The biggest challenge was organizing edited images in my hard drive, sorting and cataloging them. It was a complex, cumbersome and inefficient process, even after I semi-automated it through a batch process in Photoshop. Photoshop is a very advanced image editing tool, but when you edit hundreds of images, keeping them organized becomes a problem over time.īefore I started using Lightroom, my photography workflow solely consisted of Adobe Camera RAW (which allows opening, manipulating and converting RAW files) and Photoshop (which I used to fine-tune images before saving them into my hard drive). It was created for the main purpose of managing a large number of images, keeping them organized in one place. In a way, it makes sense, because Lightroom can be considered a subset of Photoshop with specific functionality that Photoshop does not and probably will never have. The full name for Lightroom is “Adobe Photoshop Lightroom”, which may sound confusing, because it contains the word “Photoshop”. The term “Photoshopped” is now a part of our daily jargon because we are constantly exposed to altered images that might look realistic while being fake – that’s the power of Photoshop.

It would be pointless to try to list what Photoshop can do because it would probably be a never-ending list. Want to stitch multiple photographs into a single panorama? Or create a High Dynamic Range photograph? Or get rid of skin blemishes? Or perhaps make a person look taller, shorter, thinner or fatter? Yup, Photoshop can do all that and much much more. Think of it as a Cadillac of image editing with unlimited potential that can grow not only with software updates and upgrades but also with special plugins known as “filters” from Adobe and third-party software companies.

Photoshop was originally created as a tool for simple image editing, which since 1990 has grown into a monster software suite with many functions and capabilities to accommodate graphic designers, architects, animators, publishers, photographers and even 3D artists. Which to Start With – Lightroom or Photoshop?.

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