But do also try PSE. It has most of the photographer's requirements of
PhotoShop (especially Camera Raw) and is vastly cheaper. I've
downloaded the Windows versions a couple times as they've upgraded the
release just to see with it looks like and how it works. I've never
noticed any performance problems with it but neither have I given it
anything hard to work on.
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/3/2012 2:18 PM, Paul Braun wrote:
> Good to know. That helps quite a bit.
>
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Lightroom does not require a filing system or impose one on you. All it
>> does is index your photos where they are in your filing system. It is
>> importing a preview and the information about the photo. LR never moves
>> your photos unless you tell it to. You can use whatever file system you
>> have. I still use the one I set up 30 years ago with PhotoTrack software.
>> The reason the book doesn't discuss the Library structure is that there is
>> not one. Wherever you have your photos - on your hard drive or external
>> hard drives or the cloud - all LR does is index them and note where they
>> are. That is what the Library is - a visual and metadata searchable
>> database of your system of photos. If you delete or change the photos in
>> another program, all you have to do is tell LR to synchronize the folder.
>> It will find all of the changes, add new photos, delete missing ones, and
>> update the metadata.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
>> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> Everyone it telling you Lightroom despite your statement that you don't
>>> want to be forced into a filing system. I've had 3 versions of
>>> Lightroom but have never really made use of it because the very first
>>> thing is wants to do is "import" my many tens of thousands of images
>>> from a file structure I have known and loved for many years (works for
>>> me). I bought Tina's recommended book on Lightroom thinking maybe it
>>> would finally make clear something about library structure for Lightroom.
>>>
>>> But I was astounded that there is hardly any discussion at all of
>>> library structure except for the warnings I anticipated and was afraid
>>> of... (my rephrasing, not a quote) *DO NOT* delete from, add to or
>>> reorder the physical storage structure of the image database *without
>>> going through Lightroom*. That makes perfect sense if you *only* use
>>> Lightroom but also means that you can't add or delete things with
>>> PhotoShop or anything else outside the Lightroom world without leaving
>>> Lightroom unaware of and needing to be updated to the changes.
>>>
>>> Someone has told me (on this list and maybe more than once) that
>>> Lightroom can use my existing structure but I don't really know how to
>>> to that nor do I know how to work around the *do it only through
>>> Lightroom* problem.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/3/2012 10:18 AM, Paul Braun wrote:
>>>> I'm about to get one of the new iMacs, and I'm thinking about new photo
>>>> software. I had been running an old copy of Photoshop CS2 that I had
>>>> inherited, which will no longer run.
>>>>
>>>> For me, Photoshop is overkill. I was considering Aperture, but not if
>> it
>>>> forces a filing system like iPhoto does. My file structure makes sense
>>> to
>>>> me.
>>>>
>>>> Thos of you who use Photoshop Essentials - are you happy? Does it
>>>> accomplish the basic necessities? I'm not going to do super-fancy
>> stuff,
>>>> just the basic cropping/color correction/brightness-contrast/light
>>>> retouching stuff.
>>>>
>>>> I'm open to suggestions. Whatever it is needs to run on OSX Mountain
>>>> Lion. And preferably understands Olympus ORF (I could use the Viewer
>>>> software if necessary.)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
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