[Leica] Photo-editing software recommendations?

[Tina Manley]

You can still subscribe to LR Classic without the cloud version.  It's a
totally different program from LR (cloud-based).

There is no way I could store all of my photos in the cloud so I'll stick
with LR Classic.

Tina


On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 4:14 AM Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:

> 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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