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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:31:13 PM EDT
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LR/PS is the standard by which all others are measured.
For me, $10/month is a pittance for the capabilities they give. |
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Posted: 6/28/2018 11:42:41 PM EDT
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On the computer at home, I have ACDSee, and use it for importing and organizing. I shoot RAW on one card, and jpg on the other slot. I only download the jpg files at home and really don't manipulate them except for very minor tweaks here and there. ACDSee is a pretty good program overall, and for that its excellent.
At work, I keep a dedicated very high spec system for the RAW files and PS /LR. I had the full versions till they went subscription, then switched over. I'm still there, although I did get totally hooked up with the entire adobe suite. PS and LR are, and will remain, the 800 pound gorilla in the realm of photo software. The depth and breadth of the programs are so ridiculous you could spend years learning and still not master it all. For the price of the monthly, there is nothing that is a better value with equal capabilities. |
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Posted: 6/29/2018 12:56:29 PM EDT
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You can get the Ultimate for $60 right now. I've played a bit with Lightroom but I really haven't done much with the tons (500gb) of pictures I have. LR and PS (even with CC) seem pricey for as consistently I would use it. I'm playing with it for free for the week and it seems pretty handy. Tagging isn't great though and it doesn't seem to have anything like auto face detection that would make tagging the ton of family pictures I have quicker. I'm a pretty amateur photographer. I tend to snap a lot on vacations and such, and live with what I end up with . Currently using a Canon T6i. Favorite lens is a F2.8 18-55mm. |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 12:26:41 AM EDT
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It sounds like you're primarily interested in digital asset management (i.e., cataloging, tagging, organizing, etc.). It's been a while since I've surveyed the market in that regard, but I suspect it will be a challenge to find a solid competitor to Lightroom in that regard - though Photoshop Elements comes close (and has facial recognition, too) even if it does come with a $99 price tag. I have been a fan and user of ACDSee for many years. I use it for picture browsing. I also use it for file organizing prior to importing the keepers into Lightroom as it is quicker than doing the initial triage in Lightroom. ACDSee has a database for cataloging similar to Lightroom. I do not use that feature and (rightly or wrongly) think that the Lightroom cataloging is better. The new editing abilities of ACDSee seem great. I have played with them a little, but I am so used to using other editors that I don't use the ACDSee editor for major work. |
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