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Which Photoshop product do yiou like to use and why??

by barrington 15 april 2012 21 replies

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gwahle

I generally use Lightroom 4 to start with and it does a great job on 80% for the photo adjustments. For most adjustments it has more finite control than the photoshop elements 11 that I also use. I'm just glad I don't have to pick between them. They each have there place and strenghts and pass work back and forth well. I have only had lightroom4 for about two weeks. But it is growing on me more and more all th time. I did upgrade photoshop elements from 9 to 11 and am not sure that it was worth the investmest or not. I'm still getting used to it as well. The best part of upgrading is learning how to do the same things in a different way. I have been learning alot from the tutorials online. It is well worth the time to go through some of the basic one at least.
9 February
OutBackArt

I would like to use PSE 11. Very good program for what I do most. And also it will help me have better images and maybe more clients will come to me, and also I would like to upgrade from my older version PSE 8.
29 January
Keith

I use Lightroom primarily and CS5 for stuff that Lightroom can't or doesn't handle as well as CS5. That being said Photoshop CS5 has a ton of stuff you'll probably never use so I would suggest PS Elements would be more than sufficient for any photo processing.
Try any trial packages before you dole out your hard earned cash.
9 January
luc

students and people working for universities or other research institutes get software very cheap...
25 April 2012
barrington

@luc how did you manage that?
24 April 2012
luc

I bought the full CS5.5 for 27 euros. Works like a charm!
24 April 2012
Perspicador

It is my latest acquisition. My feeling is that results may produce more quality and finish to give the edge in competitions. My outcomes with Capture One so far are very pleasing but I have only used it with my better images to produce premium quality.
23 April 2012
maspick

Perspicador wrote:People might like to give Phase One's Capture One a try before incurring too much expense with Adobe. Paint Shop Pro was also a rival at one time. Anyway, there will be plenty of expertise on here to advise.

Rodney -

How much have you used Capture One and how does it compare to Photoshop?

I do love Paint Shop Pro and used it long before Photoshop. Their methodology though has been falling behind in comparison to the Adobe products, IMHO.
23 April 2012
Perspicador

http://www.phaseone.com/en/Online-Store.aspx?utm_source=Apsis&utm_medium=Software_eblast&utm_content=Online_store&utm_campaign=w17_Express_upgrade

Here's a link, to save you a hunt round. Good Luck!
23 April 2012
Perspicador

People might like to give Phase One's Capture One a try before incurring too much expense with Adobe. Paint Shop Pro was also a rival at one time. Anyway, there will be plenty of expertise on here to advise.
23 April 2012
maspick

@barrington Elements is a lite version of CS5, while Lightroom is slightly different in purpose and scope. Photoshop, either version, is a digit photo editor. Lightroom is the digit equivalent to a darkroom, where a shoot (like a roll of film) can be processed either in batch or by individual images (like negatives). It is geared to working with files in one of the RAW formats. Photoshop can do amazing things like removing individual elements from an image, add elements like text, flares, and too many other magical manipulations.
22 April 2012
barrington

I've discovered that you can get a free 30 day trial from there website, so gonna give them all a tryh before I decide. I thought though that elements was the most basic and that Lightshop was the next step up, I take it from what people have said it is the other way round?
22 April 2012
GirlMick

I have just started a photoshop course at college and have been advised that Photoshop Elements 11 is due for release in about 3 months time so if you decide to go down the Elements route it may be worth holding off for a while.
19 April 2012
beautifulmemoir

I use CS5 and it works wonders. I have tried out Lightroom, but it seemed very limited. With CS5, there is always something new to learn!
17 April 2012
maspick

@barrington CS5 is a whole lotta program, but is also a bit pricey. If you are needing the state of the art with all the bells and whistles, go for CS5. If all you're needing is some more involved tweaking beyond what LR is capable of, but don't need everything that CS offers, look into Elements.
16 April 2012
DennisG

@barrington Oh, I use Lightroom3 for all my initial and general processing and finish off in PS with more tweaks. But that's just my workflow. Both programs are very good. GB D!
15 April 2012
DennisG

@barrington Well Baz, it is the latest non-beta version. I have used it and found it a great program.
GB D!
15 April 2012
barrington

has any body tried CS5, i'm just trying to figure out which one I should invest in.
15 April 2012
maspick

I'm fairly well entrenched in Lightroom at he moment. There are issues, as with any processing software, but it does a bang up job at prepping raw photos for use.
15 April 2012
TrieneHH

I use Lightroom. I like it's simplicity.
15 April 2012
kavian

I use Photoshop CS2 but I'm considering to switch to Lightroom. :)

You can read about some of the benifits of Lightroom here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvRC1ciGZgDcV5luj9xNABojzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20070831082258AAU7Z49
15 April 2012