Comments on: Why Lightroom Users Should Seriously Consider Adding Photoshop Elements To Their Workflow

By: SVRK Prabhakar

SVRK Prabhakar — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:25:53 +0000

Thanks a lot Matt for the clarification, will try to work with the demo for now and look around for any deals.

Looking forward to more updates on this subject from your site.

Best
Prabhakar

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:05:32 +0000

@Prabhakar, Glad I could help. Btw The “greek or latin” merely means we need Adobe to release a new Camera Raw plugin version before PSE 10 will be able to support all of the edits LR4 is capable of. PV2012 (or process version 2012) is the name of the latest and greatest LR4 capabilities.

Don’t know of any currently running LR4 deals. I have an affiliate link to purchase Lightroom on this page but currently that is for the regular price.

By: SVRK Prabhakar

SVRK Prabhakar — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 03:15:07 +0000

Dear Matt,

Thanks a lot for the comment. I thought PSE10 doesn’t support organizing & viewing videos (AVCHD format/MP4 format), as I am having troubles even with LR since the MP4 videos from Nex5 play very slow in LR (Laptop with 4GB RAm and dual core 2.8 GHz processor and 256 GB SSD). The first paragraph you wrote is all Greek and Latin for me:-) [especially the 'PV2012 develop edits'part]

BTW, appreciate if you aware about a best deal to buy LR?

Thanks a ton.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:09:15 +0000

@Prabhakar, This very second it doesn’t hold true but I expect this temporary issue to be resolved soon. Once the next version of Camera Raw (CR) is released (either 6.7 or 7.x) PSE 10 should be able to cope with LR’s PV2012 develop edits. Right now CR 6.7 is only in release candidate status and they chose to only publish the PS compatible version of CR.

I find I rarely need to exit LR to edit photos so I’d suggest trying it first. Whether LR suits you depends on your needs and whether the layered editing limitation is a show stopper or not (I’d be surprised if it is). PSE’s organiser can manage video so I don’t quite follow your last comment. Maybe it is just the Nex5 video that isn’t supported?

By: SVRK Prabhakar

SVRK Prabhakar — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:39:34 +0000

Hi,

Nice post. not sure if this article holds good for LR4 and PSE10 as well. I need a photo+video editing,managing and printing software for using with D700 and Nex5 at home. Which one should I go? LR doesnt suppport layered editing (even minor) and PSE10 doesn’t support cataloging videos!

Thanks a lot,
Prabhakar

By: Isaacf

Isaacf — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:36:49 +0000

@Matt – Thanks for the great response! I’ll stick to managing my photo catalogs via LR3 and call up PSE if I need to do additional editing. I’m currently reading a fat textbook on PSE10 and trying to resist putting into practice the sections rekating to the Organiser.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:10:56 +0000

@Isaacf, In general I try to run without creating any PSE catalog because I’m using LR as my main workflow tool. Even PRE can operate without a catalog nowadays. The only time you need to create a PSE/PRE catalog is if you want to manage files that LR can’t manage (e.g. LR 3.6 can’t manage all of the types of video files that PSE 10 can), or you want to use some PSE creations that are constructed using Organiser rather than PSE’s Editor. Both can co-exist together without creating problems but I’d avoid creating a PSE catalog if you don’t actually need it.

By: Isaacf

Isaacf — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:52:23 +0000

I currently use LR3.6 as my main workflow software and also have PSE 10 installed but haven’t really had the need to use it in depth. Question is, is it worth creating a new Catalogue with my PSE10 considering I already maintain a catalogue using LR. Can both co-exist together without creating problems?
Thanks
Isaac

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:41:21 +0000

@Mike, LR doesn’t really have a better RAW converter it is just easier to use for bulk editing photos. Lightroom’s RAW converter, at its core, is Camera Raw. PSE uses Camera Raw as well. So both are capable of producing the same image quality. Lightroom just makes it easier to access this capability, encourages the use of non-destructive edits, and makes it easier to Quick Develop multiple photos at once non-destructively.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:01:24 +0000

I am considering adding Lightroom 3 to my Photoshop Elements 9 installation, especially in view of the integration your plugin will enable. I read here that they use different RAW converters. Are you able to tell me if LR does a better job than PSE?