Photoshop or Something Else?

I have always used adobe photoshop for all my photo editing needs, but recently there have been some credible competitors rising with Apple's Aperture and iphoto, Google's Picasa, and more.

One thing I don't really like about Photoshop is it doesn't seem to work too well for working on many photos at one time. I usually use it for one photo at a time and it is quite time consuming.

I would be interested to know what software other people use and what they think about it. Also what they typically use it for, (cropping, color balance, exposure, brightness, contrast, etc...)

Tags: aperture, apple, editing, iphoto, photo, photoshop, picasa, software

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Permalink Reply by ontophehe on June 21, 2008 at 3:08pm: I use Photoshop for edit all of my pictures at first, Paint shop Pro for quick Frame and Photo Impact to add the Text on them if I want to...The new software I havent tried it...because untill now I cannot use all the function of photoshop yet...I hope some function I dont know can ask your help here...Photoshop just give us a lot of tools we can use it or not or in which way...depend on our choice our skill our knowledge about it...not just use it to put the head of something to another thing..couple years ago I was very happy when I finished this one ;; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by GeekyCyberMom on July 23, 2008 at 8:01am: i think this is why photo folks like DAM type software apps like Aperture and Lightroom because you can view multiple photos side-by-side and edit within the program. I'm a die-hard photoshop girl and I'll always use it, but that's because I'm a designer. Since I am a newbie in the photo world, I'm going to start using Bridge CS3 as well for the photo management aspect. I hear it's a good simple lightweight DAM and since I already have it, there's no additional expense for me. I am just a photography hobbyist, so I cannot justify buying something deeper than Bridge CS3.

I haven't heard much about Picasa in terms of being able to stack up to Aperture or Lightroom.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by ardaly on July 24, 2008 at 12:43am: if you like the way of photoshop that can do many pictures at once, use adobe lightroom.
I use that most of the time.
I love picasa too but it doesnt come out for mac version :(
I've tried aperture also, the good thing about it when use it for shooting on the set, the picture will show up on full screen and you can check every detail, but the problem is that aperture is a bit complicated compare to lightroom.

the differences between lightroom and photoshop is ... layers and other digital imaging purposes, lightroom can't do that (anyway you have to do it one by one rite?) RAW processing in photoshop is available in lightroom, just try it first before you buy it, you can download the free trial fully working for 15/30 days.; ▶ Reply to This