I was blown away the last time I tried Darktable as a Lightroom replacement. I can see why you might not like GIMP instead of Photoshop (and using Blender as a

I was blown away the last time I tried Darktable as a Lightroom replacement. I can see why you might not like GIMP instead of Photoshop (and using Blender as a video editor has a pretty big learning curve), but most of the functionality you’d need is actually there. If the proprietary media apps are a must, having a Windows VM works good (with GPU pass through if you need it), as does dual-booting with Windows or a Hackintosh system (which is actually pretty easy these days).