Lightroom..... Hi handle high volumes of photos when I do a shoot at a competition - generally around 3000-3500 photos. I already have CS5 photoshop and was wondering what everyone...

magicunicorn Loc: Melbourne Australia

Hi handle high volumes of photos when I do a shoot at a competition - generally around 3000-3500 photos.
I already have CS5 photoshop and was wondering what everyone thought of Lightroom ...would it be worth purchasing

I number each photo individually for customers so its easier to identify. Can light room help with this please

Thanks in advance

Boone Loc: Groundhog Town USA

magicunicorn wrote:

Hi handle high volumes of photos when I do a shoot at a competition - generally around 3000-3500 photos.
I already have CS5 photoshop and was wondering what everyone thought of Lightroom ...would it be worth purchasing

I number each photo individually for customers so its easier to identify. Can light room help with this please

Thanks in advance

Lightroom 5 is about to come out, so I will wait for that to happen. I am new to LR, just downloaded the new LR 5 Beta version about 2 weeks ago. From what I see, it is right up your alley! I am learning a little each day, but in MHO it is out of this world Great. For someone who processes a lot of photos...LR is the ticket. It will not do the major surgery to a photo that PS will, but then again it is not for that. It is like having your own "Dark Room". Go to the Adobe web site and download the free trial version or the new LR 5 Beta and see for yourself. Yes, I think it is worth it!! Thanks, Boone

brucewells Loc: Central Kentucky

magicunicorn wrote:

Hi handle high volumes of photos when I do a shoot at a competition - generally around 3000-3500 photos.
I already have CS5 photoshop and was wondering what everyone thought of Lightroom ...would it be worth purchasing

I number each photo individually for customers so its easier to identify. Can light room help with this please

Thanks in advance

I don't know how you'd handle this volume without it.

sportyman140 Loc: Juliette, GA

magicunicorn wrote:

Hi handle high volumes of photos when I do a shoot at a competition - generally around 3000-3500 photos.
I already have CS5 photoshop and was wondering what everyone thought of Lightroom ...would it be worth purchasing

I number each photo individually for customers so its easier to identify. Can light room help with this please

Thanks in advance

LR 4 yes and even LR 5 coming soon will do wonders for you with work flow in organizing you customers photos.

PrinzEugen Loc: Canada

Since I started using lightroom 4, I rarely use Photoshop any more. Lightroom is an amazing tool.

magicunicorn Loc: Melbourne Australia

Thank you for your reply;s i think i will go out and busy this lens

russelray Loc: La Mesa CA

magicunicorn wrote:

Hi handle high volumes of photos when I do a shoot at a competition - generally around 3000-3500 photos.
I already have CS5 photoshop and was wondering what everyone thought of Lightroom ...would it be worth purchasing

I number each photo individually for customers so its easier to identify. Can light room help with this please

Thanks in advance

If you already have CS5, simply learn how to use everything it offers. Batch processing of just about anything and in just about any way can be done in Bridge, which is a subset of Photoshop.

Wall-E Loc: Phoenix, AZ

russelray wrote:

If you already have CS5, simply learn how to use everything it offers. Batch processing of just about anything and in just about any way can be done in Bridge, which is a subset of Photoshop.

But, it's a lot more intuitive [which translates to a shorter learning curve], and takes less [fewer?] computer resources to accomplish what the OP asked about. CS is a memory hog. LR, not so much.

romanticf16 Loc: Commerce Twp, MI

Lightroom is designed to set up your photos, metadata, copyright and store thumbnail images on your main computer, with the ability to store the original RAW files on designated external drives or the Cloud. I'd buy Scott Kelby's book on Lightroom to learn the best ways to take advantage of each of its features. It also tells how to integrate it with other programs such as Photoshop,Elements or any other program of your choice.

russelray Loc: La Mesa CA

Wall-E wrote:

But, it's a lot more intuitive (which translates to a shorter learning curve), and takes less (fewer?) computer resources to accomplish what the OP asked about. CS is a memory hog. LR, not so much.

According to Adobe, both require 1 GB of RAM. The only difference between the two is that Photoshop requires 2.5 GB of hard disk space versus Lightroom's 1 GB for installation, but that's because Photoshop does sooooooooooooo much more.

I have both products, as well as Lightroom 5 Beta and Corel's competing products (Photo-Paint, PaintShop Pro, Draw).

The intuitive thing to do would be to use what you already have rather than spending more money on something that doesn't do nearly as much as what you already have.

Anyone who claims there's a learning curve to something simply doesn't want to learn. Photoshop is the de facto standard, which means there are thousands, maybe even millions, of tutorials out there, many free, YouTube for example.

Wall-E Loc: Phoenix, AZ

russelray wrote:

Anyone who claims there's a learning curve to something simply doesn't want to learn. Photoshop is the de facto standard, which means there are thousands, maybe even millions, of tutorials out there, many free, YouTube for example.

Well... I for one am glad that you have the time and energy to slog through learning PhotoShop.
I *DO* want to learn PS, but I simply don't have the time to devote to that endeavor right now, when I *CAN* accomplish 99+% of what I want in LR. And I got there really quick.

russelray Loc: La Mesa CA

Wall-E wrote:

Well... I for one am glad that you have the time and energy to slog through learning PhotoShop.
I *DO* want to learn PS, but I simply don't have the time to devote to that endeavor right now, when I *CAN* accomplish 99+% of what I want in LR. And I got there really quick.

I didn't slog. I simply learned those things that I do the most -- cropping, cloning, exposure correction, etc. After that it's all play, and fun play at that!

Erik_H Loc: Denham Springs, Louisiana

magicunicorn wrote:

Thank you for your reply;s i think i will go out and busy this lens

Lens? What lens? Ithought you were asking about Lightroom.