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Hello! Our family is purchasing a new computer and we were wondering if anyone has some input from a photographer/videographer’s perspective on this computer. (See attachment)
Also, we are looking for photo editing program that doesn’t require a monthly/yearly subscription or internet to run it. We have Lightroom (2012) and Adobe Photoshop (2009 I think) but does anyone have a suggestion on updating/upgrading?
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That PC looks like it has the specs to do photo editing without too much trouble. 🙂
If your old LR still works, I’d keep using it. I haven’t found anything better than LR (mostly because I’m so happy with LR that I haven’t looked too hard. 🙂 ) RawTherapee is a free alternative with a learning curve if you’re interested. Affinity Photo is a one-time purchase, and it can do RAW editing, but it’s not really optimized for mass photo editing and sorting like LR is. AFF Photo is basically a direct Photoshop replacement (and a whole lot cheaper!) Highly recommended if you need an alternative to renting PS.
Thank you for the input and help! We also have been very pleased with Lightroom, but were wondering if we should update it. The reason I ask is when James was talking about “de-ghosting” and HDR merging in his blog the other week I looked for that feature in Lightroom, but couldn’t find it. I wasn’t sure if I looked in the right places or if it just wasn’t there. 😶
Here’s a link that shows some of the older versions of Lightroom and what was added in each version.
Thank you for the input and help! We also have been very pleased with Lightroom, but were wondering if we should update it. The reason I ask is when James was talking about “de-ghosting” and HDR merging in his blog the other week I looked for that feature in Lightroom, but couldn’t find it. I wasn’t sure if I looked in the right places or if it just wasn’t there. 😶
You’re welcome! Yeah, HDR and de-ghosting would both be newer features that didn’t exist in 2012. I also am lacking those features in my version of LR 5. 🙂
Thank you for the link Blessings Captured! It helped me to know what version I would be looking at getting if we do decide to update. 🙂
Hi @parrisfamily, for a one-time-payment LR alternative, you might want to look into Luminar or On1.
Can you access this article? https://www.lenspiration.com/video/editing-program/ That would explain the pros and cons. I think I would gravitate toward Luminar.
That’s a good question. It looks like they only have “Luminar Neo” which is a more advanced, AI-centered photo editing app that it was when I was researching the program before 2022. It’s more expensive now that I remember too. But it still is a better alternative than “renting” LR every month. From all my research just now, I couldn’t find anything that required internet to operate Luminar. I think you should be good. But do correct me if you find out otherwise.
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