Glad to near you've seen the Light! I've used LR since before its public beta and it just gets better and better. The opposition have a lot of chasing to do!

@JimNix

3 ай бұрын

It is a very solid product for sure!

Hi Jim, nice to see you getting more enthused with Lrc. Some of the library tools that I use daily are so powerful that I'm sure many of your viewers would blown away if you could show them about collections, compare view, survey view, reference view and dual monitor potential to name a few.

@JimNix

3 ай бұрын

Thanks and yes there are a lot for sure, and admittedly I am trying to get more familiar with them all. I am pretty solid on the editing aspects but need some more time with the rest of it.

G'day Jim - I remember when you were looking for "greener grass" in regard to editing software. I stuck with LR as it taken me so long to learn it! I also use Neo, ON1 PR 2024, Topaz Photo AI & Nik 6. So, LR is my launch pad to other software & then I might return to LR for final touches. Cheers, John.

@JimNix

3 ай бұрын

thanks much and yes LrC will be my launchpad as well, as I will continue to use Luminar and On1, etc just like you - thanks!

Jim, interesting to hear your "there and back again" story. My workflow has changed from LrC to Lr to ACR then Photoshop, and these days it's just mostly ACR + Photoshop. My cataloging days are pretty much over. All my photos are in various folders that I keep on an external drive. To open a photo I just go to the folder, find the image, double click, and it opens in ACR where my editing starts.

@JimNix

3 ай бұрын

Thanks TC and yep if you find something that works for you, go for it! :-)

I’ve come back to Lightroom in a big way also. It seemed like they started slipping after Apple discontinued Aperture. And I love the integration between the desktop and mobile versions of LR. Great video Jim, thanks for sharing.

@JimNix

3 ай бұрын

thanks much Ron and yes LrC has really come a long way in the last few years!

Interesting and timely. I've literally just done the same, leaving Lightroom 4 some years ago and coming back to it just a few days ago. So I'm refining my round-tripping between camera, LR for iPad, LR for Mac, LRC for Mac, and the Photos app, and it's working great so far.

@JimNix

3 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it and yes Adobe has a really functional ecosystem of interconnected apps etc. Glad you are enjoying it.

Great video Jim... Nice overview

@JimNix

3 ай бұрын

thank you Marc!

Good demo Jim 👍

@JimNix

3 ай бұрын

thank you Martin!

One of the features you have not mentioned is the use of Lightroom mobile. I shoot the majority of my photographs in Lightroom mobile when I use my iPhone for the casual images then when I get back, it is easy to do minor tweaks in the desktop version if I wish My workflow is reliant on a specific import I have created for many of my images then I do my basic edits, then I bring it into topaz, photo AI for reduction in noise or increase sharpness then I go back to Lightroom do the masking color correction and then I take it into Luminar for the final touches. I Luminar does an excellent job with our contrast tools and the occasional sky replacements. I will do that as well.

@JimNix

3 ай бұрын

Thanks and yes I have LR Mobile as well and have been playing with it a bit. I might delve into some videos on that at some point, we will see. Thanks!

If not Luminar then I use Capture One Pro. I don't know why but it gives me much better image quality than Lightroom.

@JimNix

3 ай бұрын

I hear good things about Capture One but have never tried it.

Have you tried Lightroom Mobile on an iPad? Great for editing when you are away from your main system.

@JimNix

3 ай бұрын

Yes I have and it is quite good!

Hi Jim, thanks for the overview. I was a LR user, but walked away from Adobe circa 2013. My issue with Adobe was their software seemed to have tendrils that bogged my iMac (which had plenty of RAM and an adequate processor for the time). I felt the Adobe products excessively hogged computer resources. Since I've used Affinity Photo and On1 and have not had a similar experience. Question, has Adobe improved that component? Is it more computer resource friendly now and less intrusive? Just curious. Hope that made sense.

@JimNix

3 ай бұрын

Hi Jim and thanks and it works quite well for me, but honestly I am not sure how to tell if it would be better for you now vs in years past.

@jimtipton8888

3 ай бұрын

@@JimNix Fair enough and thanks for the response!

Jim, do you ever delete an image?

@JimNix

Ай бұрын

Not very often. I mostly keep everything, just in case, unless it is really a mess.

Maybe they have had step up their game because of software like luminar neo

@JimNix

3 ай бұрын

Yes I agree, Luminar has definitely pushed Adobe in my opinion, which is a good thing!

A bit off the subject, but what happened to your use and endorsement of Mylio Photos?

@JimNix

3 ай бұрын

Hi Barry and good question. Mylio is a great product, very interesting and useful, but I find that with my editing I am better off storing everything in LrC and using plugins like Luminar and On1. It just suits me better.

@BarryNeedle911

3 ай бұрын

@@JimNix Thank you. I've tried Mylio Photos+ cataloguing to handle my ~100,000 photos and videos ... most all shot using iPhones. What I've found is I really don't need Mylio's prodigious cataloguing capabilities ... it is quite a complex relational database product. Most all my photos and videos are in the iCloud Photos Library. I own Luminar Neo, ON1 Photo RAW, and the Affinity Suite. I've never subscribed the Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop (20 years ago I did own the apps ). After seeing your "return to Lightroom", I think I'm going to cancel Mylio Photos and do a yearly subscription to Lightroom. I think it'll suit me better as well.

Have you quit Neo?

@JimNix

2 ай бұрын

Oh definitely not, just using LR as my catalog again but still plenty of Luminar use and videos coming.

If he's being totally honest the real reason is the cashcow of Luminar tutorials and On1 is starting to wear thin.

@JimNix

3 ай бұрын

Why would you make a rude and misinformed comment like this?