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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Ok..I'm a software junkie...I admit it...but when it comes to photo editing Photoshop is the only tool that has stood the test of time for me (usage: 80% web photo, 20% web graphics). So while I read new product reviews, I've been very hesistant to install new photo software. This week/weekend I tried two new kids on the block, neither exactly spanking new, but both still in their infancy relatively speaking. Lightroom and Nikon Capture NX. I won't talk about NX because it really is a product for Nikon users only, other than to say it has some sick features (punctual adjustments of tonality with RGB sliders etc.). Lightroom, on the other hand, impressed me with its interface: the slick look and feel, the overall metaphor used for the UI, etc. (Honestly, I could not care less about file browsers and adobe bridge, only the features that will allow adjustments of colour, tone, and sharpness, some cropping, composites - I use Extensis Portfolio for asset mgmt. Back to lightroom - but beauty is only skin deep and I haven't done a feature by feature comparison with CS2 (or CS3) to see if this one is worth pursuing. Is it the current best of breed application? Or is it a small incremental gain over CS? Is the investment in time and money to use a new software dedicated to photography worthwhile or do you stick to Photoshop as the one size fits all integrated solution (and it does do a great job at that). Would love to hear your thoughts on both Lightroom specifically and on Photoshop as a one stop shop versus best of breed apps for Photo Editing and Imaging (let's stay away from web graphics ). Nature & Travel Photography [url=http://www.sleepingwolves.com]Visit the Sleeping Wolves[/url] Loading...
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