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0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Good, but a bit slow (and the latest release is even slower) Jul 12, 2010
I received this software to review quite some time ago. To my frustration, just before I could install it, the computer I planned to use died, and the new one wasn't really suitable for the job. (Graphics performance.) As a result, the software package languished on my shelf until recently, when I reorganized my photography workflow and storage, and started looking around for the right software. One of my colleagues has been a long-time Lightroom user, and I asked his advice. "Lightroom 3?" he said, "Don't bother! They've added so many features that it's as slow as a dog." I hastened to point out that I was actually talking about Lightroom 2, and he brightened up. "That's much better," he said. "It was slower than the first release, but it's not too bad, and the workflow is very nice. I'm still using it for my main work."
And so I installed it, and brought over all of my photo libraries from several different computers (using different tools). Lightroom definitely like plenty of RAM and a fast (Firewire) disk array, but the results are really good. For the first time I know where everything is, and what per-shoot batch processing I've applied. The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers was an essential purchase - you'll never unlock the power of a system like this without good documentation - endive been very happy with the result.
Based on my friend's advice, i'm going to skip Lightroom 3, and hope that the next release combines the features of the new with the performance of the old. That will be awesome.
 Lightroom 2.7 May 21, 2010
I've been using LR3 since December 2009 and decided that I should bite the bullet and purchase the non beta product (especially when I learned that my work wouldn't be moved from the beta to the final version). LR2.7 is a very polished program and I highly recommend it to any serious photographer. LR3 isn't much different (except, I guess, "under the hood"), and so I've been able to jump right in. You'll need cs4 or cs5 for any major editing, but most of your work flow can be accomplished right in Light Room. All in all, an excellent product, although it would probably be too much for the casual photographer (get Picassa for free from Google instead).
5 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 Complicated May 15, 2010
I am a "pro" photog with a studio and 5 employees. We tried to incorporate Lightroom into our work flow and found it was too complicated for us to keep using. It is not very intuitive and when you need classes to figure out how to run the program, it 's telling me there is a large learning curve involved.
I recently downloaded Google's FREE program, Picasa, for my home use and with in 10 minutes I was having fun editing and sorting my personal pics. Contrast this to Lightroom where 3 of us, who are extremely Photoshop literate, all ended up frustrated with the complexity of doing even minor things. I do not understand all the high marks on Amazon for Lightroom. It might be a great program if you like to research, read blogs and trouble shoot your software but if you want a program that is easy to use, stay away from LR.
PS Just in case people are wondering, of my 5 employees, 2 are not CS5 savvy.
2 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Very expensive buggy software with mediocre tech support Apr 03, 2010
I have always been a fan of Adobe products, but I have to say the CS4 line is buggy, very buggy. As to tech support, Adobe has gone the route of every other large corporation in the United States. Namely, they are not in the United States. Gone are the days of communicating with someone whose name you can pronounce or that you can actually understand when you talk to them.
It seems whenever you do attempt to get help, their people go down the prescribed checklist. It doesn't matter how stupid the suggestions are, you have to follow them. This would be okay if you actually ended up with a solution. In my case, Adobe says Microsoft is at fault, and Microsoft says Adobe is at fault - sound familiar?
Adobe products certainly don't sell at shareware prices, but based on how buggy they are, they should.
Running Adobe products on a Microsoft operating system is my idea of Hell.
0 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 best editing tools ever but a pain to use Mar 31, 2010
I LOVE the interface and editing features but my problem with this software is it's file handling. Why do I need it to do what I have done with my operating system since DOS? I understand the concept of non-destructive editing but I think this is for people who do not back up their data and are there any professionals by now who do not? I bet most lightroom users do anyway. So why the bloatware? Maybe Adobe wants to get photographers hooked so they will never again be able to handle their files on their own!
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