Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I agree entirely. CS2/Bridge is what I use. I just think that many >people are overwhelmed by the PS interface and I think that the >simplified interface of these new products will win over many >photographers. I'm sure that Adobe will not be giving Lightroom away >and I agreee that Aperture is overpriced for any except the pros who >need to work with high volumes of photos. Allen >Allen, >The integration of Bridge to CS2 makes the Raw format in many ways easier >than a JPG. You select an image, it happens to be a RAW file and the >appropriate RAW converter opens up. Make your decisions on how the image is >supposed to look and send it on the Photoshop for whatever other changes you >want to make such as masks. If you have a lot of images shot in the same >situation then just select the group and apply the same RAW conversions to >them. Pretty simple and the various other converters can be plugged right >in so if Adobe's offerings don't suit you some other product will surley do >the trick. > >I did sit through two lectures on Lightroom and could see the possiblities >for studio work flow or a stock photographer. After sitting through the >Aperture seminar I just could not see spending money on it. It did not seem >to offer that much functionality to CS2 no matter how hard they tried. I >could be wrong. > >Don >don.dory@gmail.com > > >On 3/10/06, Allen Graves <ahgraves@prodigy.net> wrote: >> >> I think RAW will be more widely accepted by those who are intimidated >> by Photoshop when the newer workflow tools like Apple's Aperture and >> Adobe Lightroom are more mature and integrate RAW file processing and >> photo organization. Considering that it is still a beta product, I've >> been quite impressed by Lightroom. >> >> >> Allen >> >> >At 06:14 PM 3/9/2006, you wrote: >> >>Adobe Camera Raw makes it so easy to process raw files, I can't imagine >> >>wanting to shoot jpeg for any reason. >> >>-- >> >>Eric >> >>http://canid.com/ >> > >> >Amen, Eric! I'm still trying to convince a few photographers on a >> >project that I'm working on that everyone should be shooting Raw. >> >Some of them see no difference, but I guarantee that as soon as we >> >see the sample prints - 17x24 - from the printer, everyone will be >> >able to see the difference easily. I've already seen the submitted >> >files from each photographer and there is no comparison between the >> >ones who use Raw and the ones who use Jpeg. It's night and day. >> > >> >Tina >> > >> >Tina Manley, ASMP >> >http://www.tinamanley.com >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >Leica Users Group. >> >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information