Lightroom 6 or Photoshop - Please help

[Ysarex]

Thanks everybody. Finally able to get DDP downloaded last night. Haven't had a chance to really play around with it yet but my initial impression is it's not user friendly. Hopefully when I get a chance to spend some time with it I will change my mind. I have a couple of weeks off the first of June. Hoping to have a lot of time for it then.

Never thought about using paint to remove the branch. Thanks. Fortunately the background of mangrove trees in shadow was very dark. When I cropped the shot it came out almost black.

DPP is a basic raw converter, no frills. If you're new to raw processing you get a chance to start learning without an investment up front. Down the road you may want to add additional software including a different raw converter. However, there are Canon users out there who stick with DPP for their base raw conversions. One reason for that is DLO. There's a module in DPP called (D)igital (L)ens (O)ptimizer. It's software engineered by the people who engineered your lens. It's designed to get the very best out of your lens and I have yet to see any non-Canon raw conversion software (thinking Adobe LR here) compete with the results from a Canon lens/DLO combination. No matter what you ultimately end up doing it'll be a compromise. You're best off in the end when you know all the parameters of the compromises you've made.

Joe

 

[Moly]

Editing is always done in Lightroom.
Photoshop is for retouching.

And now you can have both for next to nothing by subscribing to Adobe Creative Cloud for Photographers. Yes it mounts up over time but it's still cheaper than shelling out for both upgrades every couple of years, by far. I'm actually filling up a bit now.....thanks Adobe.