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 p.20 #4 · Official Nikon Z6 image & resource hub thread | |
Bohemien wrote:
I've moved from Photoshop to Affinity Photo, great program, also their Designer. Have not used Photoshop since I got my head around these, the workflow is pretty straightforward.
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I think this is perfectly on topic, as many of us will be in a similar situation once they get their Z6/7-having to find a new RAW processor because they either use LR CS6 (that's what I do/did, too) or even Capture NX2 (me too, on occasion-just love those U-points).
I also hate subscriptions, and have used the Black Friday offer to buy C1pro, but for each program, there are pro's and con's when looking at pricing only:
(1) Adobe: The subscription at $10/month has also made me "hate" that company (among others-here's looking at you, Microsoft) and buy the full CS6 while it was still available. However, as far as I get it, you will only lose the ability to change things in your edited photos when you cancel your subscription. Still possible to export, so at least there's that.
(2) Capture One: Price of admission 350€ over here (including tax), with 10% discount coupons easily found on the web. They offer a subscription model at 220€/year. However, at least since version 10, they do seem to change their version number on a yearly basis, each time charging 150€ for the upgrade (Is that correct? Can't see the price on their website.). Less than half of the new version, but still more than a LR subscription will cost you in a year. At least from version 10-12, you get more interesting features added for the price than with LR, though (I really don't give a d*mn about their cloud services).
(3) On1 Photo RAW: New program $100, yearly update $80. Are they nuts? I went for On1 when it came out, as it seemed to be a nice option, and then after a year of running a program that was sluggish and buggy, they ask for 80% of the original price for an update (which included new bugs). I really like the feature set in this software, but due to it being slow as hell on my Mac (ok, it's from 2011, but still...), I haven't started using it on a regular basis. It has layers (advantage over LR) and both HDR and panorama stitching (advantage over C1), and after all is still cheaper than both programs, but they should really sort out performance and bugs.
(4) DXO PhotoLab, 200€ in the "Elite" edition-haven't really looked into this, but it's also an option, especially if you loved your U-points with NX2. I have no idea about their update pricing policy.
Price-wise, the Adobe subscription doesn't look THAT bad in comparison, IMHO. But I also hate subscription models, so I went for C1pro, which I'll try to learn over the following weeks. One big minus though: I'm still using Mac OS 10.11.6 (because I need to run Office 2011 for work), and C1 version 12 needs a newer OS, which will make me "lose" several programs I use on a regular basis. I've installed HighSierra on a separate partition just to run C1, now.
Mind, this comparison was about pricing only, with people on the web saying they like the C1 workflow better, and both C1 and On1 producing nicer RAW conversions (on this, opinions differ), so this is something one should also take into account when deciding for one solution.
On1 Photo RAW looks like an interesting alternative, but they really p*ssed me off with their pricing plan. I'd be ok with updates at 50% of the price of a new version, but not 80%... but then, compare that with what you pay for the other two, and so far, every new version added many new features. I'll keep it around and learn C1 in the meantime.
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I use ON1, so just to add, 2019 version includes focus stacking as well.
I didn't try it yet, but I will as soon as they update Z6 support.
It is slow, but my work flow isn't that heavy either, otherwise, it checks all my boxes.
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