Lightroom 4 and/or Elements?
Sep 2, 2012 12:42:44 #
I just bought Lightroom 4 from B&H on a deal and I am wondering whether or not I should also have Elements?
Help anyone?
Thanks!
Help anyone?
Thanks!
Sep 2, 2012 15:16:52 #
PCsReasy wrote:
I just bought Lightroom 4 from B&H on a deal and I am wondering whether or not I should also have Elements?
Help anyone?
Thanks!
Help anyone?
Thanks!
I have Elements; but heard that LR compliments it nicely.
Sep 2, 2012 16:37:11 #
Have Elements 10 currently and this is the third version I have owned. My understanding of LR is that it good for bulk processing a large number of photos but offers no benefit over Elements in terms of processing changes. With Elements you process each photo one at a time. I have toyed with getting LR but have procrastinated thinking it would not be that useful for me. If anyone else can shed more light (no pun intended) I could be persuaded to try LR.
Sep 2, 2012 16:42:20 #
PCsReasy wrote:
I just bought Lightroom 4 from B&H on a deal and I am wondering whether or not I should also have Elements?
Help anyone?
Thanks!
Help anyone?
Thanks!
I'd say forget the elements, Lightroom will handle most of the post processing that you may want to do and for the rest I would buy onOne Perfect Photo suite. It has a number of great features and the price is a lot less than Photoshop CS 6.
I have both CS5 and the onOne Suite and really only needed the
the Perfect Photo Suite of tools. Check them out on line and, by the way, they have lots of free videos on their web site on post processing.
Sep 3, 2012 09:00:53 #
PCsReasy wrote:
I just bought Lightroom 4 from B&H on a deal and I am wondering whether or not I should also have Elements?
Help anyone?
Thanks!
Help anyone?
Thanks!
I have used elements for a number of years and really like the newest version. I just recently purchased LR4.1 and like it also, but for a different reasons. LR is the better program for cataloging, elements is better at PP photos. CS is the professional program and will cost you better than double the cost of buying LR and Elements together. It is my understanding that Elements and LR together comes close to what CS6 is capable of doing.
I do use LR for PP on some photos but I have found it is not capable of doing what I can do in Elements. You will find many owners of LR also own and use PSE for that reason. The two programs really do compliment each other very well.
I would recommend getting PSE to use with LR, you will not regret it.
Jim D
Sep 3, 2012 09:20:04 #
Sep 3, 2012 09:52:52 #
PCsReasy wrote:
I just bought Lightroom 4 from B&H on a deal and I am wondering whether or not I should also have Elements?
Help anyone?
Thanks!
Help anyone?
Thanks!
Photoshop Elements 10 is a very powerful program. The most important thing it does that Lightroom does not is work with layers. Most processing beyond simple adjustments requires using layers.
It takes some time to understand layers. I recommend the Elements 10 book by Kelby and Kloskowski to get you going with Elements.
Sep 3, 2012 10:01:12 #
It takes a while to master all of the many facets of LR-4. When you do, you will probably do 90 percent of your editing there. True, it doesn't do layers, although there is a plug in that allows that, so PS or Elements is the next step for very detailed and complex edits.
Sep 3, 2012 10:29:16 #
Both are great. It depends what you want to do. I use LR 3 more. I like to use different colors then layering.
Sep 3, 2012 12:59:46 #
I agree - both. LR is great for editing photos but for retouch work you need the layering capabilities of PSE or CS.
Sep 3, 2012 17:00:54 #
I just downloaded Lightroom 4 and didn't get the book yet so I am very lost. All I want to do is add text to different pictures. Different text and different placement on each picture so don't want to use the watermark. I haven't seen how I can move individual watermarks yet. HELP. Trying to make postcards with texts on and under a time crunch.
Sep 3, 2012 17:02:40 #
oldtool2 wrote:
quote=PCsReasy I just bought Lightroom 4 from B&a... (show quote)
I cannot afford to buy CS6, nor would I use it to it's full potential even if I could afford it. I have both LR4 and Elements, they both compliment each other and what one cannot do the other will. Best of both worlds at a fraction of the price. Cheers
Sep 3, 2012 17:13:03 #
Agree wholeheartedly. I use LR 4 for organizing and most if not all editing, then PSE 10 to fine tune, layers etc. Don't always need PSE 10, but it is the fun part for me.
CResQ wrote:
quote=oldtool2 quote=PCsReasy I just bought Ligh... (show quote)
Sep 3, 2012 18:42:22 #
peshtigo411 wrote:
I just downloaded Lightroom 4 and didn't get the book yet so I am very lost. All I want to do is add text to different pictures. Different text and different placement on each picture so don't want to use the watermark. I haven't seen how I can move individual watermarks yet. HELP. Trying to make postcards with texts on and under a time crunch.
You can add text via metadata to exported jpegs in Lightroom but it's not a simple process. It's easier to export to Elements and add your text and save back to Lightroom.
I primary use Lightroom for the majority of my post processing, meaning 90%, but I find Elements is convenient for fine tuning brush work, working with layers, blending modes and such, and things like adding text.
Sep 4, 2012 00:58:37 #
gemac
Loc: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
if you really want text flexibility use corel draw where you import a jpeg (or other bitmap) and then do vector text etc with easy use of all kinds of text mods like outline colors, fountain fills and curved and modified letters. then print
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