LIGHTROOM VS. PHOTOSHOP - which is better?
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- In this video I edit 2 different photos in Lightroom and Photoshop to showcase the differences between the two programs.
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I feel like lightroom is better if you want a simple edit, if you want to mostly retouch the colors: landscape, street photography. But Photoshop is better if you need to remove and add elements, skin retouching, so portrait photography, makeup and fashion... That's just my opinion enyways ^^
Agreed.
thats everyones opinion lol its comparing apples to oranges. theyre 2 completely different programs Im not sure why she made this video in the first place
@@benzovisual Ever think other people may not know there's a difference?
William that’s a good point William!
Same opinion, i would like to add Capture One as a good program to retouche at the same level or even better than Photoshop, what do u think?
I use photoshop for skin, Lightroom for color (Even though I admit Lightroom isn’t the best for color)
Manny Ortiz yeah man I tend to do the same thing. Lightroom for a lot of color changes and photoshop for retouching. However I’ve started in the last few months messing around with more photoshop RAW
You should do an in depth photoshop tutorial PLEASE
I do the same thing!
Same but I don’t really change the tone of the skin because canon processes the skin tone better
try Capture One :)
I don't know if it's just me but I'm not a big fan of the skin in Photoshop. It just does not look real to me. I personally think the small imperfections add some interest to the photo.
Yeah that's what I think too. Compared to Photoshop pictures the lightroom ones looked natural and the Photoshop ones looked so fake! Especially the skin it looked awfully fake. Only liked the last picture that looked better in Photoshop. Only because it was brighter + more focused on her face area
Same, I personally don't like the plastic looking skin, doesn't look real but for people who work with fashion and all that, I think it's needed. In my case those are not the type of photos I take
I agree!
Just A Person I agree with this
@@EmMa-ck5wq that's because she did almost no retouching on the skin in Lightroom. It's not photoshop's fault, it's her using too much retouch.
frankly speaking, you didn‘t even use the possibilities Lightroom offers you. You didn‘t do any Dodge and Burn in Lightroom, not making use of the brushtools and masking...
To me it seems you are more comfortable to use Photoshop than Lightroom. Rhats totally fine and really like your results, but don‘t just say Lightroom Users limit themselfes when you do not even use 50% of what Lightroom can do.
Keep up the good work though 😊
Agreed! Lightroom has so many amazing tools that can be utilized - just a matter of educating yourself. I do agree Photoshop is better with skin retouching, but feel this video does not do Lightroom justice based on the lack of knowledge for the program.
I agree. PS is definitely better for retouching and manipulating a photo. But Lightroom can do a lot if you know how to finesse the tools.
Completely agree
AGREE!
That‘s what I thought was funny in the video. She‘s like „learn photoshop“ but yeah, don‘t be so harsh on lightroom before learning it I guess. No offense meant. However, LR doesn‘t seem to be part of Jessicas comfort zone so maybe she should use it more/learn it.
I used to use Photoshop because it is what i spent years studying and what i found to be more professional. The time and effort it took me to edit each picture in Photoshop ended up frustrating me and eventually made me stop enjoying taking pictures, because i would think about every shoot as something that would require hours and hours of processing afterwards. After a small break i took from photography, i decided to give Lightroom a try, and i couldn't be happier!! I was able to edit so much faster and even with the constraints lightroom had i was really happy with the results. In my opinion, you shouldn't limit yourself to only one program and you should explore and learn about alternatives, that been said, i'm so glad i started using Lightroom because it made me fall back in love with photography!
same here. i feel what you feel.
No doubt PS is more powerful, but it's hardly a fair comparison if the tester isn't equally versed in both PS and LR.
I really think it depends on the shoot. Imagine having to retouch all the wedding photos or a long event. 😵
I do use both when I do portrait shoots.
I was thinking the same thing!
Then I just upload all photos in camera raw, almost the same as in lightroom ;)
@@prayofdevil wat u mean upload in camera raw? what is it?
I use Lightroom for color correction and Photoshop for color grading and retouching.
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what's the difference between color correction and grading? honest question
Yes.... what's the diff between grading and correcting?
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Color Correction is making all the colors true to what you see in person, sometimes different lighting and such can cause a color cast on your photos and different cameras have different color profiles, so we have to correct for that.
