Lightroom explanation

[rickp1]

I'm trying to make sure I understand Lightroom's RAW editing. I'm currently using CS4's RAW plugin to edit my images.
Are CS4's RAW editing sliders the same sliders that are in Lightroom's Develop panel??

Can someone with some experience using Lightroom tell me how it improves workflow.
I've read the fact that in can catalog, organize etc... one's images but I'm trying to get a sense on how it will simplify my editing work after a vacation with the family for example.

Thanks
R.

[zona5101]

Generally you will load your raw images into Lightroom, prune, edit, and perform most adjustments in LR. You will end up going into CS4 only when you need some powerful editing capabilities that LR can't manage. You will manage your photos in LR through folders, catalogues, flags and ratings. You can perform color balance, exposure, croping, vingettes, saturation, vibrance settings for the entire image or use the spot brush and make localized changes. 90% of the time the tweaks I need can be done in LR. When I do have something I want to do in PS, I can open in image directly from LR, edit it in PS, and save it where it will return to the LR cataloge along side the unedited version. At first it may seem like it's just another bunch of steps to go through but when you understand how fast it is to do the edits and tweaks in LR and how little you need to work in PS, it saves a lot of time.

[rickp1]

Originally Posted by zona5101

. At first it may seem like it's just another bunch of steps to go through

that's exactly how I feel. So I want to make sure it's not that by getting it from people that have used it.

thanks for the feedback.

R.

[BigFuzzy]

Originally Posted by zona5101

Generally you will load your raw images into Lightroom, prune, edit, and perform most adjustments in LR. You will end up going into CS4 only when you need some powerful editing capabilities that LR can't manage. You will manage your photos in LR through folders, catalogues, flags and ratings. You can perform color balance, exposure, croping, vingettes, saturation, vibrance settings for the entire image or use the spot brush and make localized changes. 90% of the time the tweaks I need can be done in LR. When I do have something I want to do in PS, I can open in image directly from LR, edit it in PS, and save it where it will return to the LR cataloge along side the unedited version. At first it may seem like it's just another bunch of steps to go through but when you understand how fast it is to do the edits and tweaks in LR and how little you need to work in PS, it saves a lot of time.

Exactly what Zona said.. it seems like a lot at first.. but once you're familiar with it, it's totally worth it. I love being able to color tag, rate, keyword etc and I also do 90-95% of my editing in LR.. It's been a life saver.
The thing I like most, is when I'd dealing with my basic boring vacation shots, if I have a series where they all came out not to my liking, yet similar, I can make the changes to only one of them, and apply the changes to that one to all the others so it saves you lots of time.. keeps you from having to edit each image individually.
Get it, get familiar and you won't regret it.

[rickp1]

thanks guys. I'm starting to get it a bit better. You're right all in one location

R.