photo edit: I have been using Adobe Lightroom. It is effective but it has a steep learning curve. Are you using one that still allows control over the various aspects of the picture...

ATxGuy Loc: Houston

I have been using Adobe Lightroom. It is effective but it has a steep learning curve. Are you using one that still allows control over the various aspects of the picture but is easier to use?

ATxGuy

cahale Loc: San Angelo, TX

I much prefer Elements.

lukevaliant Loc: gloucester city,n. j.

nikon nx studio is free if you have a nikon

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

ATxGuy wrote:

I have been using Adobe Lightroom. It is effective but it has a steep learning curve. Are you using one that still allows control over the various aspects of the picture but is easier to use?

ATxGuy

Stay with Lightroom for the long haul.

ATxGuy Loc: Houston

Good. I do own a Nikon, a Coolpix 1000. Do you mind sharing how you make a slideshow of your photos? I use a Mac Air pc to show them.

ATxGuy

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

Both Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC have a huge variety of choices for those that want to take a learning curve trip to get to the extremes. It also has about the easiest workflow I know if you stay on point and ignore the weeds. Import your pictures, open the ones you like in the Develop module, move the basic sliders to your liking and then Export it to what you want for delivery. There is nothing easier than the basic sliders in the Develop module.

CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska

ATxGuy wrote:

Good. I do own a Nikon, a Coolpix 1000. Do you mind sharing how you make a slideshow of your photos? I use a Mac Air pc to show them.

ATxGuy

I’m a Mac guy. I use Boinx Photomagico for slideshows. It’s Mac only but the final output is a Quick Time Movie File. It plays on anything.

terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains

Anyone who thinks Lightroom has a "steep learning curve" is going to be in trouble when trying to enhance any photo. Better just shoot jpegs and use them SOOC. Lightroom is sliders and brushes, the epitome of amateur photo editing.

CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska

terryMc wrote:

Anyone who thinks Lightroom has a "steep learning curve" is going to be in trouble when trying to enhance any photo. Better just shoot jpegs and use them SOOC. Lightroom is sliders and brushes, the epitome of amateur photo editing.

I agree that most of Lightroom is not "a steep learning curve." It's just another program to learn and there is lots of help online. I would not call it "the epitome of amateur photo editing." It's not PS by any means but every version offers more options and I believe (without any proof) that a large majority of professional photography we see is mostly tuned up and adjusted in Lightroom.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

ATxGuy wrote:

I have been using Adobe Lightroom. It is effective but it has a steep learning curve. Are you using one that still allows control over the various aspects of the picture but is easier to use?

ATxGuy

Get some 'getting started' and 'how to' training on how to use Lightroom. The software is targeted at an efficient workflow for the bulk-edit needs of working professional photographers. The software is not intended for clicking around by a casual user. An hour of training can easily save days / weeks of frustration.

Your subscription payment allows access to subscriber-only training content at the Adobe.com website, under the Help & Support / Learning resources section.

There are a life-time's worth of viewing options, entirely free, from U-tube. You'll find that learning curve much less steep with training and hands-on practice and usage.

terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains

CamB wrote:

I agree that most of Lightroom is not "a steep learning curve." It's just another program to learn and there is lots of help online. I would not call it "the epitome of amateur photo editing." It's not PS by any means but every version offers more options and I believe (without any proof) that a large majority of professional photography we see is mostly tuned up and adjusted in Lightroom.

That same photography could probably be tuned up just as well with any of dozens of phone apps.

MJPerini

Every Application you try will have a learning curve. There are probably more tutorials on Lightroom than any other piece of Photo software.
However if you are on a mac you already have PHOTOS which will organize photos allow you to make albums, and share albums with friends via iCloud. It offers basic crop and editing, and has a basic slide show feature.
Now Photos is free and a very basic program. Lightroom is a very powerful program which can do about anything you can think of with your pictures
I use photos for Family pictures because of its extensive sharing features.
Sometimes, simple is good. It can also be used along side any other editing application of your choice.

CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska

terryMc wrote:

That same photography could probably be tuned up just as well with any of dozens of phone apps.

Well, I don't buy this either. It seems that maybe you're not a Lightroom user.

terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains

MJPerini wrote:

. Lightroom is a very powerful program which can do about anything you can think of with your pictures

I can think of three things right off the top of my head that Lightroom can't do: Composites, frequency separation and precise selections right down to a single pixel. I can think of others too.

Lightroom is a basic raw file developer. I have seen people (some right here) coming up with convoluted workarounds for tasks that are simple and basic in Photoshop. Lightroom has no layers or channels, the most basic parts of any photo editing program.

Many people will say that their photos are so good that they need only minor tweaks and Lightroom is all they need. They say that because they don't know how to use Photoshop and don't want to learn it.

There is a reason that Lightroom keeps getting more and new features that Photoshop has had for years: People want more than Lightroom can give them, but don't want to make the effort to learn Photoshop

terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains

CamB wrote:

Well, I don't buy this either. It seems that maybe you're not a Lightroom user.

I have Lightroom as a filter in Photoshop. All the same tools in the same places. I organize my files in Bridge and when I click a raw file Camera Raw opens without importing or databases. Yes, I am not a Lightroom user.