Color Grading is bringing in more stylized looks, like if you want the photo to look like film or change the mood of the photo, things like split toning and such.
Usually you color correct for accuracy and then color grade for the final look.
i was thinking the same thing!
while they're both nice, i actually prefer the lightroom ones!
Me too. Not a big fan of the unnatural PS results. Guess it's a matter of taste.
Yeah Photoshop feels fake.
Alejandra Cerda yeah it definitely comes down to taste. Personally I’m into editorials so photoshop would be my go to whenever editing most of my photos. Unless I want a natural look then I would go with Lightroom 👍
I feel like the Photoshop edits added more depth to the pictures
(This is just my opinion)
The first two photoshop edits made both girls look like plastic.
@@TheJwwinter Photoshop can transform low quality photos into pro looking photos.
Its more powerful than lightroom
I loved the Lightroom edits! They looked crazy natural, bright and have this “airy” vibe to them. The photoshop ones are still nice, but they’re definitely more “stylized” and have a dramatic feel to them depending on the photoshoot. If I was doing a maternity photoshoot I would steer clear of the dramatic edits and stick to Lightroom for a basic edit.
I agree with a lot of people here - a lot of professionals use a combo of the two. Lightroom is more fluid for color when you know how to use the tone curves and the tools you glazed over, while Photoshop is absolutely better at retouching. It’s important to acknowledge that knowing how to use all the tools that are at your disposal (or at least going to show in a video) is vital for creating strong images.
You couldn't help but be sarcastic when using Lightroom, and be professional only in Photoshop. How is this an accurate rendering of their both's possibilities?
Lightroom is no brainer software
Yes because the tools in LR are designed especially for photo editing. Photoshop tools can be used for a wide range things. Hence why they are easier to use. Doesn't mean the software is worse (for the purpose of its design).
Yeah! I mix the two. I use Lightroom mainly, but I retouch in photoshop 👌🏼
Lightroom for color and general feel
Photoshoo for skin details, dodge and burn, and sharpening. 🙏🏽🙏🏽 Both are good - specially in a combo.
It is not a fair comparison!! Put the guys from Mango Street to edit those exact images on Lightroom and the result will be totally different..
The programs have differences of course, but it is possible to edit only in Lightroom and make it very good!!
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I like the lightroom ones way more. They more natural looking. Photoshop versions look over edited.
I 100% use only Lightroom to edit all of my RAW files PERIOD.
Edit McEditson
that's why they look the way they do, but it's ok. to each their own. 😆
Noob. Just jk
The Polin has spoken.
Will make your photos better in photoshop. Least from the ones I've seen.
I would like this more if there was the same knowledge in lightroom as there is photoshop, knowing one over the other will obviously change the results. Also maybe edit them the exact same way in both programs? Not sure if that was the goal or if I missed it (I skipped through the intro because I don't pay attention to over 30 seconds of chatter) but it seems they were edited differently and that might be due to the bias of the programs. This is very photoshop heavy and I don't think that's a fair comparison video.
I feel like the photographers are pushing Lightroom (more) is to sell their presets. Because what's not to love? Put on a preset, tweak here and there and voila! Post on insta or where ever. The moment you realise the presets are not doing much anymore (or photo is looking fake), is the moment you go to photoshop and discover how slightly, but surely you can change the photos and make big changes so believable. Plus - all the photo manipulation! That's why I stayed with PS and LR is just for basic bulk job.
You can do so much more in LR than apply some presets. You can Dodge and Burn, use brushtools and masking, even basic color grading.
@@Aureli7 good to know, but I wouldn't do any of those things without layers.
The more & more that I edit I realize that lightroom limits me with my presets & I'm liking Photoshop more because I have a lot of freedom
Yesssssssssss the freedom PS gives is undeniable!!!
Then don't use presets.
They got presets in Photoshop too. Be mind blown.
Lol, you don't have to use the presets. You're not limited to them, just like you aren't limited to the ps presets.
Everythings is fun until you have to edit 200 pictures in a row
I used to only use Photoshop but now I use Lightroom because I love how much I can isolate and edit each color. But now I definitely want to get back to using Photoshop again, because you're right, Lightroom is preset based and more simple. I think if I want to level up my edits, I should go back to Photoshop again, so thanks for this video! It was super helpful. Also, if anyone wants to follow my photography journey, I post behind the scenes videos of my self-portrait photography photoshoots on my TH-cam channel. 😊
Are you also photographer ?
