Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/07

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Subject: [Leica] moving beyond Adobe
From: leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram Langhans)
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2018 16:53:46 -0700
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Unless you are a teacher, where it was only $79 every 18 months or so 
when they would upgrade.


On 4/5/2018 7:44 PM, Photo by Nelsch via iMac wrote:
> It's not really a ransom - it's $120 per year, the same amount 
> (thereabouts) to upgrade every year in the past.
>
> Bill Nelsch
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Apr 5, 2018, at 8:19 PM, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at 
>> leica-users.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Brian.  I have not succumbed yet, either.  I have looked at other 
>> possibilities, but since I have been using LR since version 1, and 
>> keywording and developing over 60K photos, I have a large investment in 
>> time and energy with LR.  If I were to find something else, I would have 
>> to either export all my files as TIFF or loose all my work.  I do not see 
>> me abandoning Adobe for that reason.  However, I have not found much new 
>> in the CC versions over 6.14 that I cannot do without, but they are 
>> getting close. Perhaps the inclusion of profiles in 7.3 might be the 
>> tipping point. I have been playing with it on my father-in-law's computer 
>> since it came out and I can see the potential.  I also like the masks you 
>> can apply to the brushes and the grad filter.  So, as I said, I am close 
>> to paying the ransom.  I will hang on to LR6 and CS6 as they will always 
>> work and I own them, unless I get a new camera, as Phlippe says, that 
>> will require I either upgrade or use the Adobe DNG converter, but that 
>> will add a few steps.
>>
>> Aram
>>
>>
>>> On 4/5/2018 12:26 PM, Brian Reid wrote:
>>> Ome thing I've learned from watching all of these upgrade questions is 
>>> that many people do what I do with Adobe software, which is to cling to 
>>> the last pre-CC version, because CC veersions all have monthly fees.
>>>
>>> I use Photoshop CS6, InDesign CS6, Lightroom 5.7, and Dreamweaver CS6. I 
>>> cannot bear the thought of signing up for monthly fees.
>>>
>>> I wonder if Affinity is ready to be real competition for Adobe. I've 
>>> used Photoshop for at least 20 years, and I can do anything with it. My 
>>> fingers and spinal cord know how to use it. Ditto for Dreamweaver. Once 
>>> a year I have to consult the manual for InDesign, but it is also an 
>>> integral part of my life. Lightroom just works; there's not much of a 
>>> learning curve.
>>>
>>> I'm tempted to buy some Affinity products and try them out, but I 
>>> haven't done it yet. Mostly for lack of time to learn something new. 
>>> Have any of you tried to let go of Adobe, and, if so, where did you go 
>>> and how did you like it?
>>>
>>> Brian Reid
>>>
>>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] moving beyond Adobe)
Message from leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram Langhans) ([Leica] moving beyond Adobe)
Message from photobynelsch at gmail.com (Photo by Nelsch via iMac) ([Leica] moving beyond Adobe)