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FYI Pixelmator Pro has fully replaced Photoshop for me

by rado 4y ago

Gualdrapo 4y ago
But this is about Lightroom. Won't be a something like Darktable (or the already mentioned RawTherapee) a closer alternative for it?
- robin_reala 4y ago
  Pixelmator’s equivalent of Lightroom is Pixelmator Photo: https://www.pixelmator.com/photo/ https://www.pixelmator.com/photo/
  - Hamuko 4y ago
    "Built exclusively for iPhone and iPad" Doesn't sound like it.
- jacooper 4y ago
  And neither is good enough. IMO the best alternative for Lightroom is Capture One.
  - hef19898 4y ago
    If can cope with the totally different workflow, Darktable is working really well as well. AT least from what I can tell lookin at the same RAW files being post-processed by me using Darktable and my dad using Lightroom / Photoshop. It is really good so, that there are alternatives to Adobe out there.
- SanjayMehta 4y ago
  DXO Photolab is a commercial alternative.
  - tsujamin 4y ago
    +1 for DXO, I’m not a big photographer but it’s good for sorting through and developing the RAWs of shots that initially come out poorly
- vachina 4y ago
  Adobe Bridge + Adobe Camera Raw works great.
- piva00 4y ago
  Capture One has been a great replacement for me, coming from Lightroom Classic. Made the move some 3 years ago and have absolutely no regrets.
  - dividedbyzero 4y ago
    I've switched to C1 when Adobe went to subscription-only, pretty happy with it. They are about to make substantial changes to their licensing though, in what looks like an effort to push users to their subscription model. No more brand-specific versions (up until now you can get a version that works with only Fujifilm or Sony cameras for a bit more than half the price), no more upgrade pricing (just a "loyalty scheme") and even less in terms of updates than you used to get with a perpetual license. You're already paying more for the perpetual version if you update every year, I guess that's going to get substantially worse. I guess soon it'll be either a subscription or barely-usable open source like darktable, which is a shame for hobbyists. I'd love to use open source, but darktable just isn't there, by a long shot. It's godawfully slow with 26MP images on a brand-new M2 Macbook (C1 is blazingly fast in comparison), the UI is unstructured and very spartan, lots of UI flicker and glitches that become super annoying after a while, no dehaze feature, shadow detail suffers in comparison to what C1 does there, etc. I bet a well-executed LR Classic/C1 competitor from Affinity would be a tremendous success.

FYI Pixelmator Pro has fully replaced Photoshop for me

by rado 4y ago

FYI Pixelmator Pro has fully replaced Photoshop for me

But this is about Lightroom. Won't be a something like Darktable (or the already mentioned RawTherapee) a closer alternative for it?

robin_reala 4y ago
Pixelmator’s equivalent of Lightroom is Pixelmator Photo: https://www.pixelmator.com/photo/ https://www.pixelmator.com/photo/
- Hamuko 4y ago
  "Built exclusively for iPhone and iPad" Doesn't sound like it.
jacooper 4y ago
And neither is good enough. IMO the best alternative for Lightroom is Capture One.
- hef19898 4y ago
  If can cope with the totally different workflow, Darktable is working really well as well. AT least from what I can tell lookin at the same RAW files being post-processed by me using Darktable and my dad using Lightroom / Photoshop. It is really good so, that there are alternatives to Adobe out there.
SanjayMehta 4y ago
DXO Photolab is a commercial alternative.
- tsujamin 4y ago
  +1 for DXO, I’m not a big photographer but it’s good for sorting through and developing the RAWs of shots that initially come out poorly
vachina 4y ago
Adobe Bridge + Adobe Camera Raw works great.
piva00 4y ago
Capture One has been a great replacement for me, coming from Lightroom Classic. Made the move some 3 years ago and have absolutely no regrets.
- dividedbyzero 4y ago
  I've switched to C1 when Adobe went to subscription-only, pretty happy with it. They are about to make substantial changes to their licensing though, in what looks like an effort to push users to their subscription model. No more brand-specific versions (up until now you can get a version that works with only Fujifilm or Sony cameras for a bit more than half the price), no more upgrade pricing (just a "loyalty scheme") and even less in terms of updates than you used to get with a perpetual license. You're already paying more for the perpetual version if you update every year, I guess that's going to get substantially worse. I guess soon it'll be either a subscription or barely-usable open source like darktable, which is a shame for hobbyists. I'd love to use open source, but darktable just isn't there, by a long shot. It's godawfully slow with 26MP images on a brand-new M2 Macbook (C1 is blazingly fast in comparison), the UI is unstructured and very spartan, lots of UI flicker and glitches that become super annoying after a while, no dehaze feature, shadow detail suffers in comparison to what C1 does there, etc. I bet a well-executed LR Classic/C1 competitor from Affinity would be a tremendous success.