Photo Editing Software Comparison and Contrast Essay
Editing photos can be done with a click of a mouse. There are numerous options for photo editing software. Two great and professional programs are Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom. In this essay, there will be a comparison of Photoshop and Lightroom, the advantages, disadvantages and similarities.
Photoshop and Lightroom both come from Adobe; they do have similar features and are different in their own ways. The most similar features are cropping, red eye reduction, contrast, color correction and tone enhancement just to name a few. Lightroom is the better choice for a photo editing program that stores all of your photos into folders, allowing you to set flags, keywords and other Meta data for organization. In Photoshop, you can import photos in and they’re stored elsewhere. Having photos stored elsewhere can be a real hassle when it comes time to show clients your portfolio. One great advantage using Lightroom is that you can send a photo into Photoshop for editing and it will make the changes right before your eyes updating the original photo in Lightroom. They are very flexible programs to use.
Photoshop and Lightroom are both great software for editing photos. One thing about Photoshop that you cannot do in Lightroom is working with layers. "Using adjustment layers in Photoshop is the smart way to work." (Patterson). Having more then one layer, you can separate the subject from its background, then allowing you to add or take away layers as you need to. Photoshop is clearly the better program when it comes to working with layers over Lightroom. In Lightroom, you’re only working with the photo and nothing else. No layers can be made in Lightroom like they can be made in Photoshop. The clone stamp tool and the spot healing brush are also important for editing photos. These tools can make blemishes disappear, wrinkles vanish, and can really assist in airbrushing a photo. Airbrushing...