PSE2019 vs Lr

Report · Jan 01, 2019

Hi!

I have been using PSE since version 4, have had 4, 8, 10 and now lately 13. Last week I chatted with an Adobe representative and decided to go for a subscription of the Photography Plan rather than getting PSE 19. Now I´m having second thoughts... Lr not working as I expected.

1) I have just imported all my photos from Elements 13 into Lr. The photos are not able to sort properly (I want them to show based on capture date), there is a mix of photos from 2015, then 2018, then 2011?! Not at all in the right order?!

2) In Elements 13 I have used tags/key words in the organizer in several "layers". Meaning a tag/key word called closest family, and subfolders with each of the family members. A key word called work trips, with subfolders for each trip, etc. When the tags have been imported to Lr, all the keywords are just listed underneath each other - no "keywords inside other keyword"?? A list of 1807 keywords is impossible to work with.

3) How does the organizer work in PSE2019? Is this still quite similar to Elements 13??

4) What is really the main difference between PSE2019 and Lr?? Better editing options in Lr??

5)I have seen several comments in the Forum that the combination of PSE2019 and Mojave 10.14 is not working very well?! Any updates on this?

6) Considering to download a trial of the PSE2019, do I then have to remove all other PSE / Lr software?

Appreciate your comments and help...

regards, kenneth

Report · Jan 01, 2019

1. Did you not import your PSE13 catalog? From the Library menu in LR Classic go to:

File >> Import a Photoshop Elements Catalog

2. If you want to start over, choose File >> New Catalog

Choose a new name e.g. MyCatalog2 and when the empty library launches, try again.

3. The Organizer is much the same except for the addition of auto-creations. In fact it uses the same SQL database as Lightroom Classic.

4. LR Classic has all of the raw sliders missing from PSE and it integrates with Photochop CC 2019.

5. For me PSE 2019 is working well. It seems to be older versions of PSE that have hit problems with Mac OS Mojave.

6. No need to remove prior versions. Each version will run happily side by side.

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