Just purchased Adobe Light room...

[Locut0s]

The student edition of version 4. Now that I'm back from Hawaii with a bunch of shot to process I thought it best to get a proper RAW developing platform. I've been using Rawtherapee and asked a few weeks back what other suggested. Rawtherapee is good for freeware but I thought since I want to get more serious about my photography I should get something a little more professional that outputs better quality. Anyone have experience with light room? Any caveats I should know about?

[BuddhaGirl]

1. There are lots of tutorials on youtube!

And I have Scott Kelby's Lightroom 4 book which I found really helpful...have fun!!

[PuppyBismark]

2. Adobe just released Lightroom 5, you should be able to get a free upgrade

Lightroom 5 has a number of interesting improvements. Go to http://photoshopuser.com/lightroom5/ to see what is new.

[Locut0s]

3. From what I can see the upgrade is $79.00...

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom/buying-guide.edu.html

Which is interestingly enough the same price I paid for Lightroom 4 Student.

[Locut0s]

4. Correct that, I MIGHT be able to get an upgrade...

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http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/upgrade-policy-product-announcement.html#main__TRY_THIS_FIRST?PID=4485850

Thanks for letting me know about it!! Looks like I have to contact Adobe directly.

EDIT: Upgrade request case opened.

[PuppyBismark]

5. Adobe Policy - If you buy withing 30 days of a new release, the new release is free.

And yes, you need to contact Adobe directly.

[Locut0s]

7. SWEET upgrade approved...

Thank you so much for letting me know about this!! You just saved me 80 bucks and got me a nice new version!!

[sir pball]

6. LR is good, very good (ditto the Camera Raw Photoshop plugin) but the manu. software is best..

The companies roll out a new image processor every couple of generations, promoting it like it's a little Ansel Adams in your camera (eg Nikon EXPEED 3, Canon Digic 6, Fuji EXR, etc) - and they roll all the new algorithms into their RAW development software, so by using it you're getting the advantages of the latest image processing as developed by the actual manufacturer. I shoot Nikon so I use Capture NX for the absolute best results, depending on what you shoot you'll need to go to their website and poke around. Realistically it's an almost invisible difference so most of the time I just use Adobe since I'm going into Photoshop anyway, but sometimes I want that extra bit of quality.