Shea Jordan I use photoshop, sometimes lightroom but not often. Its just because I dont have a computer to edit on so I have to use my phone and lightroom takes away the % so fast >_
you can isolate and edit each color in Photoshop too! I used to use only Lightroom, but since the new year I have been learning to work on Photoshop, and now 80-90% of editing consists of Photoshop ^^
@@gabakij Omg ok someone hit me with a photoshop retouching YT tutorial! Yeah I really want to get back to Photoshop because her photoshop photos were next level from the Lightroom ones!
@@kashifchaudhary1458 I mainly do self portrait photography! I used to model internationally, but once I went to college for film I was like, whoa I'd rather be behind the camera. Now I have no one who wants to model for me so here I am doing self portrait photography lol
As much as I'm here for learning and to see what Jessica's up to, I can't hide that I'm definitely here because she's funny af 😂😂
Honestly to me the 1st two, that you edited in Lightroom, looked way better than Photoshop. 😂
I agree Photoshop looks nice but if you don’t know how to do basic Lightroom edits, you’re probably gonna get lost in Photoshop. Baby steps. ;)
Guillaume Bouqueau I learned the other way around 🤷♀️
Not necessarily. You can learn your basic editing in ACR. It's basically the same setup as LR.
Samantha Clare cool 👍
Trying to figure it out by myself, I couldn’t understand how Photoshop worked at first. Lightroom seemed to me more intuitive. Guess it depends on the person. Thanks for answering.
Chanel French what’s ACR?
@@guillaumebouqueau Adobe Camera Raw
The PS version of the headshoot (2nd photo) looks heavy-handed in the skin smoothing. It has that typical frequency separation look.
I bet it took you 10x longer to do the edits in PS. The LR edits looked quick so of course it won't look as polished. You didn't do any dodging and burning for one thing; and doesn't look like you healed the blemishes. I use Capture One, but, I'm pretty sure LR can do these things.
You should open up a couple of your photos for a community edit just to see how others would edit them. I'm curious to see the comparisons if someone actually takes their time on LR (or Capture One).
Obviously if you give a photo to 100 people. You will get 100 different edits.
@@lucuslopez6866 You missed my point. I don't feel like retyping it so just read my 2nd paragraph down. :D
It's interesting overall I like your lightroom edits more (as far as general colors) but the way you edit skin tones in photoshop looks so much better.
I'm just begining on photography and I can say that Photoshop could be more proffessional rather than lightroom. But I think lightroom gives light and good colour. Yes , I could use both. Thanks for the video. It opened my eyes. Hugs girl! stunning as always!.
I've always used photoshop to edit my photos. And I felt like I wasnt professional because everyone seemed to be using Lightroom. But after seeing this, I feel really great about photoshop being my tool of the trade. I'll keep doing what I'm doing. Thank you so much Jessica. And yes I love the photoshop edits. They look so rich and beautiful. And you're so funny. Toggling the blue. 🤣 I do that too. How bad can I make this look? 🤣🤣🤣 I loved this!! Thank you!!
Same
People use Lightroom mainly because it's way better at organizing your photos. If your just doing straight camera raw edits both Photoshop/Lightroom will give you the same outcome.
I exclusively use Photoshop and have for a while now, just because I feel like I can do sooo much more with Photoshop instead of Lightroom, though Lightroom does help with batch processing. Still love my Photoshop most though 💓
Found your channel today and I’m addicted to your videos! I’m new to photography (took a class back in high school), I’m in college and want to be a photographer and this video helped a ton!
Good video, in this scenario the Lightroom images appear better. I use a photoshop alternative when needed but for the most part, Lightroom is the default tool.
im not a professional photographer or photographer of any kind.. but the first two pictures in PS look really fake and over edited, but 3rd and 4th pic are so much better in PS. so many details and i love the models highlights on the face
You don't have to be a professional photographer to judge a picture. If you don't like it, then that's what it is.
i learned photography through photoshop ( still am in class lol ) it really does gets you down in the dumps, and has taught me a lot, but i do find myself using lightroom way more than photoshop when i’m just editing my own work
I feel like I couldn't live without the combination of both lol. I use Lightroom for the base color grading and then Photoshop for retouching, fine-tuned color adjustments, dodge/burn, and object removal.
