Looking at Lightroom 6. Help please.

Canuckphotos · Aug 17, 2017

Another question. In the creative cloud section with all the downloads. I notice some say "try" which is a trial. And some say download. Do I need the other apps? Bridge, tool kit etc.

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cherylynne1 · Aug 17, 2017

I don't think I've downloaded any of them. "Try" are the ones that will give you a one-month free trial before trying to get you to upgrade to $50/month for all of the Adobe programs. "Download" means that it's included with your current subscription and/or free software, I believe.

Canuckphotos · Aug 17, 2017

cherylynne1 said:
I don't think I've downloaded any of them. "Try" are the ones that will give you a one-month free trial before trying to get you to upgrade to $50/month for all of the Adobe programs. "Download" means that it's included with your current subscription and/or free software, I believe.

Thanks again. Now I'm just looking up if bridge is needed. Ha ha. So much to learn

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BrentC · Aug 17, 2017

Both LR and PS should show up in your Adobe Cloud. Install Adobe Cloud, click the apps tab and you should see all the software. Just click the install next to it.

The other good thing about the clound is I can i

KmH · Aug 17, 2017

I use Bridge a lot.

I mentioned that Camera Raw and LR's Develop module were the same software - Adobe Camera Raw (ACR).
Unlike with Lr I can open 1 screen of ACR with Bridge and I can open a second screen with Photoshop.
Bridge also has some batch processing options Lr does not have, and Bridge can open way more file types than Lr can.
Bridge is there for many other Adobe applications, not just Photoshop.

Canuckphotos · Aug 17, 2017

My brain hurts. I've spent the last 3 hours watching YouTube videos on the basics of PS and I don't get it LOL. Some people can do cool stuff with it! But they don't really talk about the process. More of a show off video. Even the tutorials demonstrate is of someone has previous knowledge of the buttons and some of the interface. Simple things like exporting files, preferences and all the different settings and adjustments is enough to make my head spin. It's going to take a lot of time for me to get to know this and I'm sure I'll be posting many posts [emoji12].

I'm fairly comfortable with LR and it's quite easy to use for me now. PS on the other will be a huge learning curve.

Thanks to everyone who posted!!!

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Canuckphotos · Aug 17, 2017

Found a awesome guy on YouTube called Terry White. His videos so far bang on and easy to follow [emoji106]

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OGsPhotography · Aug 18, 2017

Creative Live has courses.

Phlearn on utube.

Piximperfect is good as well.

Dont expect to produce results for a while. If you have a goal ( for me it was simply removing backgrounds and controlling the brushes) teybto stick to that.

Braineack · Aug 19, 2017

cgw said:
Download the free Nik Collection plug-ins, too, while they're still available:

Google Nik Collection

thanks for this link.

birdbonkers84 · Aug 19, 2017

I have the adobe sub that gives me Lightroom and Photoshop for £10.99 a month, pure win in my book. I've also recently started using the Google Nik collection for noise reduction and have been looking into the sharpening tool aswell as it is supposed to be very powerful.

fmw · Sep 6, 2017

I have both PS and LR and I don't use either one. There are all kinds of options.

smoke665 · Sep 6, 2017

I use Bridge, and recommend it.

benhasajeep · Sep 11, 2017

I have been with photoshop since 6.0. And Lightroom since the beginning. And it really miffed me they went to the cloud. Last stand alone versions I had was CS4 (Web Premium) and LR5. I eventually gave in and signed up for the $10 a month ransom (Paid 1 year fee). Same goes for Office. I eventually gave in and paid the yearly ransom.

KmH · Sep 12, 2017

There is no 'cloud', other than the name they use 'Creative Cloud'. Creative Cloud used to be called Creative Suite.
The software loads right there on your computer, just like it always has.

Adobe is not the only software provider that got tired of having their software pirated (stolen) and went from a perpetual use license to a monthly (or yearly) subscription type of use license.

smoke665 · Sep 12, 2017

KmH said:
The software loads right there on your computer, just like it always has.

Except now it has a timer on it. Unless it can connect to the internet within a certain time limit to check your subscription status it will become unresponsive until it does. I've never hit the wall in the middle of nowhere yet, but there's been a few times I suspected I was close.