Which software do you use to edit your pictures

paul04

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I use lightroom 5.6, I like it because I found easy to use( and if I get stuck,look on here or YouTube).

I have tried Photoshop, but just to much to take in, maybe I did not try hard enough,

So what do you use to edit your pictures.
 

Smoke

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I use PS Elements 12.....its a learning process. I try to learn how to do one thing at a time with different photos.
 

STM

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95% of the time I use PS CC but depending on the image I may use LR 5.6, especially if I am doing something like star trails and want to apply the same settings to over 100 images.
 

Michael J.

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LR 5.6 is what I am currently use. I have got Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit) as well, but just not familiar with it. I am watching learning VDO's now about it.
 

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I have the subscription for Photoshop CC 2014 that also comes with Lightroom. Prior to the subscription I used Photoshop Elements 10 and Lightroom 4.
 

wev

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Faststone. If I am working on my annual garden tour shoot (there's always a lot of power poles, phone lines, and ugly neighbors to clean up) or doing restorations, I use PS5.
 

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I use lightroom 5.6, I like it because I found easy to use( and if I get stuck,look on here or YouTube).

I have tried Photoshop, but just to much to take in, maybe I did not try hard enough,

So what do you use to edit your pictures.

When I was learning Photoshop Elements, I watched this DVD. It installs on the computer so I didn't need to load the disc every time. Adobe offers free video tutorials on their web site. You should watch some of the ones from Photoshop Elements. All I ever did with Elements prior to watching was to crop and adjust the brightness/contrast. The videos really helped me learn, and the knowledge then transferred to Lightroom and Photoshop CC 2014.
 

cwgrizz

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I have gone cheap and dirty. I download from the camera with View NX2, process with Capture NX-D and if I want to do more in the way of touch up ie remove spots, etc I use Gimp. Because I have never seen PS, Elements or any other $$ software in practice, I don't know if it is any easier to use. There are times when using Gimp that I think it must be easier with PS (and it probably is. Ha!), but I keep reading some saying that they just couldn't seem to get into it. That is the way Gimp was for me at first, but the more I use it the easier it gets. Of course as I stated, I have gone cheap and dirty. Ha!
 

Olsen

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I started using ACDSee Pro because it was fast (version 6 and above) and intuitive. Now I have an Adobe CC subscription using LR. Recently I have begun using Capture One Pro trial version . To be honest I really don't like and don't understand the catalogue structure of both software programs. I want to try out DxO Optics Pro as it don't use this catalogue structure.
 

Felisek

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Photoshop CC with NIK tools. Mostly use Photoshop as a wrapper around NIK tools, so it is a bit of a waste, but I'm trying to learn it more. NIK tools are fantastic.
 

BackdoorArts

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Short answer? All of them.

At a minimum Lightroom, but almost always Photoshop, if only to do final sharpening. In addition I use the Nik Collection and onOne Perfect Photo Suite 8. Plus various and assorted LR and PS actions and plug-ins I've accumulated along the way.

I could live with only Lightroom, but I need Photoshop for some work (75% of which could be covered by Elements, but that's going down every day), and as said, if you just throw yourself at it with no prior experience in an editing tool then it's going to be overwhelming. I've been using it for 2 years and I'm still diving deeper and deeper into the power of what it can do. Lightroom I learned from a book. Photoshop requires both good video tutorials and constant practice to remember all the nuances. If you have PS CC then use it, but take it a step at a time. There are some great courses at Lynda.com for both the beginner and experienced user. And there's tons of stuff on YouTube, some better than others - but all of it informative.
 

Jerry_

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For the very first filter (i.e. Keep Yes/No) I use ViewNX2, because it allows easily to spot images that are not up to your standard or which don't tell the story you thought they would do.

For the standard processing (cropping, white balance, etc.) and cataloguing it has been over the recent years Aperture (I appreciate the non-destructive editing, as well as the occasionally the versioning), which still holds my complete catalogue. With Apple's recent announcement I might move over to Lightroom 5, however I have still to figure out how to migrate my complete database and what the pay-offs are, before taking that step.

More recently added DxO as a pre-processing step.

For advanced post-processing (cloning, etc.) I am using the softwares provided by McPhun.

Probably I could combine some of the operations above by using PS, but I definitely don't like the way of licencing by Abobe.
 
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