Wondering what the community here thinks. I turned up my nose at Adobe when I first got serious about post-processing, and settled on DxO PhotoLab (PL) because it was a one-time fee for the license and I actually owned the software. The RAW image processing, denoise and intelligent sharpening and dehaze functions are extremely well done. It also bought some excellent film presets.
However, I wanted to try my hand at some composites, so I got an Adobe subscription to try Photoshop, and then fell in love with Lightroom Classic and Mobile...
I could continue to use PL as my RAW file processor and denoiser, but I just really like the workflow and masking tools in LRC. And, unfortunately, PL just isn't supported at the same level as LRC, in terms of creation of new tools in response to user request etc. It's not dead in the water, but they still don't have any kind of subject or sky detection, mask intersection tools...
Should I just forget about it and stick with LRC? I'm going to keep the subscription regardless.
However, I wanted to try my hand at some composites, so I got an Adobe subscription to try Photoshop, and then fell in love with Lightroom Classic and Mobile...
I could continue to use PL as my RAW file processor and denoiser, but I just really like the workflow and masking tools in LRC. And, unfortunately, PL just isn't supported at the same level as LRC, in terms of creation of new tools in response to user request etc. It's not dead in the water, but they still don't have any kind of subject or sky detection, mask intersection tools...
Should I just forget about it and stick with LRC? I'm going to keep the subscription regardless.