Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/05

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Subject: [Leica] Fwd: moving beyond Adobe
From: scottgregory at mac.com (Scott Gregory)
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:07:41 -0400


> Brian:
> 
> I do use LR the non subscriber version as you. And it can do most of what 
> is needed to process. While I have Photoshop 6 I?ve pretty much 
> transferred over to ON1 Raw and find it really good for what I need. Don?t 
> use Photoshop much at all now. 
> Scott
> 
>> On Apr 5, 2018, at 3:26 PM, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Ome thing I've learned from watching all of these upgrade questions is 
>> that many people do what I do with Adobe software, which is to cling to 
>> the last pre-CC version, because CC veersions all have monthly fees.
>> 
>> I use Photoshop CS6, InDesign CS6, Lightroom 5.7, and Dreamweaver CS6. I 
>> cannot bear the thought of signing up for monthly fees.
>> 
>> I wonder if Affinity is ready to be real competition for Adobe. I've used 
>> Photoshop for at least 20 years, and I can do anything with it. My 
>> fingers and spinal cord know how to use it. Ditto for Dreamweaver. Once a 
>> year I have to consult the manual for InDesign, but it is also an 
>> integral part of my life. Lightroom just works; there's not much of a 
>> learning curve.
>> 
>> I'm tempted to buy some Affinity products and try them out, but I haven't 
>> done it yet. Mostly for lack of time to learn something new. Have any of 
>> you tried to let go of Adobe, and, if so, where did you go and how did 
>> you like it?
>> 
>> Brian Reid
>> 
>> 
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