Greetings Hogs,
I am an advanced amateur who has been taking pictures with Nikons for over 50 years. Since shifting to digital (and retiring) I have focused more on improving my capabilities. I now use a Nikon D-800 with many Nikon lenses. My biggest issue right now is that for years I have been using Capture NX2 to process my RAW pictures. Somehow, that program has seemed to be no longer supported and my copy seems to have last quite a few important functions. I am trying to shift to the Lightroom CC and Photoshop pay-by-the-month program which I know opens up a much more capable system. However, despite pretty good tutorials, I am finding the transition to be difficult. Right now my biggest issue is that with Capture, to file processed pictures, all I had to do was go to "Save As" and click on some options. Now, it seems, I have to create a file name for each new picture and somehow export it to another file on my computer. Quite possibly, I am missing something.
Also I am confused that I now have icons for both Lightroom and Lightroom CC - which one should I use?
Thank you in advance.
SAVH wrote:
Greetings Hogs,
I am an advanced amateur who has been taking pictures with Nikons for over 50 years. Since shifting to digital (and retiring) I have focused more on improving my capabilities. I now use a Nikon D-800 with many Nikon lenses. My biggest issue right now is that for years I have been using Capture NX2 to process my RAW pictures. Somehow, that program has seemed to be no longer supported and my copy seems to have last quite a few important functions. I am trying to shift to the Lightroom CC and Photoshop pay-by-the-month program which I know opens up a much more capable system. However, despite pretty good tutorials, I am finding the transition to be difficult. Right now my biggest issue is that with Capture, to file processed pictures, all I had to do was go to "Save As" and click on some options. Now, it seems, I have to create a file name for each new picture and somehow export it to another file on my computer. Quite possibly, I am missing something.
Also I am confused that I now have icons for both Lightroom and Lightroom CC - which one should I use?
Thank you in advance.
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Welcome,
To UHH. My suggestion is to use Lightroom as your catalog filing system and make minor adjustments with it. I use a folder for each download with a name and date. I also keep my Lightroom catalog on a external hard drive that I back up to another.
Use Photoshop for major stuff.
Welcome and enjoy it here.
Welcome! Looking forward to your posts and pictures. Happy shooting!
Welcome to the Hog, enjoy.
Welcome to the forum.
Jack
I sincerely appreciate all the gracious welcoming messages and look forward to assistance in solving some of my photography "issues" through this forum.
Welcome to UHH SAVH, glad you joined us. I can't be of help to you because I have not yet signed up for the Adobe subscription service. You might check out the Post Processing section, they be able to help you out.
Have fun, learn and enjoy the forum.
Don
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