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ngdawg · 02-09-2007, 07:50 AM

Unlike Photoshop, Lightroom is strictly for photo editing and creating files, or so it would appear. There are no 'artistic' features, it's 'filters' are for enhancement, color correction, etc. It created a TIF file from the photo-probably to reduce pixellating. I think it'd work best when working off the camera or memory card-something I'd been doing anyway in PS-for optimizing the file.
Only the Beta is free; it will be available for $199 retail starting Feb.19.
Lightroom seems to use/mimic features found in the better digital cameras, ie; histogram, white balance, contrast. It also provides light sources, such as tungsten, flourescent, daylight, shade, etc. to change the look of your photo.
By using a movable viewfinder, I was able to zoom in on just that one part of the building as my workspace, enhance detail, rotate and crop, rather than, in PS, zooming the entire thing, moving around with the scroll, etc. As you move the viewer, the workspace shows what it 'sees'.
It creates a TIF from a jpeg, increasing a default(in this case at least) of 72dpi to a nice printable of 240dpi, minimizing pixellating. What I don't like-and it's a picky thing-is that there is no file 'save as'; rather, it creates a 'library'.
I've still to figure out that stuff-for now I'm seeing what it can do to enhance. The ezine, Pop Photo/American Photo is pretty gungho about it and I can see why. I just have to play some more. Sty told me about it, so he probably knows a lot more than I would at this point.

02-09-2007, 07:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	Unlike Photoshop, Lightroom is strictly for photo editing and creating files, or so it would appear. There are no 'artistic' features, it's 'filters' are for enhancement, color correction, etc. It created a TIF file from the photo-probably to reduce pixellating. I think it'd work best when working off the camera or memory card-something I'd been doing anyway in PS-for optimizing the file. Only the Beta is free; it will be available for $199 retail starting Feb.19. Lightroom seems to use/mimic features found in the better digital cameras, ie; histogram, white balance, contrast. It also provides light sources, such as tungsten, flourescent, daylight, shade, etc. to change the look of your photo. By using a movable viewfinder, I was able to zoom in on just that one part of the building as my workspace, enhance detail, rotate and crop, rather than, in PS, zooming the entire thing, moving around with the scroll, etc. As you move the viewer, the workspace shows what it 'sees'. It creates a TIF from a jpeg, increasing a default(in this case at least) of 72dpi to a nice printable of 240dpi, minimizing pixellating. What I don't like-and it's a picky thing-is that there is no file 'save as'; rather, it creates a 'library'. I've still to figure out that stuff-for now I'm seeing what it can do to enhance. The ezine, Pop Photo/American Photo is pretty gungho about it and I can see why. I just have to play some more. Sty told me about it, so he probably knows a lot more than I would at this point. __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.