I remember asking a friend once about Lightroom vs. PhotoShop. His
response was something like: "If you're shooting events and processing
hundreds of similar images then get Lightroom. Otherwise stick with
PhotoShop."
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/24/2012 10:03 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Chuck,
>
> I downloaded the trial version of LR early-on, and tried to use it with my
> existing filing system, which consists of a folder for each year, with
> sub-folders for each month, sub-sub-folders for each group of images, with
> these named by month, day, camera& lens, and subject matter. I normally
> select an image to edit, do my RAW and PSE 6 editing, and save it back to
> the same folder with a unique name.
>
>> From the short time I spent with LR, probably 2-3 days, it appeared to me
> that it wanted to set up a filing system of its own, not akin to mine.
> Since I did not explore it in depth, I may very well have missed an option
> to have it adopt my system. I just saw very little advantage it offered to
> my way of editing. I deleted it and moved on.
>
> I'm sure that I may be missing out on unique features that LR offers, but
> I'm not a professional and don't deal with customers, so things of that sort
> don't really turn me on. I prefer to work with a simple system where I can
> remember the order of things, and concentrate on finding worthwhile subjects
> for my images.
>
> As with most things, YMMV
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt"<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 6:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] How'd they do that?
>
>
>> Thanks, Jim, but could you elaborate a bit about what happened or what
>> you didn't like. My former photo mentor also gave up on Lightroom since
>> he says the catalog system doesn't work over his small studio network (4
>> or 5 machines IIRC). He doesn't just say he doesn't like it, he says it
>> with great disgust.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 3/24/2012 10:34 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>>> Eh? If you have neither desire nor need, you don't have to use anything
>>> else - Lightroom is perfectly happy for you to "add" your images to its
>>> catalog(ue) *in their existing locations*. You do not have to "move"
>>> them,
>>> you don't even have to "copy" them, nor "copy as DNG" although you can do
>>> any of those if you choose.
>>>
>>> If I didn't know you better I might suggest that you are confusing a
>>> directory listing with a file allocation table!
>>>
>>> Piers
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> Sent: 24 March 2012 12:35
>>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>>> Subject: Re: [OM] How'd they do that?
>>>
>>> My existing file structure consisting of folders named:
>>> yyyy-mm-dd - long, descriptive event or subject name suits me just fine.
>>> I've been using it for about 10 years and have no desire or need for
>>> something else.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>> On 3/23/2012 2:13 PM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>>>> What is it about the 'catalog' that irritates you?
>>>>
>>>> On 15/03/2012, Chuck Norcutt<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> But that means I have to tackle Lightroom and its silly
>>>>> requirement that I use its catalog system which I do not want to do.
>>>>> It's why I own Lightroom but don't use it. It would be nice to have
>>>>> an integrated solution.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 3/15/2012 10:28 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>>>> Thanks. My PSE is a long expired trial version. I don't think PS
>>>>>> does slide shows but Lightroom probably does. I'll have to check
>>>>>> that and whatever other imaging related software I have.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3/15/2012 9:54 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>>>>>>> IIRC even Photoshop Elements does it (with music...)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 15 March 2012 14:48, Chuck
>>>>>>> Norcutt<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The other day I saw (briefly) a slide show playing off a DVD
>>>>>>>> directly to a TV projector with no intervening computer. The show
>>>>>>>> was in the Ken Burns style with slowly changing images and zooming
>>>>>>>> in/out and panning back and forth on each image during its play
>>>>>>>> time. Somebody here ( don't know who) must have made it since the
>>>>>>>> photos were of a local event no more than a couple days old.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'd like to be able to produce slide shows also that run off a DVD
>>>>>>>> with no intervening computer required. A number of the elderly
>>>>>>>> folks here either don't have a computer or, even if they do, don't
>>>>>>>> know how to use it other than for a few limited things.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Ken Burns style is OK but I'm really just interested in
>>>>>>>> software that can get still images into video format and write it
>>>>>>>> to a DVD. Most folks here do have a DVD player and know how to use
>>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyone know what's available?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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