Re: Lightroom alternatives?

Lea Murphy <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Sun, 29 Oct 2017 14:53:44 -0500

Gregory,
I don’t understand why you say they are taking their programs away from the general public when they have done the opposite…made them more affordable via subscription. I have several students who couldn’t have hoped to afford PS without the photo subscription. Many subscribed thinking they wanted PS and ended up using then loving LR.

I use PSCS3 for all my Photoshop work…I don’t like the look of the interface of the cloud version and that keeps me in an older version and I’m  just fine with that. I paid full price for it.

If the program does what you need it to do there is no need to upgrade.

Lea 

your kids . my camera . we'll click

www.leamurphy.com

On Oct 29, 2017, at 9:53 AM, Gregory <fyrframe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

    The problem is that Adobe is
        taking away their programs from the general public. I don't have
        a need to subscribe to any program I am not at the level of
        activity that would constitute trying to use these now very
        expensive programs. 

        Here is a website of archived programs and downloads.
https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install.html?promoid=2K4PCJ2R&mv=other

        I'm still using CS2.

        Gregory Gig Harbor, WA.

    On 10/29/2017 6:44 AM, lea photo wrote:

      Lightroom Queen addresses many of your fears. I tend to
        agreee with all she says. I’ve been using LR for 10 years and
        I’m not giving it up. I’ve been on a cloud subscription for two
        years now and it’s great.

        Www.lightroomqueen.com

        On Oct 29, 2017, at 7:10 AM, Laurenz Bobke <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        wrote:

          With Lightroom going to subscription only, are
            any of you switching to an alternative programme? 
            Do you have any experiences with Affinity photo?
            The subscription seems to be even more expensive here
              in Europe than in the US and it seems to me that Adobe is
              pushing customers generally in the direction of the cloud
              solution.
            I know they are promising to continue support  for the
              "classic" version, but then didn't they also promise to
              continue selling non-prescription versions?
            Apart from the price of the subscription I am feeling
              more than slightly uneasy about having no control over the
              programme and (in the case of the new "CC") even my own
              data.

              -- 

              kind regards / mit
                freundlichen Grüßen,

                Laurenz Bobke
                http://www.travelphoto.net/