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I really wanted to like CaptureOne but it felt too much like Photoshop and too little like Lightroom. I looked into CaptureOne, but it seemed to have performance problems as well, and if I recall it had no file organization features. Too many bootlickers let adobe off the hook for gouging folks as much as they do, they are not the worst but I certainly wont defend them and fear what would happen if they had no competition. As for money we pay even more in Europe and I dislike the rent model, plus I have historically skipped a version so saved more. I'm stuck with them (adobe) due to not being able to find replacements, years of retraining to get to proficiency level I am in them and their integration with other apps/each other (mostly use Bridge, PS, PP and AE with some indesign and illustrator). Not tried CaptureOne? Be worth it if thinking of going adobe free. I do like CaptureOne for the one off payment buy not rent model as well as the tethering is still the best imho, plus the skintones tools are pretty nice. I have replaced PP with Davnci Resolve, but am still suck with LR and PS.Not tried CaptureOne? Be worth it if thinking of going adobe free. I tried it hoping for a LR replacement I'm just as tired of paying Adobe's subscription fees as everyone else.But this software wasn't even close, horrible performance, RAW conversions revealed bad color science, noisy shadows, and artifacts, and basic functionality that I had come to expect from LR was lacking. to the images that I take for customers that is not $4,000 worth of software in my book.

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I really don't do much beyond basic layer masking, color grading, skin retouching, blemish removal, flambient, etc. I know $8 does not sound like much ($52 in my case) but I estimate that I spent over $4,000.00 on Adobe over the past 6yrs for features I neither asked for, needed, or in the end even used.

So yes, if there was a DR equivalent for LR and PS I would absolutely switch in a heartbeat.

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DR 16 has really come into its own as a full fledged NLE and now that i am familiar with node based editing AE seems like an ancient way to do things. I wrapped up all of my outstanding projects using DR and it is a one time cost of $300 with updates for life.

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LR and PS are the same way, so unstable after updates that I stopped updating until months after the update had been out and even then sometimes something would break in the middle of a project due to an update (mainly performance issues but sometimes crashing).ĭR on the other hand is fantastic, this pandemic gave me to the time I needed to learn how to replace AE and PP with DR (I have already downgraded to the photographer only suite), and it is rock solid stable compared to PP. You could still argue that that is not much but those 'updates' you mentioned were neither desired nor in most cases beneficial every PP update was more like a beta test that broke everyone until the update to fix the update came out.

I am quite happy with the $8 a month price of the Photographer suite as opposed to the older license.I get what you are saying, and yes I use it professionally, however I was paying for the full suite at the time since I needed AE, PP, LR, and PS since I offer both video and photography services which was adding up to around $600/yr.

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Do you use Adobe products in a professional environment? How much do you pay a month for your phone, cable TV, internet, etc etc, is $8 per month really that onerous for pro grade software that is constantly updated?