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<blockquote data-quote="Don Kuykendall_RIP" data-source="post: 506430" data-attributes="member: 6277">I started on Photoshop and only lately moved into Lightroom. I really think Lightroom is a good starting point. It gets you on the right road to start with in organizing all your photos which is where I had to go back to and redo my organization and tagging so I would be able to find something when I needed to.&nbsp; Yes the engine for processing is the same in Photoshop RAW and Lightroom but Lightroom gives you more control. MoabMan is right in his saying that Lightroom is like Adobe Raw Editor on Steroids. The learning curve is not as hard with LR as it is in PS.&nbsp; My suggestion to anyone trying to learn any of them is to start off with just the basic adjustments like exposure, contrast, sharpness and crop. Then add a little at a time till as you understand what the controls do.&nbsp; There is no way you are going to learn it all in a few days. I have been studying Lightroom and working with it for months now and am still learning new things.&nbsp; I have been working with Photoshop for many years and I still have to google how to do things in it all the time. But I do learn more each time I do research how to items.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Don Kuykendall_RIP, post: 506430, member: 6277"] I started on Photoshop and only lately moved into Lightroom. I really think Lightroom is a good starting point. It gets you on the right road to start with in organizing all your photos which is where I had to go back to and redo my organization and tagging so I would be able to find something when I needed to. Yes the engine for processing is the same in Photoshop RAW and Lightroom but Lightroom gives you more control. MoabMan is right in his saying that Lightroom is like Adobe Raw Editor on Steroids. The learning curve is not as hard with LR as it is in PS. My suggestion to anyone trying to learn any of them is to start off with just the basic adjustments like exposure, contrast, sharpness and crop. Then add a little at a time till as you understand what the controls do. There is no way you are going to learn it all in a few days. I have been studying Lightroom and working with it for months now and am still learning new things. I have been working with Photoshop for many years and I still have to google how to do things in it all the time. But I do learn more each time I do research how to items. [/QUOTE]

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