http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom/

it seems promising, but for the most part, its like photoshop prettied up, and taking away some of the features photographers use most. you can still mess with levels adjust the characteristic curve, and the histogram, color balance etc, but you can't burn/dodge(in any of the cool new ways CS2 does it <3 highlight midtone and shadow) etc etc.

oh, also, as you import into lightroom it automatically sorts the files for you, into "shoots". and you can make slideshows. and stuff.


i'm making this product sound really retarded arent i?

more useless crap from adobe.

It just seems like Aperture for both Mac and Windows. Adobe usually makes good products though, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

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i like the interface, i just dont like it's limitations.

useless to you probably, but theres a reason why Adobe is such a big name. Tons of people use their software on a day to day basis


What exactly is "useless" about something like Photoshop or illustrator?

I bet it's more fun the old fashioned way with an enlarger.

i can personally attest that that is incorrect. i'd rather be in a darkroom doing this stuff by hand than in front of a computer screen.

and frankly, i've found, with a few rare exceptions to get better results out of darkroom work than photoshop. but as with either method, you need to know what you're doing.

That's what I said. :p

The problem with adobe is that they take their core product (photoshop) and release a bunch of limited versions of it with different names. Is there anything really new here?

Im only aware of Photoshop CS2 and Photoshop Elements. One of the big amazing one that design companies use, the other is for basic home usage. I dont see how thats a problem

I guess you're right.

sorry, read that as "more fun than the old..."