Optics and Light

I used to think that it was a scam but then I ran the numbers. Being Photoshop was about $600, something about $2k for the entire suite... and a paid suite upgrade every few years... based on the...

Adobe's (Photoshop) killer feature is the vast amount of high quality training out there. I like Affinity Photo but truth is there is just not as much training as there is for Photoshop.

According to rumors... yes.

Competition in the market is a good thing.

Yes please! Also can Affinity hurry up with their DAM as well? DAM is the only feature that makes me even look at lightroom.

Raw Photo Processor : http://www.raw-photo-processor.com/RPP/Overview.html Great getting started guide : https://pavelkosenko.wordpress.com/2012/05/24/rpp-for-begginers/

LR's killer feature is the DAM. I switched to Capture One because of better RAW processing (IMO). Cataloging was not bad but not as good as LR. Not too long ago I switched to RPP64 for RAW ...

It was a second for me, went with ON1. I would love to see where both On1 and Exposure are in 2-3 years. Right now it felt like both of those apps are trying to take advantage of LR going...

I recently tried the demo specifically for the DAM. The major feature that turned me away was the lack of Smart Folders.

Speed wise it renders quicker than LR5 (last time I really used it) without...

Agree, RAW processing is so important. I went from Camera RAW (back in 2004) > Aperture > Lightroom > Capture One > RPP64. Even when a product upgraded their RAW processing engine you can see...

@Matt yes I think it is bolted on together. Lucky for me I only use the brows feature.

I gave Pictoral a try. I was impressed with the browsing speed. I hope they move in the direction developing the application into a full on DAM and browser. Browsing was fast!

I tried ON1 as I was...

I use it but only for the Browsing / Cataloging features. Not as powerful as the LR catalog (yet) but rendering of files is so quick I can use this as a great culling application (Photo Mechanic...