It's a lot more like a new Adobe Camera Raw than Bridge. Don't forget that bridge also works with video in the new Adobe Production Suite CS2 so I don't see it being replaced soon.
Incorporating features from companies which adobe has recently aquired, I see it as a stand alone, dedicated Camera Raw processing interface with archiving ability. I personally see Bridge as a huge advance.
It's a step toward integrating all of Adobe's applications so that you can be editing video, open the clip directly in PS, Add design in Illustrator and work seemlessly between all of them.
When you think of Bridge you must see it by taking a step back and looking at it as "Mission Control"
You'll realize what a brilliant app it really is.
Herschel
"Joseph Chamberlain, D.D.S." <drjchamberlain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Joseph Chamberlain, D.D.S." <drjchamberlain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear members:
This week Adobe announced the release of Lightroom beta 4 for download.
I have followed Adobe's development of Lightroom since its beta version 1
and have found the application quite interesting. Adobe seems to have
embraced some of the design concepts behind Apple's Aperture but improve
upon them to create a truly interesting application.
In my opinion Lightroom is a step in the right direction. I don't know how
many of your noticed it but with version 4 Adobe seems to be finally
displaying a little more about its intentions in regards to Lightroom - it
calls the program "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom beta 4" this time. So it
becomes clear (or does it?) that Adobe intends Lightroom to be the new
Photoshop CS3 scheduled to be released on fall of the next year.
There are a few things that puzzle me.
First I don't see all of the numerous image editing tools we have access to
in Photoshop. This could be because this is a beta version and Adobe doesn't
want users to have access to all the editing tools without paying for them.
They may plan to add them later once the full paid version is released for
sale. I hope this to be the case. Otherwise, Lightroom would be a
watered-down version of the current Photoshop CS2.
Second it seems performance leaves a little to be desired. One would think
that the newer version would take advantage of the processing power provided
by the latest machines, but I noticed that Lightroom is slower than
Photoshop CS2 is on almost all tasks. Again, it is hard to judge since this
is a beta release and work still in progress.
My first impression of Lightroom was that it as intended to be a replacement
for bridge. My view was that Lightroom would work as both an image browser
improving upon some of the weaknesses of bridge and also as a cataloging
application a la iView Media Pro. This would make it a terrific application.
An application with as Jazzy an interface as Lightroom or Aperture,
incorporating both browsing and cataloging features would be a huge benefit
to any photographer. Lightroom would obviously offer seamless integration
with Photoshop for a perfect image editing suite.
So at this point I am not sure where this is going. Is Adobe planning to
introduce Lightroom as the next Photoshop CS3 or has it been planned to be a
replacement for bridge as the next generation of image browser and cataloger
?
Any ideas ?
Best regards,
Joseph Chamberlain, D.D.S.
Herschel Mair
Head of the Department of Photography,
Head of the Department of Photography,
Higher College of Technology
Muscat
Sultanate of Oman
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