Gonz, I was using PS Elements 5.0 when I switched to Lightroom. Lightroom functions a lot like an old light tray of slides. Library and Develop are my most used modules. Library creates a directory of images you have imported. It lets you pull up a batch of 2 to 50+ slides on a 'light table'. You can find the good ones and discard rejects easily and zoom in on single images. The LR 2.0 Develop module lets you crop, adjust exposure, and other basics. I found the adjustments in LR 2.0 were easier and looked better than in Elements 5.0. I still go back to Elements 5.0 on occasion, but am cautious of the colors. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks John, good info. So everyone keeps mentioning LightRoom here. > Is this preferable to PhotoShop, or an orthogonal product altogether? > > rg > > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 1:59 PM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The biggest drawback with laptops is the maximum memory configuration; >> apart from that they are more than good enough for most purposes. >> >> My work machine (a Compaq 8710w) supposedly can support 4GB memory sticks, >> so in theory can support 8GB of memory. But 4GB memory sticks are hard to >> find (and 32-bit Windows won't address more than 3GB anyway), so typical >> notebooks (2 DIMM slots) can often have a limit of 4GB physical RAM. >> >> You should be able to find a Core 2 Duo processor (speed 2.2 - 2.5 GHz) >> and a dedicated graphics card (ATI or nVidia) and 500GB of had disk space >> at a reasonable price; we paid roughly $700 for an HP with a 17" display >> six months ago, and prices generally go down (just like camera bodies). >> [We actually paid a little more than that, but that was to get a second >> hard drive and Windows 7 64-bit Professional] >> >> The newer processors (i5, etc.) are even faster, but (of course) more >> expensive. I haven't found LR to be sluggish on my systems. But the >> memory size can be an issue, especially working with very large images >> such as stitched panoramas; the I/O bandwidth from notebook drives is >> not as good as you can get from a SCSI RAID array. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > -- Reduce your Government Footprint > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
