Oh Adobe how you had me before the subscription service. I was a big Photoshop and Lightroom user. Now, not so much. ON1 Photo Raw 18.5 and Serif' Affinity Photo are my software packages of choice. Just as feature rich, just as if not more stable, ON1 Photo Raw 18.5 and Serif' Affinity Photo are the software of choice of hobbyist, semi-pro and pro photographers photo editing software. Starting at $9.99US a month just for Lightroom and Photoshop and ending at $82.99US a month for all the software plus Adobe Stock is just not worth it.
When I was using the $9.99US option with Adobe, I just used Lightroom for 99.9% of my edits. Lightroom was just fine. I never went into Photoshop at all. Maybe once ever six months to see some new features. But that was about it. Paying $9.99US was just not worth it.
I had asked some of photography buddies to see what they were using. 90% were using ON1 Photo Raw 18.5. For $99.99US (as of this time) you get a pretty damn good Digital Asset Management tool. You get a discount on it now as well her for a grand total of $49.99. So basically this is what you will pay for Adobe in 5 months in a one time payment. I'd say that's a lot better. And you own the license to the software. With Adobe's Creative Cloud, there is no license. Everything is stored in the cloud as far as licensing goes. You can still store your photos locally on your hard drive along with the programs. But as soon as you stop paying for the subscription, the majority of the program stops working.
ON1 Photo Raw 18.5 has a slight learning curve but I seem to pick it up easily. All the concepts are pretty much the same. Just the interface is a bit different. Both ON1 Photo Raw 18.5 and Affinity Photo are great, proven programs with pretty much the same features as Photoshop and Lightroom. If and when Serif comes out with a Digital Asset Management software, I will be switching over to that.
Now I gotta pack up my stuff so I can go fly my drone so I can edit more videos.
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