How does this compare to Lightroom 5? I'm debating on which one to get. I've only tried the trial with Corel and read the reviews and it's supposed to be slower than Lightroom.
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PaintShop Pro is Corel's answer to Photoshop. If you want a competitor to Lightroom, that would be Corel's AfterShot Pro. FWIW
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I used the software only for a few days and it locked up. I reinstalled and it worked for a few days and locked up. Someone said you can only install this software one time and then you need technical help from Corel. So no help with software.
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Lightroom will be a faster program but there are some features that Paint Shop has that Lightroom doesn't. But that doesn't mean you should get Lightroom. Every working photographer should have Lightroom as one of their tools.
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I've used Portrait Professional 10 and 11 with both Lightroom 3,4 and currently 5. Works very well with my workflow when retouching my images. I really don't use it with Photoshop as Lightroom is my base tool from which I start my processing.
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My understanding is "yes"...but if you use the program on both systems simultaneously, you may get a raised eyebrow from corel. but I have had trouble running it on my desktop for some reason.....desktop is more than adequately powerful...but corel engineers shrugged and said "yes...we've seen this problem and our engineers are working on it"......3 months ago....still no answer to several emails asking for assistance. ... maybe d/l the free trial 1st on both an see if they'll run it.
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Lightroom compliments the digital camera and gives you the capabilities of a well equipped wet darkroom. For example: * The camera is set for daylight, Lightroom adjusts the image temperature like using "indoor" film for fluorescent lights or studio lights. * You shoot creating "raw" and "jpg" images, jpg goes right to facebook, raw (which has more information) is used to create that frame-able, award winning print. * You adjust a raw print, Lightroom saves the changes (not the whole image) and the original image. This saves a lot of computer space if you have a dozen variations of the same image. * In the old dark room, you used light (time and intensity) to burn and dodge a print to bring out details in the shadows and washed out feaures. In LR you use your mouse or finger (touch screen). Ditto for tones like sepia and solarization. LR can do pixilation. Try that with an enlarger. * Like the old negative file system. LR stores your `raw' or jpg images in a system of your choice. You can create cross reference list such as "beach photos" or "cute D. coriacea faces" to find your beach or sea turtle pictures without making copies in different directories. It's like use file cards but without the hassle. Changes are not made to the originals (like you can't change a negative) * Of course you can crop, adjust contrast, color, tone, vignette, control convergence, combination print, make contact(proof) sheets, and most of the wet darkroom techniques. Of course with the full-blown Photoshop you can do all this, but LR is for the photographer and is easier on the wallet. I recommend that you take a LR class from a professional photographer. It will be worth every penny. Also check out some of the articles in Outdoor Photographer http://www.outdoorphotographer.com and in particular the article on how to use lightroom (http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/how-to/photoshop-and-other-software/use-lightroom-like-a-darkroom.html) like a darkroom.
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I've never used Silhouette personally. This software is tailored for the beginner with some advanced components. But it's not the most intuitive software to use. You can find decent tutorials but sometimes not help with exactly what you want to do. More often then not i produce what i want in photoshop and import.
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I downloaded it too. Could get in but found it impossible to work with. Nothing like my older version. I took it out and am so disappointed with Print Master.
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I just opened my preset list and it does include both Photoshop and Lightroom. It's pretty much customizable to just about any App. i use it for Final Cut Pro X and HATE not using it now. All the major shortcuts right there for me. I highly suggest getting one.
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I never compared the two versions, I used the first edition only because it's more compact, light, less expensive, has built in shade what I really like. I use only on Fuji cameras without worries. I heard the version two also have purple fringing issues with some cameras but visible only on large images, also fringing is easy to fix with the latest softwares like Lightroom. I shoot almost exclusively B&W; so color fringing don't bother me so much. V2 might be more corrected but I can't tell.
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That is one of the reasons I got it. I'm a professional photographer and this is such a better deal than a Mac, performance per $. Very upgradable too. Ditch the HDD and get another Solid drive. Runs Lightroom and Photoshop like a boss. It's also great for video, runs Davinci Resolve and Premiere great.
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Works for me [though W8 is a little strange from XP], I do a lot of foto editing almost daily. There are many tools that I haven't used [or used much] so glitches may still occur. I would say, if you have your computing power up, go with it.
