Adobe Lightroom

Geek · 06-10-2008, 10:32 AM

Adobe - Photoshop Lightroom

I downloaded a demo of this program and I gotta say it's fantastic.

I have a Canon Rebel XTi that I recently bought to learn some photography. Setting the camera to take pictures in RAW mode allows you to do some post processing to really enhance the pictures.

Since I'm a beginner and had no clue what RAW mode meant(other than filling up my memory card 4x as fast), I did some digging. The way I understand it, capturing the images in RAW mode is pretty much dumping the files to the memory card as the camera sees it through the lens. This basically leaves you with a file that can be 'developed' an infinite amount of times with something like Lightroom. I don't have any good examples to post up yet since I'm still learning both the camera and the program but I'll work on it and show some different things that can be done.

sheepofblue · 06-10-2008, 02:00 PM

No compression. Most people use jpeg and any time you run something in and out (altering it) of a lossy compressor you lose data thus the name.

Geek · 04-17-2009, 08:51 AM

A few tips for beginners:

Warning: Don’t Make These 5 Mistakes in Lightroom

ssg · 05-09-2009, 12:03 PM

I have it, and having the entire Adobe suite at my fingertips (work), this is the single best piece of their software I have.

06-10-2008, 10:32 AM	#1
Geek 's make the world go 'round. Join Date: 01-02-2007 Location: SC Posts: 1,055	Adobe Lightroom Adobe - Photoshop Lightroom I downloaded a demo of this program and I gotta say it's fantastic. I have a Canon Rebel XTi that I recently bought to learn some photography. Setting the camera to take pictures in RAW mode allows you to do some post processing to really enhance the pictures. Since I'm a beginner and had no clue what RAW mode meant(other than filling up my memory card 4x as fast), I did some digging. The way I understand it, capturing the images in RAW mode is pretty much dumping the files to the memory card as the camera sees it through the lens. This basically leaves you with a file that can be 'developed' an infinite amount of times with something like Lightroom. I don't have any good examples to post up yet since I'm still learning both the camera and the program but I'll work on it and show some different things that can be done. __________________ "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people" Motorcycle fanatic?

06-10-2008, 02:00 PM	#2
sheepofblue Not a screen of death Join Date: 01-03-2007 Location: Huntsville Age: 47 Posts: 698	Re: Adobe Lightroom No compression. Most people use jpeg and any time you run something in and out (altering it) of a lossy compressor you lose data thus the name. __________________ A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way

04-17-2009, 08:51 AM	#3
Geek 's make the world go 'round. Join Date: 01-02-2007 Location: SC Posts: 1,055	Re: Adobe Lightroom A few tips for beginners: Warning: Don’t Make These 5 Mistakes in Lightroom __________________ "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people" Motorcycle fanatic?

05-09-2009, 12:03 PM	#4
ssg Senior Member Join Date: 11-04-2008 Location: Redmond Age: 32 Posts: 166	Re: Adobe Lightroom I have it, and having the entire Adobe suite at my fingertips (work), this is the single best piece of their software I have. __________________ Those who know they know, truly know.