By using this existing thread, previous contributors get notifications, so here we go: I know this thread is a bit old, and reviving ancient threads is generally a bad idea - but I REALLY did benefit from all the advise in this thread, and I would like to share some feedback. from that perspective I can see why they're cross paying that much for LR (and probably also not exploiting LR to its fullest!). I know a few professionals who hate Adobe, yet they only use LR, don't take advantage of Portfolio nor do they know how to use PS (or what it can do for them). I've said it before, the actual price of the Adobe plan for this, LR and PS is actually very reasonable and affordable in the grand scheme of things, you just have to make sure you're squeezing every last drop out of the product. I also get this from my subscription Eddy Summers (Adobe Portfolio, free with the Adobe subscription) which in turn gets me more paid work and I have as of yet not needed to actually buy a website. ![]() If other free open software (or even reasonably priced cheaper ones) were to support synchronisation (and implemented well) as well as the same industry preset, LUT and plugin support entities. This is the area that LR (and to a degree PS) has all the power. LR has syncing which greatly improves the speed of workflow as well as being supported by various 3rd party industry preset, LUT and Plugins. model.Yeah, I mean I too am a fan of Linux and other free RAW editors (RawTherapee gets a fair amount of use for example), but for the professional (and I mean that, like as in event togs that do weddings and such), using such software is just unrealistic for big jobs. I can't imagine a situation where I'd return to the Microsoft/Adobe/etc. I even build my favorite RAW editor from source code so it's specifically tailored and optimized for my particular hardware. Yes my process sounds nuts - uses lots of storage and processing power - but it works for me.I get a full office suite, operating system, two RAW editors, lens correction database, a pixel-level editor, panorama stitching application, video editor, and photo downloading utility for $0/month. but take care to avoid the Enhancement tools - particularly face enhancement - unless you are into cartoons.įor very special stuff - I use layers in PS to paint in and localise various copies of the same image - but as a rule when processing large numbers of images - NOPE it is too much work. Sometimes I will use Sharpen AI as an alternative when I want to be very precise in the sharpening and where it is applied I find Photo AI an overly blunt instrument - but it has improved a lot since the original free release. BUT - I do not use LRC's sharpening or noise reduction - I find on most occasions that Topaz DeNoise AI give me what I want (noise reduction and basically simple sharpening). So I still import all files from the cards/cameras then apply the PR3 plugin to process the RAW conversion AND then finish my edits in LRC with PS and other tools as needed. LRC and PS (with ACR) has great tools and very time saving masking and local adjustment tools - PS is now crazy deep. ACR/LRC treats these files very similarly to RAW files but the work PR3 has done is in them (not the same with other types of PNG file) So I use PR3 to process my select raw files and generate a Linear PNG file. WHY - since day one to today while Adobe ACR/LRC was the first software to "permit" processing of Z9 Lossless RAW files - the results have looked "lousy" to me - I much prefer what Capture One and then Pure Raw did to these files. I take all the Z9 Lossless RAW files I want to use through the Deep Prime or DeepPrime XD - I am yet to see the real difference but XD runs almost as fast on my Mac Studio as Deep Prime - so I have been using XD recently. I do not use any Topaz AI tool for RAW conversion. I apply PR3 towards the start of my process and the Topaz AI tools as needed at the end. ![]() For me Topaz AI plugins and DxO Raw 3 (PR3) perform entirely separate roles.
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