Digital BW, The Print

I agree Eric.. Your post got me to  thinking.. As you folks know I use Lightroom.. Constructively , what might be replacement options.. Just Photoshop in it's present state doesn't get it. It lacks the visual cataloguing system Lightroom has... and it's worse then watching paint dry if your trying to processa few hundred images. It seems for many if it were added then that would end up being a detriment unless they did it totally differently.. So what are the options..I will openly admit that the catalogue system is not the greatest but how many would really take the time to use a real relational database properly..  I want to be a shooter not a data entry jock.. As far as the developing tools in Lightroom I actually like them for the most part.. Admittedly the program has holes but if this thread is really going to bring home any bacon maybe alternates should be discussed too.  Has anyone here actually  had a good data base their happy with? The only one I've fooled with is Cumulus.. Long ago I also built one in access but to be truthful that was a joke. 


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----- Original Message ----- 
  From: E.Neilsen 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:42 PM
  Subject: RE: [Digital BW] I am thinking of getting rid of Lightroom


    
  WOW!!!!!! I think this is the first discussion that I have seen where
  people are openly talking about dumping it. There are no doubt many that
  just don't get it, and there is a lot to get. I have been working with it
  since the earliest Beta 2 and have seen it inch along the path to replacing
  PS for many. In my teaching and consulting, I have witnessed a wide set of
  reactions to LR. Some get totally confused by the idea of the import
  process. First and foremost it is a data base, and does a fine job of
  developing, but it doesn't do a great job of being a cataloging system. It
  does a particularly bad job for many with large scanned files. These days
  are not as hard on the mind as before, but it still sucks in some ways. 


  Eric Neilsen
  Eric Neilsen Photography
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