We Need An Adobe Lightroom True Competitor Locked

Batdude wrote:

koweb wrote:

Batdude wrote:

Bill Ferris wrote:

Batdude wrote:

The only reason why I use LR is because of (it's workflow, that's it!) but as a Fujifilm shooter the files it produces are really poor.

When you consider the fact that many Fujifilm X- series photograghers produce great photos in Lightroom, it's probably more accurate to say you produce photos that are really poor.

When I was using the Fujifilm S5 Pro no problem, but then after several years after upgrading to newer cameras you can definitely see the problem. Color tones, film simulations, sharpness and detail is simply not there and you have to spend a LOT more time messing around with this nonsense.

Isn't it you who spends much more time in the app to process your images? Most folks who use Lightroom don't complain about the processing and editing time.

Fujifilm is Fujifilm, not Sony, although I get the feeling that Sony RAW files are easier to manage now over Fujifilm, with Lightroom that is.

That's the first problem. The second problem is that for importing/exporting Lightroom is SUPER SLOW.

Put another way, your computer runs the app SUPER SLOW. That might be influenced, in part, by how you've configured the app.

One of the comments I liked from the thread "Do You Want 40MP?" is that someone said that more megapixels is only going to get worse. And that's true. But, the hardware is not the only problem, is the software that will be the bottleneck and will slow things up drastically as MP keep increasing.

There are now multiple full-frame cameras on the market that push 20-30 45MP images per second. Clearly, in-camera processing and record media aren't bottlenecks. We've had 45MP full-frame cameras for 5+ years. Computers with the horsepower to quickly display and work with those files have been around much longer. Still images don't push a computer's capabilities nearly as much as video editing.

If your computer gets bogged down running Lightroom or other app, perhaps it should be upgraded or replaced with something spec'd for the task at hand.

I’m sorry but you’re completely wrong here. The fact is that I did upgrade my computer to a Ryzen 3900X CPU with plenty of RAM, why, because of Lightroom, but I’m telling you right now that I am NOT going to upgrade to much more expensive hardware anymore. Even with what I have now the software (Lightroom) is the bottleneck, so (they) are the ones that need to make software changes.

You want me to “upgrade” my computer further to a $1000 graphics card when Lightroom doesn’t even touch and utilize the GPU?

Coming from 16MP to 26MP is already a big jump and it definitely slows down big time for exporting, I can just imagine 40 bloody MP.

Again, if you shoot less than 1000 is not a big deal, but when you shoot weddings and sports events that is just INSANE and to be honest I don’t think most people don’t realize that.

Sure, if you don't shoot over 1000 photos it should be fine, but over that forget it.

I hope someone comes out with better faster software than Adobe Lightroom with the same or even better workflow and I would be delighted to make the change.

Another option would be to upgrade your computer and your skills with the software.

I notice you've replied to several other posts but have not yet seen a response to my question earlier...

"Have you tried Capture One? If not, I encourage you to download a trial version. If so, please report back on what you feel is missing."

What say you on C1? Thanks,

I have downloaded a free trial a few years ago. From what I remember no I did not find the workflow to be the same for editing hundreds of photos at once. But it wouldn’t hurt to take another peek at it I guess.

Ya, I kind of thought you did a lot of photos for your jobs and the workflows are different. I don't process that many images for each job and cannot comment on that, so good to check for yourself.

C1 made a big leap forward in v20 and are now on v22. Let us know what you think when you can, and hope it helps!