Well, I have been using it since my friend Zalman
created it. So Alpha 1. Zalman went back to Adobe and Made
LightRoom, Randy Ubilous went to Apple with FCP and then also
made Aperture. DNG files are not true raw files as they are
limited to what ADOBE decides the file should contain which is
why companies with resources use real native raw files for the
chips in the cameras they make.
Capture one is so off the charts better at image processing then
Lightroom its not even a comparison. I don't even know where to
start. LIke octree thumbnails. That means you can actually zoom
in on your thumbnail file to 1:1 in real time Color tools that
are just so much more subtle and refined for making delicate
changes. Capture one is just so so so so much faster. The new
Media Pro SE is a lightweight version of capture one just for
organizing and isn't even related to the previous version all
though it full supports reading those catalogs.
LR is not allowed by the MPAA or most major museums at they CANT
OWN THE SOFTWARE and thus have no way to make archives that can
be stored with the software. Proper cataloging for archiving
should be file system based and then actually loadable by pretty
much any media manager.
opensource media managers can't go obsolete because the sources
code will always be available. SQL and MYSQL and Postgre based
databases don't' stop working EVER cause you stopped paying.
Literally, no other software company on the planet does
subscriptions like Adobe. Let's look at the king of graphics
software Autodesk. You pay a fee up front. You can then chose
to have a subscription that will keep updating until you stop
paying. Guess what? It just stops updating then. It doesn't
stop working. So many people are unhappy with a subscription
that there are no more photoshop worthy competitors than ever
before. All they have to do is offer both. It wouldn't hurt
them AT ALL.
Because my catalogs are properly created. I literally just to do
a test imported 24,000 images from the past 18 months in 40min.
You can use LR all day long everyday. but when Adobe, The
people who said there would ALWAYS be a purchase version of
LR. The same people who decided that the unit of
measure called a point should be a different physical size all
on their own. Yeah I will stick to just being smart about how
the DB's work.
