Just downloaded the PS update and I have to admit I am impressed so far. Sky replacement is found in the Edit menu. It is impressive with complex foregrounds. It doesn't seem miss or clip anything. It has a small library to which you can add images to or go to your own sky files. It is not a background replacement tool like Luminar 4. PS must recognize the file you want to place as having some percentage of sky in it.

It seems like a very nice basic too. Quick, easy to use and it probably has many features I haven't looked at yet. IMO it an adjunct to, not a replacement for, Luminar 4 but a tool I will be using.

Lightroom is just a database with a bunch of pointers. It does not import your original photos. It just has a database that points to it on your hard drive. When you edit the photos again, this goes into lightroom's database the original photo is unchanged. If you go to your browser and go look at that photo outside of Lightroom it's untouched. Collections again, are just pointers back to the original catalog file in Lightroom. Any change you make to that photo in Lightroom can be done from The collection or the original and it will show up anywhere that photo appears in Lightroom. A photo can be in several collections anywhere you change it it will appear in all of them. I hope this clears things up a little bit a lot of people get confused but your original files are never repeat never changed.

I hope this makes sense, sometimes I have a hard time explaining things but the point is you're original file is never changed.

I only have about 5,000 photos to manage.

I use all the tools for data base management that LR Classic provides. When I download from camera, LR creates a file on my system drive by download date. When I get over the lazyies (not a real word) I cull, key word, adjust white balance and and assign to a Collection. Following Scott Kelby's sage advice I NEVER work in the Catalog File. Key words are added as Birds>Mockingbirds and Thrashers>Curve-billed Thrasher, if I take the file to Topaz Studio 2 I may add something like >Abstract to the key word list.

Probably not a reasonable procedure for everyone but it works for me.

Why use a nested system? Because this allows you to have a very short list to choose from at any given time and prevents having to scroll down, while seeking a specific word, a long list of keywords. A nested system also allows you to quickly, within seconds, find a specific subject image, such as birds, or a family member. This also saves time. I like to work quick and easy so I try to stay organized. Keywords are also very easy to alter by choosing the keyword and then using the right click, so you fix errors quickly and easily. I do not keyword upon import unless every single image is the same subject, then I would keyword at import. I generally keyword at some point after I've imported the images and played with them to process (I shoot RAW). There are many ways to keyword, I think I counted seven in all but there could be more. I cannot include text from the Nikonian article that I wrote as they now own it or I would. If you have been key wording and want to find the images that do not contain a keyword you can do that in the included Smart Collection that is standard in LrC. It's easy to keyword, for me, in the morning with a cup of coffee in hand and it goes very quickly. Your keyword list must match what you shoot in general and should be designed to grow as needed. Again, doing this on paper first is the best approach. Keywording can save countless minutes/hours of time when you are working on a special project or looking for images for a competition or to sell. I've included a few screenshots to clarify.

I have an article on key wording on the Nikonians website, I write for them often. It is very easy to keyword and this allows you to find just about any image in mere seconds. The best first step is to think about what you photograph and then develop a keyword list on paper, think it through completely. While LrC will handle about 1,000 keywords you don't really want that! Use a "nested" system, so ANIMALS>Wild, ANIMALS>Domestic, and then in Wild you would have, for example, Wild>Birds, Wild>Birds>Egrets. Then, if you mark something as an Egret it is automatically included in Birds and Wild and Animals. Read the section on Key wording in the LrC online Help manual prior to starting. You can also purchase and import a key word list or use one that a friend has and then edit either one as needed, then import into your software. Just recently I also decided to use another way to group images using keywords, by putting a word in the Caption section of the metadata and using a Quick Collection. There are many ways to key word but thinking it through completely is key, pun intended, to your success with the project.