amykyma
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Hi there. I am new on this forum and need some help with my workflow now that I switched to a Mac.
First of all, the whole concept of switching to a Mac from a PC is enough stress, but now I am trying out new software and maybe I've bitten off more than I can chew.
With my PC, my general workflow is: Load photos in their own folder on my PC. I then use Picasa to run through them and tag my favorites. I then take the favorites and open them in Photoshop Elements for editing for my blog and Facebook. I then use Picasa again to preview/delete unwanted images.
Now with the Mac, I haven't purchased any new software yet, but I was really hoping to use Lightroom. I've been playing with it a bit (the trial version) and I think I can learn to love it, but I am finding I may need to change up my workflow a bit. I can't open files from Picasa into Lightroom. With PS Elements, I simply just dragged the highlighted images from picasa and placed them into Elements, but Lightroom isn't letting me do this.
First question, does anyone use Picasa/Lightroom and know how to open files from Picasa in Lightroom?
2nd Question, can anyone recommend another program (free or cheap) similar to Picasa that is easy to navigate/tag favorite pictures and remove images from folder that will also let me open in Lightroom? I've briefly played with Iphoto and wasn't able to find where I can tag favorites, etc.
Thanks in advance for any help.
First of all, the whole concept of switching to a Mac from a PC is enough stress, but now I am trying out new software and maybe I've bitten off more than I can chew.
With my PC, my general workflow is: Load photos in their own folder on my PC. I then use Picasa to run through them and tag my favorites. I then take the favorites and open them in Photoshop Elements for editing for my blog and Facebook. I then use Picasa again to preview/delete unwanted images.
Now with the Mac, I haven't purchased any new software yet, but I was really hoping to use Lightroom. I've been playing with it a bit (the trial version) and I think I can learn to love it, but I am finding I may need to change up my workflow a bit. I can't open files from Picasa into Lightroom. With PS Elements, I simply just dragged the highlighted images from picasa and placed them into Elements, but Lightroom isn't letting me do this.
First question, does anyone use Picasa/Lightroom and know how to open files from Picasa in Lightroom?
2nd Question, can anyone recommend another program (free or cheap) similar to Picasa that is easy to navigate/tag favorite pictures and remove images from folder that will also let me open in Lightroom? I've briefly played with Iphoto and wasn't able to find where I can tag favorites, etc.
Thanks in advance for any help.