Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/05

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Subject: [Leica] moving beyond Adobe
From: photobynelsch at gmail.com (Photo by Nelsch via iMac)
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 20:44:56 -0600
References: <4a9eef84-2760-e004-73fd-40f487b699ec@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> <9b8bddf0-ec4c-d1a8-a8fa-0a4ab445e42d@hotmail.com>

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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