I have heard a lot about lightroom and jpeg. I keep hearing how great it is for jpeg shooters. Well, what I want to know is what does it do for the RAW shooters? I love CS2 and Bridge for fast RAW conversions. Then I love to run them through the image processor.

So, when all the talk about light room came out, and how great it was for jpeg shooters, I kind of ignored all the talk, because it "didn't aply to me" (or so I thought). Now, I have seen a little bit about RAW, but still not too much.

What I want to know is am I overlooking something I should look a little closer at for a RAW shooter? How can it benifit the RAW shooter, and how do you work into you workflow? What are the benifits of Lightroom to the RAW shooter over CS2(or soon to be CS3)?

Lightroom is more powerful. While bridge (especially CS3) has a ton of workflow features. Lightroom integrates it more, and just makes it a bit smoother.


The adjustment features that you would normally use camera raw for are more intuitive, and powerful. Theres also neat options for making slideshows and stuff. The reason jpeg shooter are happy is because they can have the same adjustments as raw shooter have available. I don't plan on switching back to jpeg though as I still think raw is more flexible. Just personal preference though.

The presets will be easier to access as they are just in a panel on the left, and theres many other little things that help out.

I won't be ditching bridge, and for a quick browse, and it it will be better as you don't have to import images. I'll be using lightroom for full on shoots (like a wedding) where I have lots of images to look at, and want to do a lot of correcting.

I've been playing with it, and so far it seems great. it should be coming out the 19th, and I plan on getting my full discussion of it on PPS in the next few weeks.

Just download the demo when it comes out, and see what you think. I think you'll like it.

Gav

PS. I'm sure Matt can explain the jpeg advantages better than I can, but I have used it on jpegs and it's pretty cool.

The thing about Lightroom & JPG vs. Raw is that if you create the presets to do what you want, JPG & Raw workflows in Lightroom are exactly the same. That's what I love about it - plus it's the first way I really know of to actually affect white balance in JPGs. It rocks.

Lightroom demo can be downloaded from now thru the end of this month here:

https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/i...abs%5Flightroom

After that you'll probly need to buy it. But try it out before then

Kari, I shoot raw only and use lightroom for everything - portraits, weddings, and personal stuff. It's a lot more flexible than bridge and I love the fact that I get to have presets that give me a preview of what the image would look like before actually applying the presets. I rarely open photoshop except to do apply actions on a select few images. PM me if you want to see photos that were processed solely in lightroom and I'll send you a link.

For a while, it wasn't great for RAW because it was too slow... now it's just as fast, and even faster when you consider the fact that you can export images in the background while you're working on more images in the foreground. Start learning Lightroom as soon as you can - it will make your life so much easier when the season kicks into full blast.

Thanks guys, I guess it is worth a try. I'll get the trial version now and start playing.
Thanks!