I wanted to follow up on this thread and also post some interesting feedback I have received from other forums as well. Thank you Herschel, Lea, Laurenz, and PhotoRoy for your responses and view points. It seems most users see Lightroom as a replacement for Bridge, not for Photoshop. According to many users I had exchanges with Adobe is planning Lightroom indeed as a competitor for Aperture with its elegant interface as a mixture of browser/cataloging application. It should work as a combination of an improved version of Bridge and iView Media Pro with cataloging features currently absence in Bridge. Most users think it will replace Bridge and be part of the new Photoshop package, probably incorporating a new version of Camera Raw that should work more in the background and be less visible than it is now. This being the case I think this will be a great application. I miss cataloging functions in Bridge. I have tried iView Media Pro and although it has some very interesting features I didn't like the interface all that much and would certainly prefer to work with just one application or suite to guarantee compatibility and keep things simple. Lightroom does have a very nice interface that is pleasant to use and makes most controls easily accessible. It also offers several different functions layed-out in a very efficient and organized way. Have any of you worked more extensively with Lightroom ? If so, what is your opinion so far ? Best regards, Joseph Chamberlain ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 10/1/06 11:05 AM, "PhotoRoy6@xxxxxxx" <PhotoRoy6@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Adobe did so with Aldus Styler program. They bought the company, did away with > the program and allowed owners of Aldus Styler to upgrade to Photoshop. Then > after awhile they sold what remained of Aldus to another company. > > > In a message dated 10/1/2006 12:48:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > laurenzb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: >> >> a while ago, I purchased Pixmantec Raw Shooter premium. >> >> It didn't take long until I got a message from this company that they had >> been acquired by Adobe and would not continue to develop their product (I >> wrote about this here in July). >> >> They also told me that I was entitled to the new Lightroom when it becomes >> available. >> >> I somehow doubt that Adobe would offer this if Lightroom included all the >> features of Photoshop - the difference in price is just too big.
