Any Lightroom® users? (RAW)

[papercup]

I have been using PS CS2 to process my RAW images, but just downloaded the Lightroom Beta.

I like the interface better in Lightroom, but does anyone know if the actual RAW conversion is any different? (both Adobe products, I assume they are using the same RAW engine)

RAW users, what's you're poison?

[ka jowct]

I just recently (a week ago) got a camera that produces RAW files and am using Bridge and CS2, so I haven't had the time or inclination to try a different way of processing the images. What do you like better about Lightroom, specifically? Does it give you basically the same settings and options and defaults?

[papercup]

ka jowct Wrote:
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> I just recently (a week ago) got a camera that
> produces RAW files and am using Bridge and CS2, so
> I haven't had the time or inclination to try a
> different way of processing the images. What do
> you like better about Lightroom, specifically?
> Does it give you basically the same settings and
> options and defaults?


No, the interface is built more for photographers, not PS users. The terms are more intuitive, less "scientific".

I bet they produce the same results in the long run, but Lightroom "feels" better.

Things like sharpening & hue/saturation are best done as an adjustment layer in PS anyway.

Ideally, I think the RAW format needs to be addressed by Adobe like a Smart Object, in which the RAW file is linked but all adjustments/layers & tweaks are done by live-proxy via Photoshop.

I can dream.

[laarree]

papercup Wrote:
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> Things like sharpening & hue/saturation are
> best done as an adjustment layer in PS anyway.

Sharpening as an adjustment layer? One can only hope that's
a feature in Photoshop CS3--it sure isn't now.

kajowct, my understanding is that Lightroom does use the same raw
conversion engine that Adobe Camera Raw uses, as you suspected.

[ka jowct]

I wonder what Adobe's going to charge for Lightroom. Whatever it is, I suspect that my modest "workflow" will never merit the purchase of a separate product. Although it's a bit scary how fast the RAW images are accumulating during this new camera honeymoon phase.

[laarree]

I've got c. 45 GB of raw files accumulated since getting my new DSLR
in early February, and that's with only shooting a couple of days a week.
If I was a pro, it would probably work out to over a terabyte every year
easily.