once you played with LR, you'll forget adobe bridge.
absolutely fantastic program.
i love it.
i am absolutely sure that the Bridge was not meant to view pictures only. it was also meant for other files.
Bridge and LR. 2 totally different programmes btw.
you do not need to be a student to buy the education edition btw.
bought the full version :cry:you do not need to be a student to buy the education edition btw.
you do not need to be a student to buy the education edition btw.
any idea where we can buy the academic priced lightroom? I'm a student and have been using the beta.
Can name the shop where to buy?
can LR be also use with Photoshop elements? or strictly with Photoshop only?
does LR create a thumbnail of each pictures just like iphoto? I found that after using iphoto for a while, my HDD rapidly ran out of space. freed up so much space after I deleted the thumbnails.
shucks, I was hoping that it would not be the case. dun have that much free space to let thumbnails hog.you mean in LR program itself?yes.
you can even choose how big or how small you want the thumbnails to be by dragging a slider.
i dont quite understand what you mean by use with photoshop ele.
LR is a standalone program by itself.
once you've done the adjustments, or sort your pics, you just export them out IF you want to touch up in detail.
do you mean export to elements?
sorry, i dont have elements so cant advise.
Jean, you got it almost right. the slider controls only the representation of the thumbnail in LR but not the actual file size created. For this you need to go Edit>Preferences>File Management, here you can choose the quality of the preview created and the size and, important, how long you want to keep the previews.you mean in LR program itself?yes.
you can even choose how big or how small you want the thumbnails to be by dragging a slider.
Jean, you got it almost right. the slider controls only the representation of the thumbnail in LR but not the actual file size created. For this you need to go Edit>Preferences>File Management, here you can choose the quality of the preview created and the size and, important, how long you want to keep the previews.
TMC, you cannot have a database software without creating thumbnails. By the way each RAW or jpeg file has an embedded thumbnail. LR is using this one to show represent the photo, from the it is calculating previews, size and quality of which you can control as described above. For enlarged viewing and editing 1:1 previews are created, these 1:1 previews are eating space and are regularly discarded. Again you can choose under Edit how often.
Softwares like LR or picasa where you can browse through the pictures by looking at them need previews.... you cannot avoid it. If you are running into problems cause you have several 10'000 photos then you should split your database.
well, creating 1:1 previews for 1000 RAW files needs a lot of memory....i usually leave it at default.but i noticed when i view alot of raw files, it will tend to run out of memory.