Stuarte....
I put myself in exactly the same category with you, and if this is not that much money for you I would heartily recommend it.
Seriously, I am so impressed with LR 2.0. I know this sounds ridiculous but I actually feel that my images are coming out BETTER now with the additional tools. This is a very exciting time to be a digitial photographer! I have never really used *specific* programs for my photos before; now I feel that LR 2.0 is just about 1 stop shopping.
The other three programs that I use are:
PTLens - used to correct distortion on certain lens *if* I wish to do so
Photoshop Elements - Since LR 2 came out, I basically only use this to create Photo Emails to send out to family and friends.
Qimage - used because LR 2 doesn't include softproofing and I've heard so many good things about the print quality and have been impressed with the print quality coming out on my Epson 4880. Just recently I made my first *real* print with LR 2 and was impressed enough that I might consider not making the trip to Qimage to print.
Bottom line, this newest version, even though some are having small performance issues or bugs pop up, you know Adobe will fix it. Sounds to me like you are not a pro user (probably much like me) and go into Lightroom 4-5 times a week to work with photos. I would highly recommend this upgrade; of course your mileage may vary!
Cheers....
Todd in Chicago
I'm a sporadically keen amateur using LR since the early betas. I've been very pleased with it, even though I'm sure I still don't use its features as skillfully as I should.
I tend to go for the latest upgrade/update of software I use a lot, but with LR 2.0 I'm not sure. On one hand, LR 1.4 works fine for me. On the other hand, the upgrade isn't too pricey for me, even in the UK here, and I don't want to be stuck with a version (1.4) that's neglected by Adobe.
I know I could download a trial copy and see for myself, but I don't have time to do it justice.
So the question is - does LR 2.0 have sufficient extra about it to make it worth the additional money and the additional time to learn it?
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