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Hello Thomas, This is Clive from EZbackgrounds. Teresa's answer is correct. The only thing I would add is that the Corel PaintShop Pro compatible package is separate and can be viewed by entering "digital backgrounds paintshop pro" into the Amazon search engine. If you are looking for the best investment and don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on Photoshop, I would recommend the Photoshop Elements. I do believe that Adobe is currently offering a Photoshop/Lightroom combo special for only $10 a month. Thank you for your inquiry. If you have any other questions, feel free to contact us anytime. Best Regards, Clive Hello Thomas, This is Clive from EZbackgrounds. Teresa's answer is correct. The only thing I would add is that the Corel PaintShop Pro compatible package is separate and can be viewed by entering "digital backgrounds paintshop pro" into the Amazon search engine. If you are looking for the best investment and don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on Photoshop, I would recommend the Photoshop Elements. I do believe that Adobe is currently offering a Photoshop/Lightroom combo special for only $10 a month. Thank you for your inquiry. If you have any other questions, feel free to... » Read More Hello Thomas, This is Clive from EZbackgrounds. Teresa's answer is correct. The only thing I would add is that the Corel PaintShop Pro compatible package is separate and can be viewed by entering "digital backgrounds paintshop pro" into the Amazon search engine. If you are looking for the best investment and don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on Photoshop, I would recommend the Photoshop Elements. I do believe that Adobe is currently offering a Photoshop/Lightroom combo special for only $10 a month. Thank you for your inquiry. If you have any other questions, feel free to contact us anytime. Best Regards, Clive « Show Less
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Thanks. I am trying to get used to Lightroom. I have been using iPhoto for a few years, and is a lot different.Thanks again.FG
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I have Elements 5 and Paintshop Pro 8 (and 7). All are very good, but the emphasis is different. I use Elements for processing my DSLR photos using the included Adobe Camera Raw. It is reasonably easy to use and the quality of the results is excellent. I use the PTlens plugin to correct for lens defects and Elements works well with this. I very occasionally like to use a feature that Adobe has left out in order to avoid competing with full Photoshop. Examples include Curves adjustment layers and fully automated batch editing. In this case I switch to Paintshop Pro, which invariably does have the missing feature. If you don't know why you would need these features, you probably don't! I don't use the built in Organiser, because I started using Picassa (free from Google) for this purpose and I see no reason to change. For design work, such as web design, I would personally choose to use Paintshop Pro, because its feature set is more complete, (Paintshop Pro 8 is roughly equivalent to Photoshop version 6), and because those advanced features are more easily accessible. Other people that I know would choose to use full Photoshop instead, and I can understand their point of view. Photoshop Elements needs quite a powerfull (i.e. new) computer, if it is not to seem slow. I understand that this is also true for the latest Paint Shop Pro. Finally, you can download both of these products for a free month's trial, so why not try then out and make your mind up after that?
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Pinnacle has their own site that you might find answers to all your questions. There on the forums you will quickly find out whether it's a good to have or not. I understand their live support sucks... How's the software? I have studio 9 and need to upgrade NOW!!! Had a few problems in the past but it was sorted eventually? Do I want to go through it again?
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I have Adobe Photoshop Lightroom installed on my wind and it works fine except side menus dont have much room to expand cuz of small resolution, so i get tired scrolling those menus up and down using touchpad, maybe its easier with external mouse but I havent tried it. So I have it as a backup for editing photos if I dont have access to my desktop.
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I have the Core i7 / 8 Gb version of this laptop. I run Adobe Lightroom 4.4, and it works well in my opinion.Get a USB 3.0 docking station or hub to solve the issue of only one USB port. Eg. Anker
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Just my opinion.. I think Lr and Ps are fancier and harder to learn, but better designed and handle metadata in a way compatible with other imaging handling applications. So they are more worth learning at the beginning, or you will find yourself, like me, tweaking all your PSE photo metadata when you decide you need that compatibility. As to the monthly payment business, I am getting by with the permanent, non-web version of Lr. (Note that this permanent version does support the much better photo publishing plug-ins as opposed to PSE's share facility which runs through another website, often doesn't work (for me) and doesn't readily support synchronization with the publishing website (e.g. Flickr) of comments from Flickr and photo updates from Lr. Lr is also willing to use my PSE photo editor so I can put off buying the full-up Photoshop editor. For my needs, that is presently quite sufficient and I don't foresee a compatibility blind alley, though I suppose I may be mistaken.