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Slightly off topic, but as soon as there’s a Lightroom competitor which can sync photos and edit between iOS and Mac, and has most of the fundamental editing fe

Slightly off topic, but as soon as there’s a Lightroom competitor which can sync photos and edit between iOS and Mac, and has most of the fundamental editing features, I’m done with Adobe. I don’t mind a subscription model necessarily but their prices are too high and I hate that every year I have to barter with their support to get a cheaper price. If such a tool already exists please let me know! I love being able to edit photos on my iPad or Mac without having to worry about manually syncing anything, and Apple Photos is a bit too basic.

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SSLy 5y ago
For sync you can just leverage iCloud, for editing two macOS/iPadOS apps come to mind: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/darkroom-photo-video-editor/id953286746 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/darkroom-photo-video-editor/id... https://apps.apple.com/app/pixelmator/id1444636541 https://apps.apple.com/app/pixelmator/id1444636541 Of course both don't have every Lightroom feature, but that might be a boon to many like me.
- tomduncalf 5y ago
  Do the edits sync? Like I can start editing a picture on my iPhone, continue tweaking it on my iPad, then do final edits on my Mac, all using iCloud? Super cool if so
donatzsky 5y ago
Haven't tried it personally, but Darktable is supposedly about on par with Lightroom. Stronger in some areas, weaker in others. For syncing you can use your favourite cloud storage. Edit: Of course, it's not available for iOS...
matwood 5y ago
Affinity is supposed to be working on the DAM aspect that is missing from all the competitors/options others will likely post. I look every year before re-upping my LR sub and nothing comes close. Being able to pick up any device from my iPad, iPhone or Mac and work on photos from where I left off is pretty awesome. The closest thing is Photos.app, but then I'm missing all the LR advanced functionality.
amelius 5y ago
Make sure that it doesn't lock you in, though.

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SSLy 5y ago

For sync you can just leverage iCloud, for editing two macOS/iPadOS apps come to mind: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/darkroom-photo-video-editor/id953286746 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/darkroom-photo-video-editor/id... https://apps.apple.com/app/pixelmator/id1444636541 https://apps.apple.com/app/pixelmator/id1444636541 Of course both don't have every Lightroom feature, but that might be a boon to many like me.

tomduncalf 5y ago
Do the edits sync? Like I can start editing a picture on my iPhone, continue tweaking it on my iPad, then do final edits on my Mac, all using iCloud? Super cool if so

donatzsky 5y ago

Haven't tried it personally, but Darktable is supposedly about on par with Lightroom. Stronger in some areas, weaker in others. For syncing you can use your favourite cloud storage. Edit: Of course, it's not available for iOS...

matwood 5y ago

Affinity is supposed to be working on the DAM aspect that is missing from all the competitors/options others will likely post. I look every year before re-upping my LR sub and nothing comes close. Being able to pick up any device from my iPad, iPhone or Mac and work on photos from where I left off is pretty awesome. The closest thing is Photos.app, but then I'm missing all the LR advanced functionality.

amelius 5y ago

Make sure that it doesn't lock you in, though.