Photoshop vs Lightroom | Graphic Designers Concentrate

Taking the popularity case, Photoshop is one of the popular tools for a Graphic Design projects, but there is a tool Light room which is getting popular among the Graphic designer for the image editing.

I think that this is pretty difficult to say which one of them (Photoshop or Lightroom) is the best for a Photographer or Graphic Designer. I think that both of these tools will be found in the system of a Graphic designer and Photographer.

It is a good thing that we make a comparison to know that which one of them is the best!

Photoshop Strengths

Photoshop is a pixel based image editing tool. Using Photoshop strengthens your ability of image editing.  Photoshop is an excellent tool for the following tasks: 

Renovating:

As almost everyone uses this for the purpose of retouching, renovating and editing images. Many photographers own this to clean the pictures in an easiest way. PS offers superb tool kit for image renovation. 

Working in Layer:

Another good feature of Photoshop is working in layer. This offers capability of adding, removing or editing any specific layer. So the chances of mistake get minimize.  Ant layer you select can be edited by double click on it. A new window that opens offers excellent tool kit for the image editing. You can also change the opacity of an image.

Creating:

Some people create the banners and wallpapers in Photoshop. However for the small to larger image creation illustrator is more preferable, but Photoshop is an excellent way to collect images from different sources, cropping or cutting them and combining them.  

Export the Image:

Photoshop gives multiple options in saving images. You can save them in any of the required format (PNG24, JPEG Very High and Jpeg High).

Weakness:

Along with all these strengths Photoshop gets weaker sometimes for some people. The weaknesses are:

• Expensive
• Sometimes it is difficult for a designer to choose certain tool.
• It is not a Raw File editor.

Lightroom Strengths:

Coming to the second tool Lightroom now, this is also a good accessory for the designers. This tool also has some Pros and Cons of the usage. 

Raw Files Process:

A good thing that we noticed about Photoshop is that PS does not process the raw files. Hence LR has an excellent capability of processing raw files. It’s a tool that can quickly edit contrast, saturation or exposure of an image. 

Other strengths are:

• Efficient workflow
• Image Import
• Raw Processing
• Sharing on social media
• Creating slideshows
• Presets can be applies to images simultaneously unless in Photoshop
• Easy to learn
• Non-destructive (Editing does not happen on the original image)
• Affordable

Weakness of LR:

• Not for the extensive retouching
• This is suitable for photographers.
• Not for advance editing.

Conclusion:

PS is good for Photographers and Graphic Designers but LR is only for photographers. SO I guess both are good at their place.

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