[Leica] moving beyond Adobe

[Photo by Nelsch via iMac]

It's not really a ransom - it's $120 per year, the same amount (thereabouts) to upgrade every year in the past.

Bill Nelsch
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> On Apr 5, 2018, at 8:19 PM, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Aram
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>> 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.
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>> I use Photoshop CS6, InDesign CS6, Lightroom 5.7, and Dreamweaver CS6. I cannot bear the thought of signing up for monthly fees.
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>> 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.
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>> 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?
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>> Brian Reid
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