I did used Picasa for the most part on my PC (remember the part about being frustrated with the GIMP :), and it did a pretty good job. I actually liked it better than iPhoto. I cannot speak to the technical aspects of conversion and adjustments, etc, but as far as the useablitly, I think that it is a little more flexible than iPhoto in what you can and cannot do. Although, I believe it is the newest version of iPhoto that has the thouch up tool, which is kind of handy. I also like the non-destructive aspect of LR, Picasa and iPhoto, makes me less scared I am going to destroy something.
Russ On 4/8/07, drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Russell Kerstetter wrote: > > On 4/8/07, drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Neither am I, but Gimp (for Windows) will do a fine job for $0 .... > >> > >> http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/ > >> > >> Drew. > >> > > > > I did try The Gimp before I bought my MacBook, however, to me it was > > fairly cumbersome. I don't actually know what I am doing, so add that > > to learning a fairly comlex system, I ended in frustration. Lightroom > > on the otherhand, has a pretty intuitive interface and I have been > > able to figure out a lot more bu just fiddleing than I ever did with > > the GIMP. Also, my personal feeling is that as this is my hobby, I > > need to be just as concerned with efficiency as I would if it was my > > profession because of the limited amount of time I am able to give to > > it. With my current method, it takes me anywhere from 30 mins to an > > hour to process one photo and post to my site. Because I have to > > process, export, hand-code (which I am not good at :), upload, > > trouble-shoot, etc. Wheras with Lightroom everything is integrated > > and I can see that once I am up to speed on everything that it should > > save me tons of time behind the computar so I can spend more time > > shooting, which is worth $200 to me. > > > > All to say... that's just my opinion. > > > > Russ > > > > I can respect that POV, I haven't actually tried Lightroom as I run > Linux, but it sounds good. Have you tried Picassa? it is quite good for > quick and dirty web pages and simple edits. It is also very good for > organizing your albums etc. (and non-destructive as Lightroom is) > > Cheers, > Andy. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Legacy Air, Inc. 11900 Airport Way Broomfield Colorado 80021 (303) 404-0277 fax (303) 404-0280 www.legacy-air.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
