iPhoto or LightRoom?

**o2bubble** · 30th Jan 2010, 23:49

Hi guys, need some advise.. would you recommend to use iPhoto that comes with a MacBook or LightRoom (quite expensive) for managing photos easily and effectively e.g. import to photoshop for editing and then back for viewing with the original stored in a different folder etc...

**wynx** · 3rd Feb 2010, 16:05

Originally Posted by o2bubble

Hi guys, need some advise.. would you recommend to use iPhoto that comes with a MacBook or LightRoom (quite expensive) for managing photos easily and effectively e.g. import to photoshop for editing and then back for viewing with the original stored in a different folder etc...

Lightroom for me! Anyway, you may want to download the fully functional lightroom 3.0 beta to try out before you buy. You need non destructive editing and iPhoto does not offer that for sure.

**o2bubble** · 13th Feb 2010, 22:47

Thanks. I installed both LR 2 and PS CS4 on my macbook and works fine!

**o2bubble** · 16th Feb 2010, 01:11

I'm starting to use both iphoto and LR and finds that iPhoto is really fun to use for slideshows with visual and sound effects and interesting features such as recognising and grouping of faces and locations

LR is more for more detailed editing I think, abit boring