Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom are probably the most valuable tools at the disposal of digital and film photographers. Yes there are a plethora of other platforms that can be used to edit digital photographs. Since I am not a Mac user I can’t speak to Aperture or other programs for Macs or PCs. All software has it’s pluses and minuses. I’ll add, there are dozens of sources you will hear about the latest new on PS and LR.
Well I have given the subject of digital and film photography a lot of thought lately and decided that I would add Adobe news releases to my blog posts. I am not an expert; in fact, I imagine that about 90 percent of PS and LR users know more than I do. I like to get what I want in the camera. It is how I learned back 1969, if you didn’t get it in the camera you were sunk. Yes you could manipulate certain aspects in the darkroom when you made the print. If you were short on experience and you got it in one try you were luck, if you didn’t you spent hours and several attempts to get what you wanted. Well I use PS and LR for that purpose. The programs have become my darkroom. I have scans done of any film I have shot mostly 6×7, and then work with the negatives until they produce the print I want.
When I got the programs I was clueless. I was fortunate to have a couple of free seminars at conferences or expos. However, I have to say my knowledge revolves around total experimentation and learning on my own, just like my darkroom days.
The latest release from Adobe for LR is RC 3.5, release candidate some of the changes may be permanent some may be temporary a full release now. The basic gist of the changes is the addition of cameras and lenses. If you are a Hassleblad user you will be happy with the addition of 14 lens profiles. There is also changes to ACR as it jumps from 6.4 to 6.5 and provides added camera support. There are also fixes to minor issues in the list, all very helpful. I was hopeful for the addition of older cameras for tethered shooting but the D80 didn’t make the list. The list for tethered shooting is rather small and most the upper levels of prosumer and pro series bodies. I will have to find out why they haven’t considered older or lower level cameras. If you want to try them out you use these links LR v3.5 and ACR 6.5 (this one is in the middle of the page).
I hope this was helpful and keep pursuing you best photograph by following your passion.
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