Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree, and for the rent, they keep the yard trimmed. PS and Lightroom seem to be amazingly bug free, it keeps up with updates to Win 10 from what I can see, and the integration between these and other CC products is good too. Whenever an update is ready, it?s a simple click, unlike when we had to muddle through a whole package upgrade. On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 9:45 PM Photo by Nelsch via iMac via LUG < lug at leica-users.org> 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 t > hat 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 > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA