But we were talking about Pixelmator’s prospects as a photo editor in the context of something like Lightroom and Aperture.
No, Lightroom is obviously no drop in replacement for Photoshop. Photoshop can do different stuff. Conversely, Photoshop is no drop in replacement for Lightroom. Not in a thousand years. Photoshop sucks as a Lightroom replacement, more than Lightroom as a Photoshop replacement.
And you can do localized edits with Lightroom. In the context of Photoshop being fucking expensive I think that’s kinda relevant. Photoshop is that one very specialized tool and you can get by without it.
No, Lightroom is obviously no drop in replacement for Photoshop. Photoshop can do different stuff. Conversely, Photoshop is no drop in replacement for Lightroom. Not in a thousand years. Photoshop sucks as a Lightroom replacement, more than Lightroom as a Photoshop replacement.
And you can do localized edits with Lightroom. In the context of Photoshop being fucking expensive I think that’s kinda relevant. Photoshop is that one very specialized tool and you can get by without it.