While the catalogue location does remain a big issue for me, I am pressing onward as so far I am liking the way On1Photo Raw processes the images. And I am quite impressed with the results of the NoNoise component!
I think I may try to stick with it for new images, despite the aforementioned catalogue issue described in the previous posting, which would mean I will still need to find something to work as a DAM for my image archives.
The New Truth: I have joined the On1 affiliate team so going forward any links to On1 products will most likely be affiliate links.
Adobes latest change to their TOS (Term Of Service) which I and many others find not very acceptable was the kick needed to finally start actively looking to migrate to alternate platforms. So the switch from Adobe has begun in earnest.
I had already switched from Adobe Premier to Black Magics Davinci Resolve as a video editor. And now have purchased On1 Photo RAW as a very promising good candidate to replace my long standing association with Adobes Photoshop and Lightroom. I have been using photoshop for decades from way back when I started on version 2 in 1991/1992.
While there are many photo editors out there both free and paid, not many have a robust integrated library management system. So one of the hardest part was deciding on something that might work as a replacement DAM (digital asset management) solution for my tens of thousands of images most stored in adobes dng format, that have accumulated over my 1/2 century (Yikes) of poking around in the business of photography.
I’ll try to post updates as I find time to work on the migration to a new platform, when I am in country, Couple of biggish trips to far off destinations are in the works at the moment where I won’t have access to my main servers.
if you are also interested here is the link to On1 Photo Raw, they do have a 30 day trial!
These are the new and just updated for 2023 TOP 10 software packages I currently use for my image and video editing. As well as the hardware I use to run them on.
Surprisingly six of the ten programs can be had FREE for non-commercial use! While three are subscription model products, and one is free but requires custom proprietary hardware.
Links to all the applications both free and paid are at the bottom of page.
The Software
What I edit still images with:
Name
Description
Adobe Creative Cloud Lightroom Classic
Image developer and catalog
Adobe Creative Cloud Photoshop
Image Editor
Picolay
Focus stacker by Heribert Cypionka
What I use to edit still images
My image catalog database is currently
Adobe Creative Cloud Lightroom (Image developer and catalog)
What I create videos with:
Name
Description
Blackmagic DaVnci Resolve 18
Insanely powerful video and audio editor
OBS Studio
Screen capture and live stream
qDslr dashboard
Tethering and time-lapse
Handbrake
Video converter
Audacity
Audio editor
What I uses to create videos
The Hardware
The Monitors
ASUS ProArt PA248 (Main image editing display)
Samsung S27R350 (Text and control panels)
Samsung S27R350 (everything else)
The rapidly ageing eaters of bits
Custom built Intel I7 system with
32Gb RAM
2 * 512Gb SSD + 2 * 4Tb sata3 internal drives
Nvidea rtx 1650 4Gb video card
Wacom Intuos 3 9*12 tablet
Custom built Intel I5 system with
16Gb RAM
512Gb SSD + 4Tb sata3
Nvidea rtx 1030 2Gb video card
Backup & Stability
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (data backup)
A random array of Western Digital external drives (backup medium, on and offsite)
Apc UPS unit(s) (power stabilization)
Here are the links to all the products if you want to get any them
Free software – platform: w = Windows, m = Mac, l = Linux, a = Android, i = Ios, r = Raspberry
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