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Hello I wanted to ask you guys what software you would recomend using for postprocessing?

I have a Macbook and a New desktop PC
I used Iphoto on the mac and it does the job. I was thinking of buying Aperture but it will only work with Apple computers

I hear Adobe Lightroom is good but expensive

thanks again
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^ I'd like to know the same.
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I use Lightroom 3 in conjuction with Photoshop elements 9 and it seriously does the trick for me. Yes it does cost a bit (Not as much in the US as in Oz) but after seeing teh results that it deliveres in conjuction with good camera its well worth it. Both products are available for MAC or PC.
Lightroom and Photoshop.
Lightroom 3 with some Photoshop. I'd say it's a 98/2 split between LR and PS.

If you want free, DPP bundled with Canon DSLRs for free is a good idea.
Lightroom 3 works great
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Lightroom and Photoshop.
This.
I use Lightroom myself, absolutely love it.
I also have a Mac and a PC andI use lightroom 2 (for both) and love it. I am looking to upgrade to Lightroom 3.
I use DPP, LR3, and PS7. I use LR3 for large jobs or shots which require more complicated edits, but for shots that are decent SOOC, I just use DPP.

DPP gives the best results for RAW conversions IMO. LR3 butchers some RAW files no matter what the settings are.
Lightroom 3 does the job for me.
I use lightroom 3. The files are stored RAID1 drives on my filesever through gigabit lan and the library indexes are stored on my intel raid0 disk. Nice set up.
Lightroom is a bit useless for me IMO. Super slow and weak for editing. The only thing I use it for is as a RAW image viewer and resizing large amounts of images. Other than that it's only useful function would probably be to add watermarks.
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Lightroom is a bit useless for me IMO. Super slow and weak for editing. The only thing I use it for is as a RAW image viewer and resizing large amounts of images. Other than that it's only useful function would probably be to add watermarks.



I've actually found it to be a better tool than DPP and PS.

The thing I love about LR is that it has batch editing for all the camera settings, lens correction profiles, and a good range of tools that I often use. Adjustment brush is just
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I've actually found it to be a better tool than DPP and PS.

The thing I love about LR is that it has batch editing for all the camera settings, lens correction profiles, and a good range of tools that I often use. Adjustment brush is just


I agree. The only thing I have not been able to do with LR3 is combining shots.

I occasionally use Protrait Professional but not all that often. Two days ago I got my hands on a copy of Photoshop Elements 9 Im not sure I'll ever use it though.
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I've actually found it to be a better tool than DPP and PS.

The thing I love about LR is that it has batch editing for all the camera settings, lens correction profiles, and a good range of tools that I often use. Adjustment brush is just


I dunno, I've only played around with it a little. All I've noticed is that for editing you have these little arrows you click to change exposure, saturation, etc. Maybe it's just my computer but every time I click one of these buttons LR takes a crap for 30 seconds. Although yeah, editing large amounts of images at a time seems like a really useful function, just never got into using it yet, photoshop works well for me.
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I dunno, I've only played around with it a little. All I've noticed is that for editing you have these little arrows you click to change exposure, saturation, etc. Maybe it's just my computer but every time I click one of these buttons LR takes a crap for 30 seconds. Although yeah, editing large amounts of images at a time seems like a really useful function, just never got into using it yet, photoshop works well for me.

That's really odd. It's definitely an issue on your end. When I use LR, it's instantaneous change. The only lag I get is when I'm exporting my RAW to JPEG.

You should check out your hardware or install files. It definitely sounds like an issue somewhere on your end.
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That's really odd. It's definitely an issue on your end. When I use LR, it's instantaneous change. The only lag I get is when I'm exporting my RAW to JPEG.

You should check out your hardware or install files. It definitely sounds like an issue somewhere on your end.

Agree, Lightroom gets noticeably faster depending on the hardware you use. The other thing to consider is that its managing a huge image library where each image is at full resolution. I love how it utilised all 12 threads when doing exports lol. So about the speed issue, I'mma point to your CPU and HDD.
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I dunno, I've only played around with it a little. All I've noticed is that for editing you have these little arrows you click to change exposure, saturation, etc. Maybe it's just my computer but every time I click one of these buttons LR takes a crap for 30 seconds. Although yeah, editing large amounts of images at a time seems like a really useful function, just never got into using it yet, photoshop works well for me.

Instead of the quick develop, click on the develop tab in LR3 - much easier.
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