One of the things I really love about lightroom is that because it isn't as easy to retouch photos it forces you to be a better photographer and always aim to get the shot as close to perfect as you can in camera. I think new photographers should still stick to Lightroom for this reason.
Photoshop edits appeal more to me! And because I don't know much about Lightroom. Can’t even decipher where the heck the photos go when creating the library (sorry). Photoshop rules! Love you, Jess!
Love your sense of humor! I started my days in photography with film and when you had to know and understand hiperfocal distance of your lens. Understanding composition, lighting and flash fill. Today the best part is no waste; and by that I mean no waste of film! I love photography, the best advice I can give anyone is spend your money on quality lenses. Todays DSLRs are so good that the inexpensive cameras will give you beautiful pictures if you pare it up with good glass ( lens). keep in mind that camera technology gets better all the time but don't get suckered in buying the latest new thing when you haven't reached the full potential of what you have, after all; you can't tell what camera was used to create the beautiful picture! A camera is only as good as the person who masters the camera. I hope 🤞 I made some sense, keep up the good work.
Honestly, I think the photoshopped ones looks over edited, but then I'm not a fan of the ultra smooth, heavily photoshopped skin look that is basically a requirement if you do fashion photography, so I can't really blame you hahaha
I use both. Lightroom for general light adjustments (such as highlights and shadows), lens correction, detailed sharpening and minimal color correction.. sometimes removing some spot blemishes. Photoshop for skin retouching, dodging and burning and color grading.
I find that editing 'camera raw' in Photoshop gives me better results than Lightroom when it comes to light adjustments (such as highlights and shadows), lens correction, detailed sharpening and minimal color correction. I now use Lightroom just for basic bulk editing.
@@cOzeify I rarely use camera raw, because I like using lightroom for the basics and syncing everything later, so it speeds up my process. But that's just how I go about my routine.
Man, she really has no damn clue how to use lightroom, huh?
and even less with PS. She did a shitty job especially on the 2nd one.
Lmao
@@TheJwwinter lightroom is for noobs
Lightroom> Photoshop here I'd say, maybe its because of how you edited it. The one you did on Lightroom pops more and makes for a more attractive picture to look at!
I agree that the PS edits do indeed look better, but every time I open PS I literally don't know where to start. You say your workflow is a mix of LR and PS. I would love to do a video showing exactly what you do in each and how your transition between the two.
Lightroom is really great for people who shoot documentary and photojournalism. They don't need dramatic retouching. But for fashion and portraiture, Photoshop is definitely preferred!
i liked the photoshop edits for the first 2 pics but the last bonus 2 edits looked better in lightroom. i honestly think the composition is what makes the photo more powerful :)
10:30 "I've been using photoshop for over 13-14 years"
10:52 "Don't get stuck using the same program"
Joking aside, great video!! I was feeling I needed to switch from Photoshop to Lightroom exactly because like you say, if you're not trying new methods you can't grow. but having watched this, I'm starting to think if I have to pick between being proficient in one of the two, it seems photoshop has more to offer in flexibility.
Ain’t even started watching yet but yessssss!!! Please do more videos like these please
I used to strictly use Photoshop and then switched to Lightroom due to the ease of editing in batches. Now, I typically start with Lightroom to review photos and cut down to the group I want to use, add the overall tones I’m going for and finish in Photoshop when more detailed/fine-tuning edits are needed.
Don't forget you could just download you images to the Adobe Bridge, their file browser, and open them up in the Raw dialogue in Photoshop, they're the same tools as in the Develop section of Lightroom but with a different UI, then open them up from there into Photoshop. There's no need to go anywhere near Lightroom. The current version of Lightroom Classic CC is 8.2 and the current version of Raw in Photoshop 20 is 11.2, it will always be 3 ahead as it had been upgraded several times before Lightroom came out.
Pro workflow.
It seems like to me that the difference between the two is a kin to driving a car: automatic (Lr) vs. manual/stick-shift (Ps).
Most cars nowadays do the gear shifting for you and it mostly gets the job done. But if you want to have more control over your vehicle, you drive a stick-shift.
