![]() So, the image exported from the RAW app might look bad (contrast, sharpness, color saturation, etc.) but it provides the best starting point for massaging in the main editing app (PShop, Affinity, etc.) What they do is open the RAW image and use its tools to get the best image (one with the most information and least artifacts) to work with in the main editing app. I'm not sure, but it seems like that is only for Mac (I use PC).Īlso, a (some?) lot of people don't do their image editing on the RAW file. I'll have to look into DXO Optics Pro, especially since it has a trial.Īs many others have done, you might consider Affinity Photo instead of Photoshop for your image editing. Though, maybe I was just missing things (I have gotten used to how to select things easily and the layout of Photoshop Elements, which is probably similar to the layout of the full version of Photoshop). I actually tried the trial version of Capture One, and while the RAW editing was really easy to learn, I didn't see as much in terms of editing as in Photoshop. Their raw conversion is very good and their automatic frame wide functions are easy to use. Use their 30 day trial of the elite version and see for yourself. If you want to see a big improvement quickly and easily, shoot some raw and try DXO optics pro. For the utmost capability Photoshop is the leader, but it isn't the easiest and best place to start. There are some integrated total solutions such as ADCsee. To keep track of your images there are several DAMs that are just as good or better than Lightroom: Daminion, Imatch, PhotoSupreme. Capture One ia also excellent for raw conversion and image processing. You can get excellent raw conversions and image processing capability using DXO optics pro. There are two primary functions provided by Lightroom and Photoshop, digital asset management (DAM) and image processing. I don't want to be held captive to paying Adobe whatever they demand. I decided to rid myself of CC simply because Adobe is starting to look a bit like my former cable TV company. If you become dependent upon Lightroom features you can find yourself unable to easily move to something else because of all the work you have done there. The question is whether you want to get locked into CC for the future. Note, I am not a professional, photography is my main hobby, but I have become very involved with it and want to really work towards improving my work.Īdobe CC is a good deal today with it's $9.99/month price. ![]() Is it a good deal? Are there other alternatives that may be better? Or any thoughts/opinions on this. I am curious what more experienced users of these products (or even this subscription service) have to say about it. I have never used full Photoshop and never used Lightroom. I believe all updates will be included in the price, which to me, doesn't seem that bad of a deal. I see they have the Creative Cloud plan designed just for photography ($9.99 a month for Lightroom and Photoshop). One limitation I continually have in Elements is the lack of local adjustments for RAW editing (it is just a universal adjustment, which isn't really helpful when you need to adjust part of the photograph without over exposing the sky or something bright). All I have right now is Photoshop Elements 14, which hasn't been bad, but now I'm getting to the point where all the tutorial videos I am watching are for the full version of Photoshop (I am looking at portrait editing - that doesn't look fake and plastic, which is usually off putting but for whatever reason is very popular - and different landscape editing techniques). I want to really spend 2017 getting good at post processing.
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