I like doing photogrpahy for biking a lot, and was wondering what kind of editing software is out there? Anything good?
Editing Software
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How much money you want to spend?
not a whole lot
how much will that run me? do you know?
About $175...so dirt cheap. PS5 is about $900 so. I am not 100% sure of the differences but I think you may not be able to create LAYER MASKS in it...
Amazon.com: Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Upgrade: Software
Ya, I have a toshiba laptop.
Im pretty basic
Im pretty basic
Lightroom.
It really depends what you are looking to achieve.
Photoshop is an image-manipuation program and it's strength is very detailed post-processing (beyond simple corrections). With Lightroom you can do basic corrections, but things like selections, layers, masks, blending, batch processing etc. are features exclusive to Photoshop. In addition, in PS you can work with CMYK.
Lightroom is a photo management and RAW converter application with some added photo adjustment features. It specializes in QUICK handling of raw images.
Photoshop does everything Lightroom does, but not vice versa. If you mostly shoot RAW and just want to do quick sorting and basic image editing - Lightroom is all you need.
I know folks that use Lightroom + Photoshop Elements.
Photoshop is an image-manipuation program and it's strength is very detailed post-processing (beyond simple corrections). With Lightroom you can do basic corrections, but things like selections, layers, masks, blending, batch processing etc. are features exclusive to Photoshop. In addition, in PS you can work with CMYK.
Lightroom is a photo management and RAW converter application with some added photo adjustment features. It specializes in QUICK handling of raw images.
Photoshop does everything Lightroom does, but not vice versa. If you mostly shoot RAW and just want to do quick sorting and basic image editing - Lightroom is all you need.
I know folks that use Lightroom + Photoshop Elements.
Sounds good. Thank
This, I rarely use photoshop and this is all I have on my laptop for when I'm out. Use it to convert from raw and organise. Can be picked up cheap quite often, or some people will choose to obtain it by other means.
Pay for the damn software.
This!!!
If you're using a digital camera Lightroom alone will be fine for you while you learn, and is probably the best of the less expensive options. New it's currently on sale for $200. After you've been at it for awhile you can decide if you want to add Photoshop - a decision that may be based on A) Desire to do more local editing B) Need for more printing options C) Working on large files (I work on scanned 4x5 files, which Lightroom can't really handle) D) Needing to do negative film conversions E) Need to work in other color spaces like LAB or CMYK.
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You can get lightroom for $150 all weekend at various different places. It's on and off sale for 50% off most of the time in different places.
I dont know what camera you use, but start shooting in RAW is a pretty cheap option to improve your photos...
After that, photoshop is boss.
After that, photoshop is boss.
at Full Monte Dirt Farm in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada - photo by IanHylands - Pinkbike.com
Se that photo on pinkbike. What kind of editing is that to take still photography and turn it into motion?
Se that photo on pinkbike. What kind of editing is that to take still photography and turn it into motion?
Thats a Sequence Shot. I have done them a few times using photoshop stacking the images and brushing out everything on each except the rider. Not sure if you can do it with CHEAPER PS versions or not. GIMP may be worth looking into also.
I have always scene these done and LOVED them. Never new what they were called or how they were made. Now i Do. Thank