Matt's presets 18 in total!

[robpendragon]

Well according to Matt these are from his friend Nick, 18 presets! I just down loaded them & I'm going to give them a try. If you want to wait on downloading them after a few of us check them out I'm sure we will have some feedback soon. http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/

[Chuck S.]

Rob, I finally created a folder structure for all the presets I've downloaded. The new ones are in my folder called Nick Presets. A little easier to find that way....

Thank goodess Lightroom gives you a sneak preview of the preset's effect in the Navigator window; otherwise, it would take forever to go through the whole list....!

[robpendragon]

Good idea Chuck, I just set up some new folders

Here is one of the presets "Bronze" oooh, I like this one.

[Jerrilyn]

Rob and Chuck,
I've been considering Lightroom, but just haven't had the chance to download the trial version. What does it do that I will love and will make me feel my life is complete? I need to be able to justify the cost. Thanks for your input.

[robpendragon]

Originally Posted by Jerrilyn

Rob and Chuck,
I've been considering Lightroom, but just haven't had the chance to download the trial version. What does it do that I will love and will make me feel my life is complete? I need to be able to justify the cost. Thanks for your input.

Hey Jerrilyn, there are some incredible features in LR, I would check out the "View Feature Tour" video herehttp://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/ to see the basic reasons. For me the main reason was the non-destructive editing & the professional out come of my photos. I actually use LR more then I use PSE5. It takes a bit of getting used to but once you have it you don't know how you lived with out it. With anything do some research, download the trial version & see what levels it can take your photography

[Jerrilyn]

Thanks, Rob. When I got home from work, I downloaded the trial version and, bottom line, I really think I want and need this! It broadens the whole postprocessing experience and the possibilities are limitless.

[Chuck S.]

Jerrilyn, sorry I didn't respond sooner. Like Rob, I'm finding myself using Lightroom more and Elements/CS3 less for basic photo processing. What Lightroom won't do, however, is selective editing; every adjustment you apply affects the whole image, and there's no masking. If you're starting with a decent exposure and composition, maybe this won't be such a big limitiation. And, of course, you can do the basic adjustments in LR, then open the adjusted image in Elements or CS3 and perform whatever magic is needed there.

I'm a happy camper that I bought it!

[Rob Sylvan]

You are right about the nature of Lightroom's global edits, but I did want to point out that there are some local correction functions: red-eye removal and clone/heal spots.

Using Lightroom has also made my photos more accessible than they had ever been before.

[Chuck S.]

Rob, good point. The image can also be cropped in Lightroom, and that's another way to affect parts of the image....get rid of it.

[Edmund]

If you don't mind I will contribute my 2 cents worth of opinion. I purchased Adobe Lightroom with the Teachers discount so I paid $99. At that price I figured I can't go wrong. A point to be noted is that editing a photo in PSE-X or CS-3 with the latest and greatest RAW converter from Adobe will edit Raw, JPEG'S plus a few more non-destructively. So you really don't need L/R to do that. The thing I like about L/R over PSE or CS is that every edit /Task on a photo seems to me more intuitive or user friendly. Again IMHO setting White Balence, Curves , even cropping and straightening is so much more easily done. Working your way down the develope module in essence sets up a very efficient work flow to work on your images. When I was doing these task's in PSE or CS some times I kept skipping around without any real work flow pattern established. Lightroom seems to just intuitively set a natural workflow (which I just love). I love to put frames on my finished images and must do this in Photoshop also good sharpening is only done in PS. I posted a thread about importing, but no one answered it yet asking the pro's and con's of using PSE, CS or Lightroom to import, organize, tag, flag, rate, etc.
http://www.elementsvillage.com/forum...ad.php?t=35326.
One more point Lightroom has a great grey scale converter that can be used for both B/W conversion and also tonality changes to a colored image. I also love the idea of having so many presets for specific tasks or making my own.( Sound like I'm a Adobe L/R sales men.
I personally believe that Adobe has plans (big time ) for future updates and eventually maybe even as a stand alone product for the photographer. And maybe Photoshop for the more grafics orientated individuals. Who knows?? Time will tell. Don't get me wrong I love Lightroom and will upgrade when Adobe releases one.
Eddie