I was just having a conversation with Ellen on various editing software and what I was feeling about using ON1, plugins for Lightroom, and Adobe in general. No sooner had we discussed this I went to post an article for tomorrow…and this shot was next in line.
Lightroom is my standard editor, but not everything must be done there. In fact this photograph had very little except for being in the image catalog. Adobe seems to be moving away from plugins, this was post processing in software by plugins.
Something else to think about…
Image finished in; Lightroom catalog, Topaz DeNoise, DxO Filmpack, ON1.
Funny coincidence. I’ve been working on an article about darktable’s new RAW AI denoise for over a week now, and it reflects exactly how I see it as well. I no longer expect one application to do everything. Instead, I combine the tools that do each job best. In the end, the photograph matters far more than the software used to get there. Have a great Sunday Ted !
Having owned a commercial software company I learned trying to be all things doesn’t work very well. Adobe buying Topaz reminded me of that.
For several years I have purchased and used various editors hoping to find a balance with speed and functionality, Lightroom will go through phases where it becomes too slow to use for any length of time.
I feel to be useful an editor must not limit its function to RAW only. It needs to play well with others. That is one of Lightroom’s strengths. After testing a bunch of editors ON1 is the closest, so far. It can be made to play well, but falls short ‘at the goal line’.
I look forward to the article, as always you get me thinking (no small feat).
Thanks Ted ! Coincidentally, it’s scheduled for tomorrow. 🙂
Great. I just updated ON1 and it appears they have added more options (that work) to use other software as plugins. It may be any other program you want if you add it and the path to a list.
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I’m ready !
I do use multiple tools to get the product I want, but I have to say that as Lightroom and Photoshop have improved over the years I have needed less and less of those at the cost of having to buy beast of computing machines to handle the ridiculous amount of processing and memory it gobbles up.
And there it is LOL. Buy a new machine. However, I did that once and the very next release demanded more from the graphics chip. ON1 may be a decent answer for me.