George, the selections where you talk about could be improved in Lightroom. However Lightroom doesn't need to be closed when combining it with Photoshop. It actually works very well together.
Have you ever tried Lightroom?
Jan
Ps: have you compared prints from both programs? Of have you just compared prints to the monitor. You might be working in different color-profiles.
I really like a great deal of the features of this program ...except numerous times about 1/2 way thru editing a photo it crashes on me
Also, once I do make it thru editing and then go to view mode ...it doesn
Oh...good and bad things so far.
Number 1 could be your pc...doesn't have to be the program.
Number 2 is definitely not good though...
ddt, you
Words get in the way of what I meant to say.
Actually I was an ACDSee fan beginning from versions 1 to 9 skipping versions in between - until I met Lightroom, a match made in heaven - LOL.
Seriously, I found ACDSee to be very gimmicky, not user friendly and yes it would crash during an edit. Like other software out there, I find it very bloated and in my experience with said product it does a much better job of managing your library than an image editing solution in itself.
IMHO - I would avoid it where possible though I would rate it a 6 out of 10.
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My youngest daughter has FINALLY decided what to go to college for and just received her student ID!!!! So of course WE need to get a few computer programs! YIPPPEEEE!!!!
I tried the free version of lightroom awhile back and to be honest ...I found it to be the hardest program to self-teach! I should have took a self-portrait of the look on my face whenever I opened it! I just couldn
Lightroom is a must. Just after I got my PS, they came out with a combo pack and I can
Words get in the way of what I meant to say.
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