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Yah.. first time I used photoshop was 28 years ago, it was a revelation.
At some point it just turned into drudgery. My photo situation is the equivalent of building up a barnful of bike parts and you know eventually you have to suck it up and clean up the barn and sell the parts but you know it's going to take weeks of work. And it long long ago ceased to be fun to play with that kind of software. It's probably a post-retirement task, I need to make sure none of the storage dies. In the meantime I still take plenty of photos but I kind of shifted to trying to do minimal computer work on them and I bias away from using the DSLR unless it is really going to pay off cause the DSLR sucks up data at 10x the rate. And I do have several giant rubbermaid containers full of analog stuff to go through as well. |
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As far as organizing your files in LR, which it is a great tool for, this guy is here to give you free advice: https://youtu.be/JLX27yyDiIs?si=p-5A-Pvr9N6swdkB I love YouTube. I went premium/commercial free a year ago. Worth every cent. Get your files off your internal drive! If anything happens, you'll cry like I did over Suzy one day, and your operating system will thank you.
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It's call about what you want and need.
I love photography and shoot both fim and digital but do so irregularly...I might shoot a ton of photos at an airshow or Motocross race then not shoot anything for months. The basic photography subscription for Lightroom/PS is $19.99/month, that's $240/year whether I'm using it or not. ON1 works for me at $85 for as long as you want...could be for 3 years before there are enough features I may want to warrant upgrading. ON1 has a cheaper price for upgrades. I shoot raw all the time and ON1 works for me and my workflow...it may not for everyone. I just hated the subscription service that is infecting most things these days. |
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This is so true.^^
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With the size of files on 24, 50 or even 100 MP sensors these days there's just no way around managing space and catalogs as something photographers need to be competent doing. I will admit that I am absolutely horrible at this - everything is sitting in one giant bloated catalog. Now, I am pretty good at cutting out files - if I'm not going to edit it, I dont keep it on my hard drive. But I dont have any performance related issues because of it, it all seems to run pretty smooth and quick. |
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For what a professional - even someone doing this part time - spends on gear and insurance, the cost of this at $120/year is absolutely not a burden. Even as a hobbyist, where shooting is effectively free, is $10/mo so absurd to not use the best tool available? I really dont understand the gripes here. For what it can do, for me, it feels like an incredible value. And if you're just not interested in editing photos, thats fine, dont use LR. Shoot jpg's and dial in your camera settings/profiles and roll with it and it can make life easier that way. Last edited by .RJ; 04-12-2024 at 08:28 PM. |
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Adobe Lightroom: $9.99/month
Starbucks: 3 small coffees= $10.00/month You do the math. |
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(I drink coffee only in the morning at home, and have a Lightroom subscription)
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If anybody just wants more powerful editing than iOS/MacOS Photos provides, but doesn’t need the photo management, Photomator is half the price of Lightroom. Still a subscription. I’ve been using this for a few months now and so far so good.
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I was specifically talking about the software performance being horrible once all the things you’re talking about have already been done. Once you do all that the internal database starts to have major issues. You end up starting the app and it takes 15 minutes before the application can be used. Or it corrupts the library. It performs fine when you can keep everything on the internal drive. |
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You only drink coffee 3x a month?
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You need a new computer. 15 minutes? Sheesh. Check out the newer Mac Minis, and get a dual external drive bay. You're welcome.
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Starbucks: $0/Month You do it. |
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I use a cash app debit card which is not linked to a bank, you just refill it.
sign up for adobe with $10 on the card when they go to renew your subscription the next month they will get a tx declined because the balance is 0 on the debit card. they let you keep using the software for 30-60 days and keep bothering you to update your card. when they finally place a hold on your account, you top off the debit card with 10$ and push the tx through again. i get 2-3 months for the price of one this way. stupid but it works |
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I think I upgraded to Lightroom 5 in 2014 for $80. Still works. Math if I had subscribed thru to today?
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