Mike Rawcs Posted June 7, 2007 Share #1 Posted June 7, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hope this has not been covered already. Lightroom seems to offer me almost all that I require except decent sharpening and specific image-area editing (Lightroom makes only global changes to a photo according to the Luminous landscape tutorial (which I recommend). Which do you recommend - Elements 5 or CS3 - and why? Thanks in advance for your input. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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carstenw Posted June 7, 2007 Share #2 Posted June 7, 2007 I prefer Lightroom myself, and own Elements 3 Mac. I don't find that I need any sharpening with the M8 RAW images though, do you? There is the spot tool in Lightroom. What other local-area tools are you looking for? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George61d Posted June 7, 2007 Share #3 Posted June 7, 2007 Personally I would go with lightroomand CS3. Adobe has just released the lastest camera raw which contains many features that will be in the next Lightroom - or so we are lead to believe - which includes excellent sharpening and detail enhancements. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted June 7, 2007 Share #4 Posted June 7, 2007 Lightzone currently has an offer for a plug-in version for Lightroom. You can image-area edit using it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveEP Posted June 7, 2007 Share #5 Posted June 7, 2007 I use Lightroom + CS3. The problem with elements is that every time I try to use it, I find it's missing that once function that I need (like true curves or actions). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwlane Posted June 7, 2007 Share #6 Posted June 7, 2007 No question: Lightroom and CS3. Read my opinions at the illuminated universe. Scroll down until you find the workflow post. Also, I just downloaded CR 4.1 (free only for CS3) and it's great. Read about it at PhotoshopNews: Photoshop News and Information » Archive » About Camera Raw 4.1 Cheers Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted June 7, 2007 Share #7 Posted June 7, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Lightzone currently has an offer for a plug-in version for Lightroom. You can image-area edit using it. Brian, is it really a plugin version of LightZone? I can't find explicit information on it, other than comments that it is fully compatible. It sounds more like they expect you to add LightZone as an external editor to Lightroom... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j. borger Posted June 7, 2007 Share #8 Posted June 7, 2007 Just CS3 ... no need for lightroom ... ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwelland Posted June 7, 2007 Share #9 Posted June 7, 2007 Brian, is it really a plugin version of LightZone? I can't find explicit information on it, other than comments that it is fully compatible. It sounds more like they expect you to add LightZone as an external editor to Lightroom... LightZone is added as an external application to Lightroom. The version that's referred to here as a plug-in is actually the full product but doesn't have the equivalent of Bridge/Lightroom functionality in it which the full LightZone includes. It's designed to be used with Lightroom/Aperture as a complementary image editor vs standalone. As mentioned though, it's an excellent tool for the photographer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Rawcs Posted June 8, 2007 Author Share #10 Posted June 8, 2007 I prefer Lightroom myself, and own Elements 3 Mac. I don't find that I need any sharpening with the M8 RAW images though, do you? There is the spot tool in Lightroom. What other local-area tools are you looking for? Don't know Carsten: I'm still waiting for a lens after buying an M8 about 10 weeks ago! Thanks for the advice, this digital stuff is a whole new world. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Rawcs Posted June 8, 2007 Author Share #11 Posted June 8, 2007 Thanks everyone for your help. Lightroom looks good for organising, print and web. Photoshop allows specific areas to be corrected rather than the global enhancements in Lightroom. I have 25 + years of slides that need attention due to the ravages of time (you should see what it has done to me!) so I'm thinking Photoshop and Lightroom but will Elements 5 suffice? The main edits will be sharpening and clone stamp. Just enough to restore everything to its original state. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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