Review: Adobe Lightroom 5 for DSLR Video Producers

At Adobe Max earlier this year, Adobe announced that it was completely dropping development for its Creative Suite software and moving all future users to the relatively new Creative Cloud. This decision has been met with praise, anger, and everything in between. How this move will shape the company and its market position remains to be seen over the next few years, but there are a few changes that are almost universally considered positive.

The Creative Cloud now includes Adobe Lightroom, a product that many video producers might not have considered necessary in the past. If moving to the Creative Cloud is in your future, take a look at some of the video processing found in Lightroom to see if it can fill a gap in your workflow.

If you’re new to Lightroom, you should first understand that it is a photo organizer and editor built with pro photographers with large libraries in mind. Since many still photographers are using DSLRs with HD video capabilities now, Lightroom can also handle these files. However with a product like Adobe Prelude available, is there a reason to consider using Lightroom? Let’s see.

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Adobe Lightroom 4 from the perspective of an Elements user

I’ve been an avid user of Adobe Photoshop Elements for over five years.  Adobe has done a good job at continually adding new features to its core consumer imaging product, but at times I’ve been frustrated by its lack of pro support.  When the occasional paid job comes my way, I’ve been unable to process and present my images to a client in a very polished manner.  Adobe’s Lightroom product hit version 4 this year, and I was sent a copy for evaluation.  If you feel that you’re hitting the ceiling of what Elements or another consumer-oriented image management software can do, then read on to find out if Lightroom might be the right upgrade for you.