So you want to ditch Adobe Lightroom, but ...
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- čas přidán 30. 11. 2023
- I'm a happy Lightroom user and have no intention of switching, but I appreciate that it's not for everyone due to cost or other issues. So if you've been thinking of switching but something's holding you back, I have some thoughts on the matter.
Thanks for putting this video together. Definitely the most honest and well thought out piece on this topic on YT. Much appreciated.
It doesn’t feel like Adobe has really wanted to invest in LR Classic at all and wants everyone on LR instead. Makes me think there’s a finite amount of time we have with Classic and that’s kinda a scary thought. I have no problems with the subscription model at this point. I just would rather it be with a good company.
Very high quality video Andy. I've only just come across your youtube channel in the last 48 hours. You are an excellent presenter.
Every software made you pay for a new version, even Adobe. It costs money to keep feeding developers.
I tried dxo photo lab and hated it. You can't even COLOR GRADE without paying for their extra $100 add-on film pack which has a million features that I don't want. It doesn't have an import feature like Lightroom. You have to go through the files in the window explorer to cull them and then move them to the folder you want to keep them.
Thx for this Andy. With all the recent dramas with Adobe, this topic has been more than relevant. I'm trialing Peakto at the moment and since I'll be ditching Lightroom Classic as an asset manager/organiser, I gather it'll be pointless to import the LC catalogue, but import from disk directly. With that method, Peakto doesn't seem to recognise the JPG equivalent of Raw as sidecars but sees it as two separate pictures. As such I'm now trying Darktable too and currently importing my files there.
Just came across this. I've long advocated separating DAM and processing for the very reasons you stated. DAM by it's nature should be long term. In my 2 decades of raw processing, editors have come and gone or been dumped for better. On Windows my DAM of choice is Imatch. Super powerful, reliable, and reasonable cost perpetual license with discounted upgrades at major releases. The developer is very responsive. One point of caution with separating DAM and processing/editing, metadata should only be written by the DAM. You can use the metadata in the processors and editors for filters and sorting, but all writing of it should be done in the DAM. There are standards for metadata, they aren't always followed so have one source of truth.
50% DXO discount only for new users.
I use ACDSEE, good DAM but average editing compared to C1, LR so you have to have good RAWs to start with.
Your video is confirming to me. I think I already have revealed my preferred combination: Darktable for raw, and Affinity Photo for the pixel based editing. I mention this combination, because it fits into a low budget and offers a lot of value for the money. As a curio I have a lifelong Photoshop 5 license from before Adobe lured its blood needle into our veins. Even the old ACR works as long as it is fed with DNGs. And yes, Bridge is a fair organizer, unfortunately my old version can't show the Affinity format as image thumb nails, but they often end up as TIFs anyway.
Thank you, I guess my search for escaping Adobe is now over.
Hi from Brissy Andy, liked and subscribed. Excellent video on an issue that plagues many of us, not least those who started off with and were happy with Aperture, only to be forced to Lr. Recently I was hoping that Nitro might be the solution, your video predates its release. I got it and I like it so far, though maybe I wouldn't if I had seen your recent rather unflattering video on it! Am hoping its issues are addressed...
Nice one Andy. Saved me heaps of research 🙏🏻
Great video, Capture One seems well expensive these days. Looking at the costs if you were going to upgrade a perpetual licence every year you might as well pay the subscription, I think perpetual licences only pay if you plan on either not upgrading, or have a 2 year cycle.
Great trip through options. If it helps anyone I use Fuji and after a lot of trial and exasperation have landed on DxO Photo Raw -> Lr Classic/Ps -> DxO Nik Collection for my time, life and sanity. Accepting I'll have to spend something somewhere. And wordpress for sure. Great stuff Andy
This was good. I'm still missing Aperture as well...have been pondering trying Mylio to DXOPhotolab over Lightroom but still not sure ...Thanks for sharing your preference and the excellent and thorough review Andy.
Good video. I switched from Lightroom to Darktable about a year back and I'd never move back. Much more powerful and much more control (and no dodgy AI nonsense! :D)
Ooh, a timely video. Still tossing up as to what I should do. Currently it costs me $14/mth for 1tb cloud storage. As posted in the On1 thread, I'm an amateur photographer in retirement mode, so, do I really need the powerhouse that is LrC?
Good info. Is it wrong for me to miss Aperture?
Looking at alternatives after the current Adobe dramas and exported all my RAW changes to sidecars. Already "subscribe" to most DXO products and have Affinity, but I guess it's the DAM I'm missing. Might try Bridge before I jump out of the Adobe ecosystem completely, I guess the question is whether DXO Photolab has enough DAM functionality to be worthwhile.