Russ Lowe
Joined: 08 May 2007
Posts: 40
Location: USA
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 Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 12:08 am Post subject: Adobe Lightroom |
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I've been using Lightroom for several weeks now and find that it works great for RAW and JPG images.
One big concern about using Photoshop CS 2 with JPG images is that it was too difficult to fix white balance. It's easy to do this with CS 2 by using ACR (Adobe Camera RAW) because you can use the "eyedropper" function and click on something that's either gray, white or black and you can instantly get a decent white balance. But with JPG, you can't do this... but you CAN with Lightroom!
Lightroom's eyedropper functions the same in JPG as in RAW! So if you shoot JPG instead of RAW, you'll find that you can white balance the file with one click!
I shot in RAW for many years, but now I'm shooting strictly in JPG with my two Fuji S5 Pro cameras. So this function in Lightroom is very handy for me.
Another nice thing is that you can work on your JPG images time and time again and not worry that you are damaging the original file. Everytime you save a JPG image after adjusting it, you actually damage the file. Not so in Lightroom. Like RAW, it saves an auxilary file which keeps the modifications, but leaves the original file alone. So you can make a lot of changes day after day and then finally output (export) the file after you are satisfied with all the adjustments. This is a huge advantage over working with JPG images in CS2.
Lightroom does more than just work on images. It also helps you keep your images organized as well. But some have found that importing all your images into Lightroom can drastically slow down your machine. So this is something you'll have to decide on if it's worth it for you or not.
I highly recommend trying Lightroom if you are in need of a new solution for your images. This year, Lightroom will play a huge role in my workflow compared to last year. CS2 will still be used to do other functions like cloning or modifying my files. But for exposure and color correction functions, it's hard to beat! |
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