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Have a new DSLR. What software should I buy?
Hubby bought me a new Canon T3i DSLR. We have read that it's best to shoot in RAW, rather than JPEG. Is there a good (relatively simple) software we can use to work with the RAW files, as well as organize the photographs? We will be shooting mostly portraits so skin tone is important. We won't need to do a lot of wild effects, but we will want to be creative. I have read about Adobe Lightshop 3 and Adobe Photoshop Elements. Do you recommend them? Or one over the other. I understand they don't do the same thing. Do you think we should get both? Or a different software altogether? Thanks so much.
Anna
4 Answers
- Bruce MLv 610 years agoFavorite Answer
As I own both Elements and Lightroom and end up using both I will tell you where I use each.
Elements is what I end up popping into when I have one image I want to down load and get ready for the computer or for printing. It has a nice RAW processor and I became use to it before I bought Lightroom.
Now, Lightroom 3 is what I use when I have LOTS of images to work on at once. This now happens a lot so it is what is used most of the time. Still getting use to the organizational parts of the program but that is due to my not being all that organized in life. I see great uses for that part of the program however. The files are converted from RAW into digital negatives to work with and you can export them as JPEGs no problem.
Hope that helps.
- SordenhiemerLv 710 years ago
First, it is only better to shoot in RAW if you plan to complete significant post processing like white balance and color correction. If you are not planning to do significant post processing, there is no advantage to shooting in RAW. If you are going to shoot in RAW, the Canon software provided with your camera (Digital Photo Professional) is about as simple a processor as you can get. Beyond that, look into Photoshop Elements for processing.
- Mr WhiteLv 610 years ago
I would recommend Adobe Lightroom, you can use the free trial version for 30 days to see if you like it. In my opinion it's the most complete software out there from processing raw files to organize your photos.
You can find a tone of preset and tutorial on the net for it as well.
- keerokLv 710 years ago
If skin tone is really that important, get a Mamiya. If you find Adobe prices too prohibitive, consider the freeware Gimp.
