Adobe Lightroom

morgan said:
I'd be very suprised if that was the case. RS and Lightroom are two seperate products. Someone has to pay for the extra development - the peopl ethat buy the software.
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Adobe has confirmed Lightroom will be given to owners of Raw Shooter Premium.

Free to RawShooter Premium owners
In a recent Lightroom forum post, Tom Hogarty, Adobe product manager for the application, notes that registered users of the now-defunct Pixmantec RawShooter Premium application will receive a full license of Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 at no charge:
The offer to provide Lightroom 1.0 free of charge to Pixmantec RawShooter Premium customers was disclosed via the FAQ on Pixmantec.com. (http://www.pixmantec.com/pdf/FAQ_Pixmantec.pdf) The offer still stands and Adobe will contact customers via the email address they used in the purchase process for RawShooter Premium. The program will begin the same day that Lightroom 1.0 ships but not before.
The tool to convert RSP settings to visually similar Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom settings is also in development and I hope to provide it at the same time. (Caveat: Visually similar does not mean identical given the difference in processing algorithms)
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For sure the Sharpening and Noise removal tools have some way to go in Lightroom, but that's the only reason I would need to use Photoshop before printing an image.
 
rpstewart said:
How's Lightroom for adding borders or text?
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You can't add text or borders onto the image for file save in Lightroom; only for the on screen slideshow and print modules
 
Well it's out \o/
I think it's an awesome application and if you haven't tried it out yet then I highly recommended you do :)
 
bobbyboy uk said:
not heard anything about my free upgrade yet, may have been the best £44.21 i spent on rawshooter
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Feb 23rd is the date Adobe send RSE owners e-mails with the serial number etc
 
Raymond Lin - you can change the Identity Plate at the top : Edit -> Identity plate setup :)

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Raymond Lin said:
I am still lost with the program, the sharpening doesn't seem to do anything, can't figure out how to add a tag on each photo easily (I can do it with a slideshow thou), and worst of all, I dunno how to save an image after doing some editing !!!! :(
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The sharpening and noise reduction tools in Lightroom still need a lot of development; I'm still using Photoshop for those tasks.
To save the file you need to go to the Library module and click the export button (next to import :) )
I'm not sure what you mean by tags ?

I suggest you read and watch some of the tutorial websites and videos that are around.
This thread links to the major sites : http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc32d5f


One thing to keep in mind is that Lightroom is not meant to be a replacement for Photoshop. The editing tools in Lightroom (heal, sharpening etc) are much less powerful than those in Photoshop. Where Lightroom excels is in managing hundreds or thousands of RAW or JPEG files and being able to develop them quickly.

Adobe are releasing the Lightroom SDK soon so then developers will be able to launch extra modules like Sharpening and Noise reduction - there is a lot more still to come !
 
Shoit said:
Maybe I should have been more specific, I was looking for peoples experience of using lightroom. What people were using it for and how it fits in with or works in addition to photoshop. I have read the product informatin from adobe and read other information on the internet. Thanks for the link to the faq anyway.
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Lightroom is a superb package for the following reasons :
  • Import images with META data and keywords for easy searching and filing.
  • Image flag rating system and filtering options to only show the specific images you want to work on
  • Sort files by anything you like e.g. by camera, by lens, by shutter speed, yada, yada ….
  • Fast Raw image processing - The ability to adjust hundreds or thousands of RAW (or JPEG) files quicker than anything else I've used.
  • Extensive editing options that are intuitive to use - Exposure, White Balance, Vibrance etc
  • Live preview of White Balance changes using the dropper and Navigation preview
  • Compare side-by-side before and after editing changes
  • The option to create stacks of images to improve viewing and photo management
  • Output edited files to a custom web gallery.
  • Present edited files in a custom slideshow.
  • Print contact sheets from hundreds of RAW files in seconds - an amazing feature !!
  • Non-destructive editing environment - Adjustments applied to an image are 100% reversible at any time.
 
The review (linked above) sumed up Lightroom well.

The other Lightroom advantage: Plug-in architecture
One of the most exciting—but currently unused—things in Lightroom is that it will be plug-in savvy (for those wondering, Photoshop plug-ins do not work in Lightroom since they deal with images very differently). The prospect of having indispensable tools within a lossless RAW workflow is exciting and hopefully it will prompt Apple to build the same feature into Aperture. As was mentioned, Bibble Pro has Noise Ninja integration already but a truly open SDK for lossless floating point images in Lightroom will help push the RAW development stage of apps to be more powerful and for photographers, that means higher-quality images nearer to their final desired result with some creative options thrown in for good measure. These are fun times.
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It's an annoying feature but currently files in sub folders are auto imported with no option to disable it.

Collections were phased out from Beta 4 to v1; although Adobe as still supporting them during the import library phase from Beta 4 (do you don't lose files etc)
 
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Raymond Lin said:
You mean everytime i plug in an USB stick it'll come up ?
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That response was aimed towards rpstewart :)

From memory there is an option somewhere to disable card imports. I'm at work right now and don't have access to Lightroom to check.
 
nolimit said:
1. Can you apply sharpness? if so where is it located?
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The sharpness slider can be found in the development module in the right pane about half way down. It's not very strong though.


nolimit said:
2. Can you resize the image and apply custom watermark?
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Yes, you can re-size your image during the export process.
 
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