photo edit (Page 3): If you don’t mind the limitations of working in 8 bits instead of 16.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

gvarner wrote:

I use Elements. It has 3 editing modes - Quick, Guided, and Advanced - from totally automated edits to manual controls of all the features just like LR does. It’s Organizer uses the same database structure that LR uses but is much less confusing.

If you don’t mind the limitations of working in 8 bits instead of 16.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

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 also use a MacBook Air. If I don't do a slide show for YouTube in a video editor (so I can do panning, zooming, titling, add audio, video, and graphics), then I use a $40 (€35) program called Graphic Converter, which I've used since 1993. It is Mac ONLY, and is considered the "Swiss Army Knife" of Mac graphics tools. Here's a link to it:

https://www.lemkesoft.de/en/products/graphicconverter/

I recently put 750+ images in a folder and told Graphic Converter to present a slide show by dissolving the images at a rate of one every six seconds. This was for my 50th year high school reunion. I digitized all the good negatives from my yearbook photography in 1972-'73! It was a big hit.

revhen Loc: By the beautiful Hudson

burkphoto wrote:

I also use a MacBook Air. If I don't do a slide sh... (show quote)

Well, last year (2022) was the 70th year from my graduation! I have used Corel's Paint Shop Pro. It does all I need.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

revhen wrote:

Well, last year (2022) was the 70th year from my graduation! I have used Corel's Paint Shop Pro. It does all I need.

I hope I last that long! A fair number of my classmates are gone from both high school and college.

griffzky

Like CAHALE, I also would recommend Adobe Elements. It will do almost everything Photoshop can do, except the most advanced features and is much more user friendly. Good luck and have fun.

wapiti Loc: round rock, texas

UTMike wrote:

Stay with Lightroom for the long haul.

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

From what I have learned from chatting to photographers I have met in popular photoshoot places in the last couple of years, many are on the "never never" with Adobe editors. Most use only the basic facilities that are similar (no better or worse) than those available on most other editors with a much lower cost (if any at all).
Whilst I accept that Adobe editors are very good and useful for those who need them - most do not need them.
I do believe that most photographers are not pixel manipulators, but wish to record what they see.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Delderby wrote:

From what I have learned from chatting to photogra... (show quote)

While the basic editing tools are fine for simple work, some of us enjoy the challenge of using top tier suites. I got hooked on them at work, decades ago, so I leverage the worth of my training.

Lightroom Classic is my tool of choice for organizing files, developing raw files into images, performing "parametric" editing, printing, exporting, and sending files to the Internet. Photoshop is my bitmap (pixel level) editor. Well over 80% of what I do is done in Lightroom Classic. It's a LOT like Kodak DP2 in some respects. That was the lab software I worked with in the early 2000s. It was far more powerful for printing, but the database tools were similar.

If I didn't want to spend $10/month for the Adobe Photography Plan, I'd probably buy Serif's Affinity Photo. It's a very powerful tool.

jcboy3

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

There are tons of useful videos on YouTube that help with Lightroom. I can recommend Anthony Morganit; he's been making Lightroom videos for many years.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkHNVO_aPDSqjfIG_XHlYIg

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

burkphoto wrote:

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Yes - I hear you - and I know you as an accomplished professional who uses Adobe editors to the full. I always look forward to your writings - which really help Uglies (especially me) to better enjoy their hobby. Happy New Year and many thanks. Del.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Delderby wrote:

Yes - I hear you - and I know you as an accomplished professional who uses Adobe editors to the full. I always look forward to your writings - which really help Uglies (especially me) to better enjoy their hobby. Happy New Year and many thanks. Del.

Thanks, Del.

I should have mentioned that Affinity Photo is relatively cheap ($70), and it is available on Windows, MacOS and iPadOS. Point updates to major digit (upgrade) revisions are free. 2.3 is the current version, free to users of 2.0 and later.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

jcboy3 wrote:

There are tons of useful videos on YouTube that help with Lightroom. I can recommend Anthony Morganit; he's been making Lightroom videos for many years.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkHNVO_aPDSqjfIG_XHlYIg

After watching his video on soft proofing I wouldn’t trust anything he has to say.

jcboy3

SuperflyTNT wrote:

After watching his video on soft proofing I wouldn’t trust anything he has to say.

And why is that?

mindzye Loc: WV

Have been using Affinity for some years now. Easy to use; has a Develop mode for raw, and easy drop down list for the tools one uses most often in pp. Quite similar to Photo Shop. There is a plethora of training how-to's, from Affinity, on You Tube.

There are many advanced options if you with to explore further, depending on needs and skill sets.
Very good results with Affinity coupled with Topaz DeNoise program. Affinity has a Live Sharpening filter that does quite well. It has a denoise function, yet I prefer the Topaz application.

I would recommend, with any pp program, that an image is taken to a de-noise program of choice before any sharpening is done however. Don't want to sharpen the clutter! if only i had one for my 3 and 6 yr olds at the time
aannd then there was the puppy...
Happy New Year to all, and a safe one.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

jcboy3 wrote:

And why is that?

Because he has absolutely no clue about soft proofing and he made a video about it. Why would I assume he had correct info in any of his other videos?