sanderso
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Hi all....first time poster. I've upgraded my camera and lenses over the past 6 months....my post processing software (SW) is next. I welcome your insights.
Currently use PSE 5 and was unpleasantly surprised when RAW from my new D7000 wasn't recognized....creating a more urgent need to upgrade.
Possible SW: LS, PS or PSE 9. Been watching TPF posts about these 3, mostly.
Needs: Nothing fancy, but I use the organization/tagging features of PSE a lot. Am hoping the new SW will import the existing PSE5 definitions. I now use "simple" editing features (brightness, contrast, simple object removal, etc.) Would like to learn layering techniques. Would like to explore the benefits of working with RAW. Would really love to have the PS feature of removing larger objects. Have approx 20K+ images currently managed by PSE 5.
It seems: PSE 9 won't support extensive layering features (true?). LS has the image management handled, but has limited editing functions. PS is the obvious choice for editing, but is unknown how/if it provides image management (thoughts?) and there's the steep learning curve. I'm assuming that LS and PS would support RAW from the D7000 (true?).
Budget: If it were large, it'd be easy and I'd get LS and PS (as recommended by some TPF posts)...however, I'm not up to that much pain yet (no student discounts here). Also, I'm trying not to think about having to buy a new desktop PC since the existing PC running PSE 5 will likely fall short. I'll probably need to run the new SW on my laptop which has more horsepower.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
sanderso
Currently use PSE 5 and was unpleasantly surprised when RAW from my new D7000 wasn't recognized....creating a more urgent need to upgrade.
Possible SW: LS, PS or PSE 9. Been watching TPF posts about these 3, mostly.
Needs: Nothing fancy, but I use the organization/tagging features of PSE a lot. Am hoping the new SW will import the existing PSE5 definitions. I now use "simple" editing features (brightness, contrast, simple object removal, etc.) Would like to learn layering techniques. Would like to explore the benefits of working with RAW. Would really love to have the PS feature of removing larger objects. Have approx 20K+ images currently managed by PSE 5.
It seems: PSE 9 won't support extensive layering features (true?). LS has the image management handled, but has limited editing functions. PS is the obvious choice for editing, but is unknown how/if it provides image management (thoughts?) and there's the steep learning curve. I'm assuming that LS and PS would support RAW from the D7000 (true?).
Budget: If it were large, it'd be easy and I'd get LS and PS (as recommended by some TPF posts)...however, I'm not up to that much pain yet (no student discounts here). Also, I'm trying not to think about having to buy a new desktop PC since the existing PC running PSE 5 will likely fall short. I'll probably need to run the new SW on my laptop which has more horsepower.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
sanderso