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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 391745" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>Creative Cloud is Adobe's current distribution channel. You can probably find retail-box versions of Photoshop if you look around but the simple fact is, Photoshop's future is Creative Cloud. Lightroom is still available in retail boxes and probably always will be.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'd suggest you learn the key differences between the two applications (see the link below) then start learning the application you think you'll to wind up using long-term for the bulk of your processing. They're very different applications but they can and do work together. Many people will tell you Lightroom is easier to learn but in my experience with using both, neither application is easier than the other; Photoshop is a much more <em>comprehensive</em> application but that doesn't make it harder to learn; it just means there's more to it. Having learned to use Photoshop, though, I could never see myself using Lightroom as my primary editing tool. There's nothing you can do in Lightroom you can't do in Photoshop, but there are things you can do in Photoshop you can't do in Lightroom (like layers and masks).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This article <a href="https://photographylife.com/photoshop-vs-lightroom" target="_blank">Photoshop vs. Lightroom</a> gives a good explanation. The key difference, for me anyway, is that Lightroom is database-driven image file manager; meaning it works with your photos via image catalogs it creates. I don't really like that particular aspect, preferring to handle file management myself but that's me. Many people consider this organizing aspect of Lightroom one of its strongest assets. </p><p></p><p>Luckily you can download free trials of both applications and see which one you prefer. The free trials are good for 30-days and there are no limitations.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FFFFFF">....</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 391745, member: 13090"] Creative Cloud is Adobe's current distribution channel. You can probably find retail-box versions of Photoshop if you look around but the simple fact is, Photoshop's future is Creative Cloud. Lightroom is still available in retail boxes and probably always will be. I'd suggest you learn the key differences between the two applications (see the link below) then start learning the application you think you'll to wind up using long-term for the bulk of your processing. They're very different applications but they can and do work together. Many people will tell you Lightroom is easier to learn but in my experience with using both, neither application is easier than the other; Photoshop is a much more [I]comprehensive[/I] application but that doesn't make it harder to learn; it just means there's more to it. Having learned to use Photoshop, though, I could never see myself using Lightroom as my primary editing tool. There's nothing you can do in Lightroom you can't do in Photoshop, but there are things you can do in Photoshop you can't do in Lightroom (like layers and masks). This article [url=https://photographylife.com/photoshop-vs-lightroom]Photoshop vs. Lightroom[/url] gives a good explanation. The key difference, for me anyway, is that Lightroom is database-driven image file manager; meaning it works with your photos via image catalogs it creates. I don't really like that particular aspect, preferring to handle file management myself but that's me. Many people consider this organizing aspect of Lightroom one of its strongest assets. Luckily you can download free trials of both applications and see which one you prefer. The free trials are good for 30-days and there are no limitations. [COLOR="#FFFFFF"]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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