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.

  • 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.

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      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.