Lightroom is a great tool but I still use PS. When I had my old PC it took
forever to go from one to the other. With my new up to date PC (64 bit, 8
gig RAM, etc etc) it takes seconds to get an image up in Lightroom and "Edit
in Photoshop" which is an option in the menus in Photoshop. Then you bring
the image with PS edits back to LR and its named so you can see the original
RAW and the copy made when you visited PS. The point is that Adobe made it
really easy to integrate both. But you need some processing power to make
it quick and easy.
In Lightroom
1-you never change the original capture. Your changes are in a side car
file that travels with the original capture file. You are working on a big
copy. Never worry about it because the original capture from the camera is
unchanged.
2-Don't forget all the other cool stuff that saves time in Lightroom like
importing from the camera, exporting as jpegs for email, everything you have
in PS raw processor, preparing images for uploading to the web or iPhones
etc, batch processing development corrections INSTANTLY, and create a slide
show with music in minutes.
3-Printing from Lightroom is my favorite. You can save templates and
produce prints consistently by reusing the templates you created. And it
resizes really well and performs output sharpening according to the media
and size you are printing.
BUT.it does have a learning curve. If you buy it and fiddle about, you will
miss about 50% of it. I purchased the training video from Luminous
Landscape and that was a real boost because they do show and tell. And they
are old and grouchy like me!
I want to remember all I learned in PS because it took 2 years but my guess
is, for photography, Adobe will reach the point where all we will need is LR
and that is not a bad thing. Consider what a challenge it is for someone
new to the game to have to learn both!
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