I use Lightroom to organize my photos, and when I can apply basic color corrections to a group of similar images. Otherwise, I go to Photoshop to work with individual photos for the extra power and control. James On Mar 12, 2011, at 7:43 PM, Michael Elenko wrote: > Generally from my own use history and from many that I've read about online, > the typical use situation is that you start off in Lightroom and only kick > the image into PS when certain specialized tasks need to happen. I only drop > over to PS about 9% of the time these days, usually for cloning (LR cloning > tools are OK, but not configurable), panorama creation, and extracting a > product from a background. > > As John notes, LR is not for all types of photography. If you have to do > serious skin fixin' or re-shaping body parts, or collage creation, then there > is PS and associated plugins to use. > > A lot of LR functionality can be done in Adobe Camera Raw as well, but the > image cataloging and some more functions are lacking there. > > ME > > On Mar 12, 2011, at 6:52 PM, Andie Styner wrote: > >> Thanks for sending that along. I'm actually having a difficult time adding >> lightroom to Photoshop. Seems like I might not need the both of them. >> >> Roobiblue Studios >> www.roobiblue.com >> >> On Mar 12, 2011, at 5:50 PM, Michael Elenko <michael.elenko@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >>> Ran across this spiffy Lightroom free plugin called the Fader that is a lot >>> like the Fade command in Photoshop: >>> http://www.knobroom.com/thefader/ >>> >>> It lets you vary the intensity of any preset you apply to an image by a >>> span of 0-150%. I've been doing something similar, but this is more >>> automated and more powerful. It's nice to see more plugins developed for >>> Lightroom. >>> >>> ME >>> >>> Michael Elenko >>> Eye In The Triangle Photography >>> 206-226-3315 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > Michael Elenko > Eye In The Triangle Photography > 206-226-3315 > > > > > >