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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
06-01-2011, 10:15 PM
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As a side note, I have found that Picasa doesn't always play nice with Windows 7-64 bit either. Kind of a bummer really because I liked that program a lot. When I first began shooting digital and knew nothing about PP, Picasa was a lifesaver program for me. I had used Corel Photo Paint, Microsoft Picture It, and the dreadful software that came with my Fuji P&S and the equally dreadful Pentax software that came with my K10D (sorry guys, I hate that software). I struggled with all of them and pretty much didn't do any PP at all until I discovered Picasa. For ease of use and workflow, the program was awesome although limited in what it could do. Lightroom is similar to Picasa in that a pure beginner with basic photography knowledge can cruise through their photos rather quickly and get decent results.
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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
06-01-2011, 07:37 AM
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I use Lightroom and like it and think it is pretty straight forward and easy to use. My complaint was the price. I used Elements for years (and still do) and shot mostly in JPEG with occasional RAW shooting which I processed in ACR. When they offered it earlier this year to Elements users for $99, I bought it. I would NOT have paid $299! As a photo organizer, the free Picasa is as good as anything. I brought up the RAW-JPEG because Lightroom is really intended as a RAW processing program although it will work with JPEG's. Whether you buy Elements or Lightroom, I would suggest a trip to your local bookstore and pick up one of the extensive tutorials available on these programs. Add 50 bucks for the book.
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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
05-31-2011, 10:24 PM
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It's worthwhile if you're shooting RAW. If you're shooting JPEGS with only the occasional RAW then Photoshop Elements 9 would be a better starting place.
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