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That’s what I would recommend as well. And it’s more like a Photoshop clone and less “odd” than Gimp. I haven’t used Darktable in years but that is an interesting idea. I don’t use NX Studio often but would be curious why you find it inadequate @Cree Native
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I'd second this, apples editor really isn't half bad. The clean up tool they added worked at least as well as the Ai removal tool in Lightroom and it's free if you own a Mac.
Yeah, I just opened it up a few minutes ago and looked at it as a matter of fact and it’s pretty amazing what is in there now. They’ve added a lot since I have used it in the past. The desktop model is pretty extensive to be honest.
Thanks, I didn't know but if you want Layers, Brushes and more Photoshop type tools then Affinity Photo 2 is the way to go.
A further point is that it can use other tools to edit. For example you can send an image to affinity or topaz and have it come back so Photos becomes the image manager and your edits in other tools.
If you can’t or won’t go for the pretty cheap Adobe subscription…Affinity for processing…but then you lose the keywords and other things that LR provides. The sub is really inexpensive considering what you get.
It is a good value but you need a very good internet connection. When I was on Hughes Satellite I had Adobe SHUT DOWN my use of Photoshop for 3 separate weekends which is why I Dumped Adobe. That won't happen with Affinity.
Not all Adobe products require an internet connection to use them. Lightroom Classic and Photoshop download from the internet and are software that resides on a personal computer.
I use Photoscape X only for borders, I love the large choice of different borders and I do that sometimes for posting on the web. I think the program provides good access to processing images, better I think than Apple Photos, which I've also used. I use LrC, the desktop classic version, as my main processing software. It's hard to beat what Adobe offers for $9.99 a month, various versions of Lightroom and Photoshop, new fonts, access to AI and print and web design to name only a few. Plus it's hard to beat the organizational setup that Adobe offers through Lightroom Classic. I've used Affinity in the past and it was just like Photoshop, which can be daunting for some people. Luminar seemed pretty good when I used that software. You really need to get a list of available software and try it out, most offer a free trial period. I find Nikon NX to be clumsy and only use it for checking focus points as LrC does not offer that option.
Yes and they run regular Security Checks. THEY CAN SHUT DOWN PHOTOSHOP AND LIGHTROOM ON YOUR COMPUTER, AT WILL, AND YOU CAN NOT STOP IT! Every time you open an adobe product it tries to find a connection and check with adobe for registration. If you turn off internet the program will run for a while but it keeps looking for that connection. Any question and the program shuts down.
Not yet. They use libraw for their library and they update periodically. The last was a couple of months ago. So newer ones may take some time to be supported without resorting to DNG or something.
The masking in LR and generative fill in PS is alone worth the $10pm. Astounding software
