Hi there
Time and again I read how photographers love Ligtroom. How it is the in between Photoshop and Lightroom and a must have if you are serious about photography. Another thing I know is that, even those who have limited computer knowledge can begin to explore any given software knowing that some things seem to be constant. For example one can go to their software and click on 'FIle,' or 'Edit' and they will be given some options as to what they can do from there ("File --> Save As" or "Edit --> Undo". No rocket science involved. Another thing they can do is go their their side bar, for example Explorer and choose a folder and then a subfolder and take over from there (look at what is there). And lastly, most software makes their writing, be it the word 'File' or the name of your folder visible enough to read. So to all you Lightroom lovers please explain why you love this software so much whereby none of this seems possible from the word go?
I opened LR after having installed it and realized that just about everything is very hard to read--Grey on black really??? Isn't this just about against everything we learned in graphics classes or photography? Also, I have on my left panel chosen my folder (and subfolders) where all my pix are and yet I can't click on any of my folders or their subs--nothing but absolutely nothing happens: What are they doing there then? As I look/go up I see File and Edit and Library etc (again black on dark grey, really?) and none of them either can be clicked on--What the f----???? And then there is the word "Import". What is this all about? My files are already in folders and subfolders what or why do I need to import anything?
Which brings me to the beginning of this discussion: Is there a viable reason why I need to learn stuff from scratch whereby every other software in the world doesn't require you to do so?
Please excuse the anger (if shown). I've been an Adobe (and Photoshop) fan from day one but from a few years ago when I first tried Lightroom I gave up on it quite quickly for these reason given above. If anybody can shed light on it I would truly appreciate it. Though admitedly quite impatient, I consider myself quite smart and this software makes me feel stupid (something I really don't like).
Thank you