Comparing Effects in Lightroom and Photoshop

Comparing Effects in Lightroom and Photoshop

on Feb 27th 2013 with 2 comments

Do you need Photoshop if you own Lightroom? This is a question that is often asked, and which there is no definite answer. In this video, we take an existing image manipulated in Photoshop and set out to attempt to create a similar style of image using only Lightroom 3. Let’s see how it turns out.

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We’ll be working on this photo to see if Photoshop editing can be replicated in Lightroom.

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Simon Plant is an award winning Uk Photographer with over 20 years experience shooting automotive-life-location images for advertising. He also produces Behind The Scenes Digital Photography Tutorials for his training site .  

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  • Don

    Is there a transcript? I hate videos, I like words.

  • http://www.wix.com/simonabarbu1/simonabarbuphotography Simona Dumitru

    I think it is a good idea to compare the two programs. I, personally, use most of the time Photoshop. Camera RAW in Photoshop CS6 is greatly improved, the results you can get from editing in Camera RAW now were not possible in the previous versions of Camera RAW. I am referring to being able to bring out details in blown out areas, and also brightening darken areas in a picture without getting too much noise. In the previous versions of Photoshop, the image used to look flat after editing it in Camera RAW for blown out areas and it needed further retouching in Photoshop. For wedding photography, the bride’s dress does come out often blown out on some parts and the best solution was to actually take part of the wedding dress from other pictures to make it right. Now it is a lot easier. BTW, I also like the choice of this picture very much. I always like water pictures. They look so peaceful and relaxing. When it is photographed well, it is like a dream.