Lightroom has a ton of pre-sets and easy editing tools that create a really low barrier-to-entry for either beginners or photographers/editors looking to make quick edits. Then Photoshop has a higher variation and intricacy of tools that take an adjustment to learn, but ultimately allow for far more specific editing to photos that you might not be capable of otherwise. Or to keep it real simple, iPhone vs. Android.
Either way, great vid for depicting the differences!
I still like the Lightrooom edit more better.
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Dodging and burning in photoshop changed my life. Also need to start learning frequency and separation.
it's frequency separation, no and :)
I’ve been using lightroom only lately and I am very pleased with the results I get. I think if you know what you’re doing and if you experiment with all the possibilities, you’ll get results really close to what you could do with photoshop in terms of lighting, skin retouch and toning. To me photoshop is much more complete and is more for image creations, cutting, adding, removing, illustrating, etc. And lightroom is a great ‘’basic but fundamentals” post production
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I think it’s good to fluctuate between both...they’re both very useful!! I do simple edits in Lightroom and my more complex edits and color grading in Photoshop.
I usually do certain edits in Lightroom relating to colours, highlights, shadows ect then use Photoshop to do the retouching and maybe some colour grading. The 1 time I tried to retouch a photo in Lightroom I failed miserably lol.
In some instances I actually like the Lightroom Edit better than the PS edit. Not to say that it wasn't a lot of work, and everyone has their own eye and own style, but in some pictures the imperfections of the skin made the photo emit more emotion and looked better to me personally. In some however, PS looked better, like the girl with the leaf. Because the style of very surreal and cool green tones like a fairy almost, the perfection of her skin and all worked. A really interesting video!! Especially since there's so many opinions in the comments. Thanks for doing this
For awhile I was afraid of photoshop, but I tried the month free trial and started watching your videos and it's not as hard as I thought! in face photoshop has Camera Raw which is lightroom! I was surprised how photoshop is basically like magic when editing portraits! Thanks Jessica for the video.
I use both. I start of in Lightroom, then continue in Photoshop and when you save the psd, and switch back to Lightroom the new psd version is there as well.
I use Capture One to develop, Photoshop for color grading and retouching, Lightroom for cropping and minor adjustments and back again to Photoshop for texturing.
Please make more videos about color edeting, love the way you edit them. Or make an online workshop, would happily pay for it :D.
One would have to ask how fair the comparison really is. I treat Lightroom as a raw converter in the first place. Photoshop is much more powerful and complex which doesn‘t necessarily make it better. I think that learning photoshop is beneficial nonetheless and also you have it by default when you have the Adobe CC subscription anyway.
Light room has this clean look it gives images, i can't explain it but it looks more pleasing to me
I never made the jump to Lightroom because I honestly can't work with toggles and presets. It can work with a picture, but I can't make it work as a general rule. I find that most of my editing is focused on small portions, I can't slather one uniform edit on everything. Total respect to anyone you can make it work, but I love the freedom Photoshop gives me.
Lightroom has its place for the batch editing and grading. But when you need to get in depth just hit that right click and "edit in photoshop"
So will you be doing a tutorial. Cause now I feel limited cause I used lightroom.
My coworkers have been trying to get me to use lightroom but I've started getting an understanding of photoshop and would prefer to keep growing in it because of the differences you showed in this video. Your comparisons were well done.
I started editing pictures in photoshop and got more comfortable with that than light room. I do also wanna learn how to use light room more
This was a good video, I haven't seen anyone talk about the two and I personally use both and I think that both are good, it just depends on what photos you have to edit. Lightroom is not designed to do retouching, even though it has some tools (dodge and burn, feathering, masking) you won't get bad results at all if you use them, but it is easier to do it in photoshop.
I think the same can be said about photoshop and capture one. They are both great for retouching, but capture one is dominating in the fashion industry. It is all about preference and workflow and you just happen to favor photoshop because it works for your type of photos.
The photoshop edits look like magazine shoots and brand building edits. The Lightroom edits look more personal/Instagram. Both are great but look like they’re for different uses. I prefer the photoshop on all but the last shot.
