We don’t want to pay Adobe anymore, so my Dad is looking for an replacement for Lightroom Classic.

He has over 4500 photos in Lightroom and we want a basically drop in replacement.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

EDIT1: Also, how do we transfer photos out of Lightroom?

EDIT2: All photos are locally stored.

    • athomsfere@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      This would be my choice too. Does 95% of what LR does, does some things much better, and performance is like 10x.

      And the one time cost every few years is awesome

      • beener@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        And the one time cost every few years is awesome

        One time cost… Every few years … Hmm

        • Fineus@alien.topBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          One time cost… Every few years … Hmm

          You could buy it right now and keep that license (essentially) indefinitely, with bug fixes made to the latest version (7) for about the next year.

          But in a year the new version will likely drop with some improvements. You won’t get those unless you pay more to upgrade to the latest version.

          So you don’t pay a subscription, but if you want the latest toys then you must pay.

        • athomsfere@alien.topBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I mean, its nuanced.

          Right now, buying a new license is $229. Upgrades are like $100 - $150.

          The only time you need to rebuy / upgrade is when you get a new camera that is only supported by the newest cameras.

          I bought my copy for a D7000, and it worked with my old files, worked with my D7100 too as I probably bought in late.

          I had to get an upgrade in ~2015 for the D750, and used that with a 5Dsr, and various Olympus cameras (Everything not Nikon are cameras given to me for assignments).

          And a final upgrade for me around the time the D850 came out, and I used that for the year I shot a Z7.

          ​

          Even estimating high, that would be $4.50 a month.

          For anyone who isn’t usually on the newer cameras, it should be even cheaper.

      • Electronic_Cup_2042@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Yeah I do minimal editing now anyways, their raw handling is great and it allows you to apply edits to multiple photos etc like Lightroom, make your own presets.

        • Fineus@alien.topBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I do wish their masking was better developed, that’s my big gripe right now. Control Points are great but a little more fiddly than some of what Lightroom can do so easily (‘select subjet’ etc.)…

    • playgroundmx@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Whoa thanks for mentioning this. I must’ve researched an older version back then and didn’t like it. This actually looks very solid now.

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        1 year ago

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