I have a daughter in college that can get Adobe software discounted, thanks for the idea, I would have forgotten about that.
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Gonz, > I used my daughter-in-law's teacher ID to get it for $100. A good price. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks, John & Bob. Lightroom sounds like a useful addition. It >> sounds like an advanced version of Adobe Bridge, which came with the >> version of Photoshop I use. Bridge is limited in its editing >> capabilities, i.e. applying the same raw settings from one image to >> another, which is useful when you have a bunch of shots with the same >> color temp for example. Other than that, it will basically call >> photoshop or the raw converter to do anything more. >> >> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- 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. > -- -- 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.
