We Need An Adobe Lightroom True Competitor Locked

AyeYo wrote:

bastibe wrote:

Batdude wrote:

Who has the balls to come out with a much better RAW converter that truly competes with Adobe Lightroom Classic? We need one.

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 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. 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.

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.

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.

There are so many competitors out there, it is hard to believe that not one of them would suit your needs.

Perhaps some of them aren't as fast or as polished as Lightroom, and certainly not as popular. But most of them are entirely capable of professional, quality results.

In no particular order, Capture One, ON1, Luminar, ACDSee, Darktable, Exposure, Silkypix, Zoner Photo, Rawtherapee, Photo Ninja, DxO Photo Labs, and probably a few I'm forgetting or haven't even heard of.

What keeps Adobe the most popular choice is debatable. Personally, I'd wager mostly historical inertia. But if there's no direct interoperability reason for you to stick with Lightroom, there's really a smorgasbord of choice available. And the fact that all of them seem financially viable actually indicates that Adobe's "dominance" might not be as total as it is often portrayed.

Unfortunately not a single one of those substitutes for Lightroom because while some of them have some of Lightroom's workflow features, none of them have all of Lightroom's workflow features. Issues aside, there's not a single program out there than replicates Lightroom's efficiency for large quantity editing - and when you're doing it for pay, time is everything.

Many regard Photo Mechanic as superior to LR for workflows. And, as already mentioned by me and several others - C1 is often superior to LR for processing, especially dealing with Fuji RAFs.

So, I suppose technically correct to say "not a single one"... but if someone wants the very best solution, there are other options that are better. And, if they are a paid professional, then paying extra to use 2 pieces of software should not be excessive.