Adobe Photoshop Elements vs Lightroom

[jmac1961]

I am currently using photoshop elements 8, but I have been looking at lightroom (I have not yet downloaded the trial version). Before I download the trial version did I wanted to know what others who may have used both programs thought. Is lightroom worth the expense. I am still an amatuer, but see this as a hobby lasting well into my retirement. Please let me know what pros/cons you found with both.

[Photologyst]

Lightroom is both a photo sorting program and a PS processing program, while Elements is a lower version of Photoshop.

I would recommend LR anytime. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t use it. Much lower learning curve than PS. I can sort, cull and process 100 in about 1 hr.

If you keep your computer clean and optimized, you will not see any slowdown in LR.

Download the trial and see what you think.

[jmac1961]

Thank you for the information. May I ask what version of Lightroom you are using?

[Photologyst]

Originally Posted by jmac1961

Thank you for the information. May I ask what version of Lightroom you are using?

Currently I am using LR 2. However, I am about to upgrade to LR 3 along with Photoshop CS5.

Tried it out and liked it.

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