Oh how I miss the days when I went into the lab, tossed a few rolls on the
counter, and came back in a day or two to get great pictures.
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From: "Tina Manley" <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 1:48:04 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Image Processing - AAARGH!!
I have all of those. I try out every new software and end up buying a lot
of them. I use On1 a lot and Neat Image, but I use PS and LR more than all
of the rest put together. I do take a lot of photos and could not do
without LR to help me organize and edit them. I don't go to PS as often
these days because most of the newest software programs have LR plug-ins.
I use PS for its content aware replacement - it's magic - and for Focus
Magic which does not have a LR plug-in.
I still think the $9 or so I pay Adobe a month is the best bargain in
photography. (Don't tell them that!)
Tina
On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 2:21 PM Wayne Shumaker <om3ti@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Updating old topic.
>
> I have been watching JCristina on 'Life after Adobe' where he is cutting
> the cord with Adobe. Which prompted me, considering Ken's comment on Adobe
> "end of life" and other online comments about adobe's software is getting
> old, slow, and a resource hog. It appears that other programs that do
> similar functions run much faster. My nephew worked for Adobe a number of
> years back and it was clear then the company was a lumbering giant. Perhaps
> some newer, more nimble companies can compete. There are a lot more options
> today.
>
> So I am splurging and trying some other software. I can't say I ever fell
> in love with Lightroom although I never took the time to really learn it.
> I'm certainly not a production photographer. On my list I have the
> following tools:
>
> Photoshop + Lightroom classic
> Capture One V12
> ON1 Photo RAW
> Topaz Labs - various tools
> Affinity Photo
> Neat Image
>
> What really prompted me to start looking for alternatives was how terrible
> PS was at focus stacking, especially with cactus spines. A spine coming
> toward or away will often suddenly have a fuzzy section or fuzzy tip. It
> typically requires a lot of painful mask editing, and figuring out which
> layer and mask in the stack to fix - Totally Frustrating.
>
> Helicon Focus seems the best available for stacking, but you would think
> for the price they could also do panorama stitching.
>
> Capture One had a sale, so I upgraded. Capture One has layers and masking
> capability.
>
> Affinity Photo looks decent and on sale for $39.99. This has advanced
> stitching, refinement tools, and what PS calls 'content aware fill' with
> the name 'inpainting'.
>
> I would also like to try helicon focus at some point, maybe PTGui for
> stitching... after working with what I have. It will be a while before I
> know. PS is still my main goto until I learn these other tools.
>
> Curious about other's opinions.
>
> WayneS
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