If you want, you can also try out one of the AI apps to do the heavy bulk lifting, leaving you with staying in PS for your edits. There may by some other programs that might work better with your workflow, but from what I've seen from other software from Adobe is that really 2 apps are needed: one for bulk editing and catalog management (like LR), and another app for extensive editing of specific photos (like PS). Then just a few seconds to save from PS back to LR. If you have PS open in the background, it only takes a few seconds for the photo to come up when I open from LR. Then I flag this new photo as the one I will deliver (mark it as green in my workflow). Then when I save in Photoshop, it creates a copy of the photo with final edits in Lightroom right next to the original. I use right-click "open in Photoshop" to do specific edits I need. I do use Lightroom Classic though as well for my bulk editing (culling, color correction, exposure, cropping, straightening/alignment, etc). I agree with /u/Mercutio999 on my LR and PS usage. Until then, I'm curious if any of you have a solution to this or have any wisdom to share on what you think works best? Thanks a bunch!ĮDIT: Thanks everyone for your replies! It seems like my process isn’t anything out of the ordinary, which is very reassuring! I would like to use PS for a majority of my work until they bring LR up to that standard. However, I LOVE how powerful Photoshop is, but they don't make it easy to use on large batches of photos, and I feel like my editing time per collection would increase dramatically if I made the switch. Lightroom is fantastic for creating collections, color correcting, and other minor adjustments in bulk. That's worked so far for me since I have a very naturalistic/documentary style, but I'd really like to have a bit more control of my editing in the future. Since I started this journey, I've been using Lightroom for about 80% of my editing, and pull photos that need a little extra work into Photoshop when I need to. One thing that I'm still figuring out is how best to organize my photo collections and how to best edit them. Hey folks! So I've been shooting weddings for about 4 years now and have been learning a lot along the way. Mark Condon: Wedding Photographer & founder Writing discussion Drew of creative writing studio Tense Only to be used to link/share photographic portfolio work, not other businesses or non-work content.How to add site/social link to your user name Both applications are teaming with numerous effects to amplify photos. The wealth of options for editing tools in Lightroom manages to be more plentiful. No requests/trading of copyrighted content such as workshops/presets As a program best-suited for novices, it’s no shock that Photoshop Elements is much easier to use. We are here to learn from each other and give constructive criticism when requested. No posting of wedding/engagement portfolio images/shoots as stand alone threads (use official weekly sharing threads) But I mean, you’re here so you must be aware of my love for all things PS (except the bugs – thanks Adobe.Home of the Reddit wedding photographer community. You don’t have to use LR, Bridge is an organisation option but you can just bypass it completely and jump straight into Photoshop. Then, they take specific images into Photoshop to take them further creatively or remove major issues or composite images together with finesse. Most photographers use Lightroom to run their base edits – white balance, highlights, shadows, colour tweaks etc. If you want to do anything more than that, like compositing, complex healing, light shifting and more, then PS is the place to be. If you are doing basic adjustments then you can get the exact same result in PS as you do in LR. Yes you could get the same result, to a point Yes there is a cross-over between the two, namely in the camera raw filter of Photoshop where the tools are almost exactly the same, but Lightroom does library and organisation, including batching very simply for large shoots, where Photoshop does fine editing, retouching and major augmentation. Lightroom is a library and development software. Photoshop was built to edit and manipulate digital images. Comparing Photoshop with Lightroom is apples and oranges Rob Munroe – Rob, this one is for you and anyone else who may be wondering:
LR vs PS – can a person equally skilled in lightroom and photoshop create the same quality image in both. This week, we delve into the request box and pull out a regularly asked question what is the difference between Lightroom and Photoshop, and can I get the same resulting image using either programme? The exact question that initiated this whole post and video was: