BigDaddy wrote:
I didn't say it was weird, I said it seemed weird to me. I fully understand using LR for it's catalogue, it would be impossible to keep track of thousands of photos in your head regardless of age. My methods are exactly the same as your methods, except I don't often use the editor in my catalog app to edit, I just use my editor, the one I use 99.9% of the time. I also don't have a problem re-editing as I always keep the original file and a separate edited copy and the psd file if warranted. My way of course is my way, you can do whatever you like.
I like to hear how and why others do things, one out of curiosity, and two because there's always a chance to learn something. As far as editing goes, I keep hearing LR does some things better the PS? I find that really interesting. Not the catalog aspect, the editing aspect. I guess it just seems weird to me that Adobe would have two products as a package that both do editing, and I'd need to run both editors to get all the [editing] features. To me, it would seem odd. I've always considered PS the premier editor, and hard to fathom LR having editing capabilities superior to PS. I've often heard LR is easier to use, but I never found PS hard to use, and PSE I found a lot harder than PS, due to poor user interface and lack of features.
Anyhow, thanks for your input. I think LR's method to track edits is more than a little interesting. I've on rare occasion failed to save a complicated edit in PSD format, so if LR saves standard jpg edits in it's catalog that would be a good reason to use LR, IMO of course, ymmv.
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Photoshop actually predates digital cameras and is very much a graphics editor which can edit photos very well. But there is a lot of legacy controls in Photoshop that most photographers do not need. Lightroom was developed as a catalogue and raw editor for photos only. When it was first introduced it's editing capabilities were modest but good results could still be achieved. With each update it has gotten better but with intro of AI it really is a game changer and many of us rarely go to Photoshop. Of course one can achieve the same results more or less with ON1 and Affinity and not have to pay till the end of their days, but as you say YMMV. I am also puzzled on why they keep making Lightroom stronger with danger that Photoshop is obsolete but I think there enough raster editors that this will not happen soon. It is telling that they do not offer respective subscriptions for just LR of PS but only as the $10 bundle for both. And Adobe continues to update Photoshop Elements updates without a subscription. If you have never used LR try it for the whopping 6 days Adobe gives you to see what you can accomplish.