[Leica] Photo-editing software recommendations?

[Sonny Carter]

Adobe Photoshop elements is a robust editor with lots of solid features
that can be understood by most, and a few tricks that don’t require lots of
work to learn. It is a good value for someone not editing every day.

I’ve been using actual adobe Photoshop for about twenty five years, since
before it had a number, just a Mac and a win version.

While the learning curve can be awesome, you don’t have to know how to do
everything to do the things you want.  It is a complete toolbox, but if you
only need to use a single tool, you will find it there, maybe three ways to
do any job.

If you buy the subscription, it is always up to date, pretty much hands
off.  The set also includes Lightroom, good for lots of things, but most of
the actual editing tools are in both.  Lightroom is great to keep your
files in order, but that takes some understanding of the process.  These
two products are lots cheaper if you have access to academic credentials.
If you’re a serious photographer, the workflow of the adobe products is
similar to that of an actual darkroom.

Other products mostly seem to be attempts to clone adobe, or convoluted
works of geekery that may or not be beneficial to your output.

I’m sticking with Adobe Photoshop, because it works for me, and I know how
to use what I need from it.

Hope this helps

SonC



On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 4:55 AM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> LR Classic is now LR CCC - Classic but Cloud based.
> LR CC doesn’t work for (serious) photographers, you miss essential bells
> and whistles.
> I tried it, and changed my subscription the next day to LR CCC.
>
> The offer may vary from country to country though.
>
> Amities
>
> Philippe
>
>
>
> > Le 18 déc. 2019 à 11:49, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.uk> a écrit :
> >
> > No, LR Classic is still there in the photography plan (together with PS
> and LR CC)....
> >
> > john
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org] On
> Behalf Of Richard Man
> > Sent: 18 December 2019 09:13
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Photo-editing software recommendations?
> >
> > I have been using LR since v2. However, if you jump in now, you will have
> > to get the "cloud version". It's not even so much that you are paying
> > "Adobe tax" every year, because the software is worth the $100+ every
> year,
> > if you can afford it. The major problem is the instability. Just do some
> > web searches and you will find many stories.
> >
> > Since I only use LR (and PSD), but the pre-cloud versions, and nothing
> > else, I don't know what to recommend. Good luck.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 11:06 PM Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> In the 90's they stopped demanding the kids all go outside for recess
> and
> >> get exercise catching baseballs and playing on the Playground Equipment
> .
> >> They let them stay indoors all filling up the computer room all of them
> >> playing with their new favorite toy. Photoshop.
> >> None of them played computer games. They all played with Photoshop with
> >> any image they could get their hands on. Mainly downloads. As did I in
> my
> >> studio.
> >> It was years before I photoshopped a scan from one of my own images.
> >> endless of fun. I started staying up late at night the best Photoshop
> >> time. Still do.
> >> Popular with all the young photographers shooting cheap cameras. The
> ones
> >> with the expensive camera though were not going to waste their money and
> >> time on making images with expensive software.
> >> They brought their memory cards into Walgreens.
> >> More expensive the gear; less they care about the images which may come
> >> out of them. That’s a rule you can count on!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Mark William Rabiner
> >> Photographer
> >>
> >> On 12/18/19, 1:02 AM, "LUG on behalf of Philippe via LUG"
> >> <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of
> >> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>    Primarily, there’s software that came with your camera.
> >>
> >>    Then Lightroom Classic CC (the other version is for kids on tablets)
> -
> >> a fully integrated suite that operates quite quite intuitively.
> >>
> >>    And if you want (mainly useless) horse power there’s photoshop. The
> >> leaning curve is then hymalayasesque, and I personally gave up …
> >>
> >>    OTT depending on the camera you use, you may also sometimes get
> better
> >> results with DXO, Capture One, On1, and a few others.
> >>
> >>    Let’s say LR is the swiss knife of them all and accepts plug-ins if
> >> needed
> >>
> >>    Hope this helps
> >>
> >>    Amities
> >>
> >>    Philippe
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Le 18 déc. 2019 à 02:24, Richard Endress via LUG <
> >> lug at leica-users.org> a écrit :
> >>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I find that the product formerly known as iPhoto, for a couple
> >> reasons, is no longer a good fit for me.
> >>> What software are you all using to manage your digital images?
> >> Adobe- something? What do you recommend?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Richard Endress
> >>> rendress at me.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
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Sonny
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