Advice on editing software choices.

JonC agreed Jon

Capture One has lots of features comparable if not better than LR

The new masking features are superb

And workflow between C1 and PSis simple

tandi of course if you stop using Lightroom then you won’t have the Lightroom specific features. Personally I have not found anything i want to do that I used to do in Lightroom that I can’t do in Capture One - with the advantage of better raw conversion, better tethering, etc. but each to their own. Wasn’t trying to convert anyone, just pointing out that I (and many others) have a seemless workflow between capture One and Photoshop.

JonC said

tandi of course if you stop using Lightroom then you won’t have the Lightroom specific features. Personally I have not found anything i want to do that I used to do in Lightroom that I can’t do in Capture One - with the advantage of better raw conversion, better tethering, etc. but each to their own. Wasn’t trying to convert anyone, just pointing out that I (and many others) have a seemless workflow between capture One and Photoshop.

I didn't state there was not "seamless workflow" between C1 and PS. I think "Rawing Waves" initially misunderstood what I originally said, because he/she commented:-

RAWing Waves said

tandi said

You could try Darktable it is very, very good, but would recommend LR & PS for a photographer, though as you have said it is a subscription package. Plus they appear to be concentrating on Generative A.I which I don't like or use. The downside is you will be tied into to using it for the rest of your life... LOL. Move away from LR and say goodbye to your work flow, yep you will still have the originals and the exported finals but, workflow not so much.

 

Thats not true about your workflow as Capture One flows directly into PS and back again

But I mentioned Lightroom and of course Lightroom specific tools because only basic lightroom changes can be migrated from LR to C1, for example., exposure, WB and Saturation etc. For anyone editing in LR and using LR tools that would be an unacceptable loss of workflow. Though the true is same for anyone migrating from C1 to LR, so whatever you choose to start your post processing journey, will be the one you will be invested in for a long, long time, so best to choose wisely.

You can use the best software in the world but still create the worst finished photograph, ask my husband :-)

♥ Chiara Elisabetta said

Creative Cloud Lightroom & Photoshop.. a hands-down no brainer for me as I'm a professional image retoucher as well as a model.. but even if you aren't, it's well worth the £10 a month.

It has everything needed for a complete and thorough workflow, both function seamlessly 99% of the time, and everything is always up-to-date. Lightroom is also brilliant for cataloguing, sorting & rating work, (making it easier to choose favourites) and batch editing, ie. weddings, events, etc.

If you're paying the full £10/month, take a look on Amazon when they have one of their sales (Black Friday will be the next) - they sell 12 month bundles of the Photography plans, normally £119.99, so same as subscription, but they discount this several times a year - in the recent Prime Day it was £69.99 for 12 months - just download the code, enter it on your Adobe account page, and you get 12 months credit, with any subscription payments suspended until the credit is used (and since you can buy another 12 months code on discount before then, you end up never paying full price again. Credit stacks, so if you had 5 months left, and added 12, you would then have 17 months).

Unfocussed Mike said

Affinity Photo.

Plus (I'm breaking the First Rule again Allesandro B , sorry) I really enjoy using NeverCenter's CameraBag.

Get the Pro version and you'll be able to construct and export LUTs you can use in Affinity Photo, as well as use the tools on video. I think this might be quite a good replacement for some of the fun quick-edit tools in Photoshop Elements; it can work on TIFF files easily enough but it will also open raw files.

Edited by Unfocussed Mike

why you keep recommending that rubbish I'll never know ;)