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Markus Kleine
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October 25, 2023
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Biggest advantage / difference between Lightroom and Photoshop

  • October 25, 2023
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At the moment I'm toying with the idea of installing Lightroom, although I'm not sure how useful it is for me. Currently, I drag the photos from my SD card to the desired directory, open them in Photoshop and make any desired changes via AdobeCameraRAW. Theoretically that's enough for me, but possibly there are other killer features of Lightroom that I'm just not aware of today 😉
I know that Lightroom offers me the possibility of image management - I wouldn't actually need this as far as I know.
What I do know is that you can load presets in Lightroom. AdobeCameraRAW basically offers me this feature as well, though I don't know if I can load Lightroom presets into AdobeCameraRAW as well, for example.
So, besides file management, what are the strongest arguments for you to use Lightroom that Photoshop / AdobeCameraRAW doesn't offer me?
Thanks in advance for your answers and tips, Ehrich Lehnsherr

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    Rob_Cullen
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    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 26, 2023

    Your first step is to understand and identify WHICH VERSION of "Lightroom" you are asking about.

    This link explains the difference between the 'new' Lightroom and the 'well established' version that is now called Lightroom-Classic. This link helps explain those differences-

    COMPARE LIGHTROOM & LIGHTROOM-CLASSIC FEATURES

    You need to decide whether you want your image files stored 'locally on hard-drives' or in the 'Lightroom Cloud' and select the appropriate version of "Lightroom".

     

    Now if you are coming from only ever using Photoshop, and possibly Adobe Bridge (or simply a file browser), then this youtube link below makes a comparison between using Bridge (or file browser) and a  Lightroom (database) system.  *NOTE: This video was recorded before a name change to Lightroom-Classic, so all references to "Lightroom" in the video should now be applied to "Lightroom-Classic".

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp2AThZiaBY

     

     

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
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      Markus KleineAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      January 13, 2024

      thank you, but in the video of Julieanne Kost is talking about lightroom and bridge. But I dont think about to use Bridge.

      I am just asking myself, wihich of both versions of Lightroom is the right one for me.
      I am user which didn´t use lightlroom before – I drag the foto-files which are worth it from the SD-Card on my NAS and work on them with Photoshop and the Camera Raw Extension. My Sister also has access to those files and she also retouches the images and we both store them later locally. So I guess our choice should be the classic version – not the cloud-based.
      BUT – if we are one a photoshooting outside and want to check, if the images are really sharp, we just dont want to check it on a zoomed in camera-display but on our iPad Pro.
      So my question is now, if I connect the camera to the iPad and activate the tethering-function, which version of Lightroom would be the right one for me?
      Actually I want all the files still stored on our NAS for a later retouching. Everything – the database-files should be stored on or local NAS. Is LightroomClassic the right version for our needs?
      And how do the both versions of LightroomClassic do “communicate”?

      Rob_Cullen
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      Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      January 14, 2024

      Lightroom-Classic is the app that runs on a PC or Mac and stores your imported files on a local drive (incl. NAS). It does not run on Mobile devices.

      On an iPad (Mobile devices) only Lightroom (Cloud centric version) is available.

       

      So to use both apps you need the Photography Plan which only has 20GB of storage (unless you pay for 1TB extra). Importing your camera photos to the iPad, so as to "view" them, will fill your 20GB storage very fast if you shoot professionally. That is a limitation that requires careful management (and deletion) of files in the Lightroom Cloud.

       

      Also consider Lightroom on the iPad does not have a "tether" function (if you mean immediate camera to iPad). You can however "Import" the image files to the Lightroom catalog on the iPad.

      Your Cloud photos can also be automatically 'synced' down to Lightroom-Classic and stored in a folder nominated in the Preferences.

       

       

      Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
      dj_paige
      dj_paige
      Legend
      October 25, 2023

      It seems as if you have posted in the wrong forum? You are talking about Lightroom and not Lightroom Classic, but this is the Lightroom Classic forum. Questions about Lightroom ought to go in the "Lightroom (ecosystem)" forum.

       

      Or are you really talking about Lightroom Classic?

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      Markus KleineAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      October 25, 2023

      …is there any admin who can shift the post, or do I have to delete and repost it!??

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