photoshop or Lightroom?

I feel like I'm about to open a can of worms but I'm going to ask, what do you like to use - photoshop or Lightroom?

I use to use photoshop cs4 when I was editing photos but being out of the photography game for a while I was wondering what people like to use these days. I see lots of great work coming out of Lightroom and it looks a little bit condensed compared to photoshop.

for me it depends what I want to do with an image. Basic adjustments I do in lightroom. More advanced editing/fixing I do in Photoshop then save back to Lightroom.
I don't see any difference in the exports TBH.

Both.

Jethr0 wrote in post #18352047
for me it depends what I want to do with an image. Basic adjustments I do in lightroom. More advanced editing/fixing I do in Photoshop then save back to Lightroom.
I don't see any difference in the exports TBH.

This^

LR is the starting point, PSE is the fixer. I try not to have to go back to LR after PSE, but occasionally I do.

Yup, both (well not LR but one of it's competitors). They are different tools for different uses.

Like anything else, it depends. In the past I primarily used LR with occasional trips to PS for things such as portrait retouching. Over time I grew tired of the global sharpening tools in LR, so now my workflow is almost always LR>PS>LR if only to achieve the sharpening results I want.

Photoshop now days.

Everything is there in front of you ... no modules to go through.

Workspace and keyboard shortcuts customizable to your liking.

... and don't forget actions, what a time saver.


Used LR when shooting sports for paper.
It was the quickest way to get a bunch of photos ready before deadline.

No longer shoot sports and the rush to beat deadlines, so it's PS for me.

Both, primarily Lightroom.

Photoshop for retouching that I can't do in Lightroom, such as heavy cloning or adding graphics and text. But I can do a LOT of retouching in Lightroom.

Photoshop Actions can be a time saver. In Lightroom, syncing develop settings between a huge batch of photos is also a time-saver.

I've been a firm believer in Lightroom since v3. Now using v6.1. I have PSE 12, but rarely use it. DPP4 seems particularly good with 80D raw files.

What is the Adobe Creative Cloud like? I dont know if I can find my Photoshop CS4 software since ive changed computers and moved a few times.

Bridge and Photoshop.

gscrocker wrote in post #18352232
What is the Adobe Creative Cloud like? I dont know if I can find my Photoshop CS4 software since ive changed computers and moved a few times.

If this is to me, I don't use CC. I bought the stand-alone upgrade from v5.7. $79 one time vs. $10/month forever was a no-brainer to me.

gscrocker wrote in post #18352232
What is the Adobe Creative Cloud like? I dont know if I can find my Photoshop CS4 software since ive changed computers and moved a few times.

I've had creative cloud for a while now. 2 yrs maybe? Has been seamless and awesome. Always get new versions and features as updates.

I find that Lightroom does the job for me for 99.9% of my photos. I don't really do a lot of things like layers, merging different shots and backgrounds, etc, which is where Lightroom comes up short and PS shines.

And it is a lot easier to learn to use.

gscrocker wrote in post #18352232
What is the Adobe Creative Cloud like? I dont know if I can find my Photoshop CS4 software since ive changed computers and moved a few times.

You should be able to go to the Adobe site, download the software and check you licenses for your key.