Lightroom alternatives?

I am not really sure there is an alternative. Renderers like to use Luminar because of its AI sky features, but it also can some lighting effects.

Maybe worth a try?

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There seems to be a bit of confusion about Lightroom. It's as much of library manager/organiser as an editor.

Adobe Lightroom (officially Adobe Photoshop Lightroom) is a creative image organization and image manipulation software developed by Adobe Inc. as part of the Creative Cloud subscription family. It is supported on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and tvOS (Apple TV). Its primary uses include importing, saving, viewing, organizing, tagging, editing, and sharing large numbers of digital images.[6] Lightroom's editing functions include white balance, presence, tone, tone curve, HSL, color grading, detail, lens corrections, and calibration manipulation, as well as transformation, spot removal, red eye correction, graduated filters, radial filters, and adjustment brushing. The name of the software is based on darkrooms used for processing light-sensitive photographic materials.
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bwana said:
Thanks - already have Affinity Photo for photo editing but I'll have a look at RawTherapee next.
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Personally I found RawTherapee a lot better for asset management than Darktable, although that may be a personal thing.
 
I think I've found a DAM for now - Photo Mechanic Plus.

Now I just need a suitable raw file editor. Something that will handle bulk edits.
 
crocopede said:
Not sure why not mentioned.
Affinity Photo
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R900
If you go into Develop Persona, its basically Lightroom.
@bwana Will meet your raw bulk requirements also
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Nee. Daais kak duur als is nou special :p

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crocopede said:
Not sure why not mentioned.
Affinity Photo
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Best Photo Editing Software | Affinity Photo

The first-choice photo editor of millions of photographers, artists, and other professionals around the world – try Affinity Photo for free today!
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R900
If you go into Develop Persona, its basically Lightroom.
@bwana Will meet your raw bulk requirements also
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Second post.
And his reply in post #4.
 
crocopede said:
Not sure why not mentioned.
Affinity Photo
affinity.serif.com

Best Photo Editing Software | Affinity Photo

The first-choice photo editor of millions of photographers, artists, and other professionals around the world – try Affinity Photo for free today!
affinity.serif.com affinity.serif.com

R900
If you go into Develop Persona, its basically Lightroom.
@bwana Will meet your raw bulk requirements also
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Not really the right tool for the job. When it comes to editing Aperture and Lightroom are non-distructive - it's only converted on export so any changes can be undone at any time.

When you edit in PS and AP the image is first rasterised (and file sizes rocket) and then you edit.
 
crocopede said:
I picked up all of them when it was 50%
Think it was R400 for each. Photo, Designer, Publisher. No regrets.
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They're great apps - I've AP and AD last year to replace their Adobe alternatives. If they made a LR alternative I'd buy that too :)
 
bwana said:
Still a good deal at 30%. I might even pick up Publisher this week.

Still on the fence re a lightroom alternative.
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Maybe just buy an older version of Lightroom before they switched to subscription?

Think it was CS5 or CS6 or something. Will still be flippen good and probably light years ahead of whatever software is out there.
 
RedViking said:
Maybe just buy an older version of Lightroom before they switched to subscription?

Think it was CS5 or CS6 or something. Will still be flippen good and probably light years ahead of whatever software is out there.
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From where?

Also I'm not sure how well it would run on the new hardware.
 
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