I use photoshop, because I dont have a computer to edit on, and so I have to edit on my phone, and Lightroom takes about 1% every minute and photoshop takes way longer than one minute. Love them both tho!! ❤️🤠
Edit: btw plz dont judge that i use my phone I’m only 14 kthxbai
When I do get photography plan from Adobe, I’ll mostly use Lightroom to edit and fix all my regular photos I take when I’m out for walks, while photoshop I’ll use for doing harsher edits, adding filters and illustrations to the pictures, and just playing around with the photos. I’ll also use photoshop to draw stuff separately.
The main purpose of Lightroom is for Organizing and Pre-editing RAW Files, meaning creating a constant luminance and color among all the photos from a job, fix horizons and It has many features including simple retouching. If you were to edit RAW files from a set in Photoshop, it would be almost impossible to maintain a constant color balance among all photos. A wedding or event photographer would save over 50 hours in color balancing using Lightroom, a photo session would save a few hours and if shooting tethered by color balancing the first photo and then using "Same As Previous" for the others, that alone saves a few hours. To remove blemishes, Photoshop far exceeds Lightroom's simple brushes. but Photoshop is for more advanced editing (Freq Sep, Color Grading, Composites, etc, etc and many more etc) of a few images. If you do a wedding only in Photoshop it might take weeks or months, but if you use both Lightroom and Photoshop it will take one or two days maximum, three or four days if you take a few timeouts to enjoy a couple of Margaritas LOL. Mainy Photoshop does each and everything that Lightroom does and much much more, but Lightroom saves lots of time as it is extremely faster than Photoshop when preparing RAW files for final edits and organizes you RAW files. Just open 10 RAW images in lightroom and simply adjust highlight and shadows, then do the same in Photoshop, by the time you open one image in Photoshop, create a proper layer copy, open the Camara Raw, make the adjustments, maybe you realize that you went a bit far in opening shadows, have to again go to Camera Raw make the correction and save the file, you would have done all 10 images in Lightroom
I think among the two, lightroom is better for color grading and retouching while photoshop for any manipulation or other corrections. Atleast that's how I use both of them. I frankly couldn't do without anyone of these. I need both.
I learned Photoshop first and then I learned to use Lighthroom. I feel I have so much more control over the details with Photoshop than I do with Lightroom. I try to do General Edits with Ligthroom and to make sure my pictures (usually for an event) look consistent but then do detail touch up like skin retouching or cloning on photoshop.
Thanks a bunch for your video! I have photoshop and was thinking about switching to lightroom to edit RAW, but glad I never made the switch.
Splendid video, this is the first video of yours, about to explore your profile, I hope you have tutorials and stuff! You're an impressive content creator!
I usually use Lightroom first to correct lighting, coloring and go into Photoshop for retouching and fine tuning the edit. But damn, your skin retouching is on another level
I actually have used both and tend to look at them as two tools that work together. For example, I mostly shoot models/people and landscapes. I start out in Lightroom Classic, and if I need to do advanced things, like skin retouching or smoothing, or object removal / spot removal, then I jump over to Photoshop. They both can accomplish the same tasks. PS may just have a higher-learning curve than LR Classic, but Photoshop may have more tools and is a more powerful application that gives you a lot of fine-grained control. LR gives you a decent amount of control, but also makes the process easier, especially things like printing and soft proofing.
Since I don't really batch process, the idea of using LR Classic (and a catalog) seems pointless for my workflow. I store my files in an organized fashion (and when I was using LR I was finding I was just recreating the folder structure on my hard drive, as collections, which was time consuming, on top of importing files). If you have good organization of your files, you can get away with using Bridge and avoiding Lightroom. But for beginners, LR does offer a good starting point, or if you need to batch process photos as it's almost a one-stop-shop for photo editing. But Photoshop has its strong points (like spot removal/object removal, exposure blending, and advanced skin retouching, among other things
Personally I don't think Lightroom is "easier". It's a different approach compared to Photoshop but trying to have a deep dive in it it's not gonna be easy at all. I don't use presets in my edits because every single shot has its unique features in terms of light and colors. Looking at the examples in this video I guess you can get the exact same results either in Lightroom or Photoshop if you know how to that. Great job anyways, love your videos!
i like lightroom when im editing more personal type photos (ones i took for my family or friends at an event or something) but when im doing something more artistic and fun i think photoshop is way better. i notice most people are torn over how they edit skin in their photos, personally i don't really like editing skin in photoshop or lightroom that much unless its something that distracts from the rest of the photo
lightroom was better for the first 2 side by side but I guess its my preference for more detail rather than blending the entire skin. I like the contour you put on the last 2 photoshop side by side photos.
