wrote:
Good. From some of the negative postings I've read, it is obvious that many users have not bothered to learn how to use it. They think they can just 'learn by doing'. They are often the ones who think that Lightroom is storing their pictures, like Aperture did. Before I bought it I worked through a bunch of Youtubes on how it works. It has a learning curve and you need to dedicate some effort to get full advantage.
I did almost the same thing, except I purchased two books on Lightroom. Lightroom can be complex, but once you understand how it works and does its job, it is an amazing piece of software and is extremely valuable!
The vast majority of the problems people have with Lightroom is simply that they don't understand the program. They have never taken the time and effort to learn how it works.
I have the CC version of Lightroom (and photoshop) and find it is amazing how many people are wrong about the "Adobe Creative Cloud," frankly, that is a very poor name for the way the subscription works.
The fact that you can have the latest versions of Lightroom and Photoshop for $10/month (plus tax) is amazing, even for non-professional photographers who may only take a few thousand photos a year.
Personally, I cannot provide enough positive comments for the CC versions of Lightroom and Photoshop!
Just one persons opinion!
Apr 11, 2016 22:49:16 #
dcampbell52 wrote:
By the way Bruce, I just included a link (in the links section of UHH) That has the complete Adobe pdf manual for Lightroom. Note that it is Lightroom 6.x and CC so is a little old but it is handy to have if you don't have access to a newer version. And, I printed mine out on 3 hole paper and have in a 3 ring binder on my bookshelf in addition to the pdf on my desktop. Just an fyi.
Link to the thread in the links Section
A good from me too.
If I was to be critical It would be with the sliders in lightroom. Some sliders you really don't want to touch and others might benefit from some guidance as to their typical range used and perhaps an explanation of the effects of higher and lower values.
installing lightroom is just the starting point, the next step is to find a workflow that works for you and the best way to do that is to look at tutorials or videos that work through processing images in lightroom and ideally you should like the finished image. Work flows vary between different users, once you have a processing system you can start looking at other tutorials and cherry pick the most useful techniques.
Apr 11, 2016 23:07:36 #
Lr 5.7 - Good
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Apr 11, 2016 23:10:33 #
Apr 11, 2016 23:18:37 #
I skim read 9 pages or replies saw quite a few "good", not one single "bad", but many many posts with verbose text.
It is obvious many UHH readers cannot, or will not follow simple directions, or they simply do not bother to read the OP.
It is obvious many UHH readers cannot, or will not follow simple directions, or they simply do not bother to read the OP.
Apr 11, 2016 23:23:12 #
JD750 wrote:
When I started the topic I assumed there would be extra comments. Public forums are always that way. No harm unless someone tries to argue with or insult someone else.I skim read 9 pages or replies saw quite a few "good", not one single "bad", but many many posts with verbose text.
It is obvious many UHH readers cannot, or will not follow simple directions, or they simply do not bother to read the OP.
It is obvious many UHH readers cannot, or will not follow simple directions, or they simply do not bother to read the OP.
Apr 11, 2016 23:31:46 #
Apr 11, 2016 23:51:18 #
bsprague wrote:
When I started the topic I assumed there would be extra comments. Public forums are always that way. No harm unless someone tries to argue with or insult someone else.
Good point.
Apr 12, 2016 03:08:14 #
Apr 12, 2016 04:05:45 #
KTJohnson wrote:
That's old? I just retired a 2009 Vista Laptop.
Apr 12, 2016 06:22:46 #
blackest wrote:
Anthony Morganti provided some very good info on the upper sliders... those for exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Whites and Blacks. If you hold down the shift key and click on the title ( for instance shift and exposure) at the same time, the slider will move to a nearly correct (as determined by Lightroom) position for that particular photo. Clarity, vibrance, Saturation, and the rest of the sliders will have to be adjusted to taste but I have found that I can generally get very close on the photos by doing the shift click and then fine tuning using dehaze and the others. This greatly increases the speed that a photo can be made pretty good and then fine tuning from that can make it very good. The shift/click seems to get very close about 90% of the time on RAW images and probably equally so on jpg but I rarely shoot jpg so I can't testify to that for sure.
Apr 12, 2016 07:51:01 #
dcampbell52 wrote:
Anthony Morganti provided some very good info on t... (show quote)
Just tried this on a jpeg in lightroom 5.7
exposure, contrast, white and black points adjusted, I couldn't find any other settings that worked that way. Maybe hi-lights and shadows are different.
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