I use both for different things. Photoshop is definitely much more powerful, but at the same time complicated. But I think its good to know both!
I believe the light and the colors are the only aspects to be tampered with so that the end result reflects the original identity of the picture made
Hi jessy... i was a photoshop user for years but fell in love with LR.. yes i went out there and tried something new and liked it.. now its your ti,e to go out there and learn something new..LR dont stick to the same thing lol
Do everything in lightroom except the skin retouching. Skin retouch only in photoshop to get that nice skin texture ! Your amazing MS. KOBEISSI
Firstly: Thank you for this video and your content in general! I'm mainly working with photojournalism, where photoshop edits are forbidden (I've heard of people being fired for altering the content of their images). I still edit all of my pictures with the CameraRAW plugin, becaus the workflow is nicer than with Lr and Ps starts up a lot faster (no longwinded import of pictures). Nevertheless, journalism isn't the *only* thing I do. And Recently I've gotten more and more fond of all of the extra features that Photoshop offers and am trying to learn aaaaall of it. About your edits though... I do not agree with your choices one hundred percent: while your skin retouches are just killer, I don't like your choice in colours. I feel that the images lack a bit of the "pang" that your Lr edits have. That's just my personal opinion though, nothing that you ought to worry about. :-)
I like to use both Lightroom and photoshop in some photos. I first learned photoshop years ago in high school and only got Lightroom a few months ago. Lightroom is good to edit quick photos on your phone instead of insta filters.
you're super talented! found you through your ANTM videos, but i love your edits even more!!
Jess: " Trash Can kinda reminds me of me!?"
Katy Perry: "Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?"
If i’m doing just some quick edits like fixing lighting or colors, I use lightroom. But if I’m doing more complicated adjustments or need things like retouching along with lighting and colors, I go for photoshop!
They look good coming out of LR. They look even better after PS.
And for those who think that the skin retouch looks too "unnatural" in the PS edits, well then there are ways to clean up the skin in PS without it looking "unnatural". The point is that PS is a much more powerful tool than LR that opens up a lot of options and possibilities, and you're denying yourself of those options if you only learn how to use LR.
The eyes of the public are used to the skin tone out of photoshop from professional magazines and tv commercials, lightroom makes stay more natural, therefore people relies on PS, I personally prefer natural skin tone, in btw good videos as always Jessica.
Why not use both programs? Adobe does allow you to transfer photographs from each program to the other, while keeping the quality, effects and changes the same. That helps you do better editing because you can use both programs for the intended purpose.
A lot of people like Lightroom because it's more insta-friendly. The interface is less intimidating.
But once you know Photoshop, you don't find the need to go back really....
Great video ✌️🧒
Photoshop was obviously better for high fashion shots. Not sure why everyone is pretending it's not. That's what you I see in magazines. Whether you think the skin looks real or not, the editiing isn't out of the ordinary. The Lightroom edits won't make it to Vogue Italia, haha.
Jessica, I get your point ( I like Photoshop more, too :) )
But, I think choosing another photographer who uses Lightroom more, and making him/her editing the same photo would be more fair...
Funny enough I feel like Jessica in LR! I feel like I've done so much and not a lot has changed! Well done to Photographers who can edit great in LR!
I do agree with most people saying PS does make it look too smooth and more fake! but I like the detailed touching up and color grading with it!
Lightroom is still amazing for general editing and batch editing. But the photoshop control over the highlights on that model with the freckles skin-- wowwww. I think Lightroom is better for wedding photographers. Photoshop gives you the ability to give that magazine, retouched, “photoshopped” look.
was considering to getting Lightroom bc of the ads 💀 but then saw the comparison and getting photoshop for sureee
I think it's so cool that you showed the capabilities of each application. Makes me want to learn photoshop better. Awesome!
She didn't.
I use Affinity Photo for retouching and use Luminar 3 for just a little more punchier detail. Great video, always wondered what the big deal was about using Lightroom.
Ayy I so the same. Luminar 3 and Affinity combine pretty decently and they are way cheaper than cc 😂