So, 2016 saw me reverting to DPP and Image Browser, which I had used before, in my workflow. I’ve to use it now because Adobe Bridge does not recognize the RAW files from new cameras, so I can not use it, something I do regret but have no way to solve. Canon distributes with their cameras a package of software that includes Digital Photo Professional, and, among other things, one Image Browser that although basic is enough to import images. Being a Canon user, it was not difficult to choose another workflow. I don’t want to use the DNG converter, which is free, but introduces another step into my workflow, and makes me use a format I don’t want to use. This means one thing: as Adobe has stopped updating the program with new versions of RAW, the only alternative is to use their DNG converter… or look elsewhere. This is something European photographers, videographers and artists have complained about, and I believe many of us feel the same way: why should we pay so much more?Īll this to say that I am still using Photoshop CS6. I’ve, from time to time, though about commiting to it, mainly when a special discount is available, but even when I start with a special price of $7.99/month, my final price goes to somewhere around $14, because I am in Europe. I am one of those persons that decided not to subscribe to Adobe plan for photographers. The way I organize my files, Bridge does everything I need, so I stopped using Lightroom altogether. One aspect that I never appreciated much, though, was the DAM side of Lightroom, which led me to stop using the program in version 5, also because the Adobe Camera RAW interface in Photoshop CS offers much of the same – essential – editing functions, and allows me to work directly from Adobe Bridge, which I prefer to the import and DAM functions in Lightroom. The program became a reference, so much, in fact, that I used extensively for a long time, even creating a magazine project using its book module, just to show how versatile it was beyond the editing aspects. Lightroom was a dream materialized, even at its early stage, and it grew to become a reference and a real game-changer in terms of photography workflows and interfaces. A detail of the ON1 Photo RAW interface (not to scale) It was a unique experience helped by the guidance of George Jardine, photographer, Adobe evangelist and Product Manager of the new program. For me it feels a bit like when I tried the Beta 3 of Lightroom for Windows, in the Summer of 2006. Reading through the information from both Affinity Photo and ON 1 Photo RAW, it is hard not to get excited, both for the technologies involved and for what this represents in terms of alternatives for editing photographs. Because when you read the information available, ON1 Photo RAW wants to be a full featured editor and a new revolution when it comes to editing RAW files. This compatibility, though, is more, I believe, a “let’s not break all the ties” than something ON 1 Photo RAW is built around. Affinity is presented as a program and an alternative to both Photoshop and the editing aspects of Lightroom, while ON1 Photo RAW is presented as a program that works independently but that can also function as an extension of Photoshop and Lightroom in terms of edition. ON 1 Photo RAW is different, what we’ve now is the ON1 Photo 10 software, which has many of the things we will see inside ON1 Photo RAW, but it is a completely new program that will be launched in November.Īlthough both programs aim to become part or the center piece of the workflow of many photographers, there are some differences between them. Serif expects to widen the audience of the program launching a much requested Windows version. The continued mention of this aspect confirms that the companies responsible for the programs know there is an audience waiting for them.Īffinity Photo is already known within the Mac universe, where a lot of people use it. I do not want to discuss the subscription model here, but one can not forget that both Affinity Photo and ON1 Photo RAW claim, as part of their marketing campaigns, that there is no subscription model associated with these programs, and that when you pay for the software it is yours for life. Since Adobe decided to go for the subscription model that the development of alternatives seems to have gained speed. Both programs will compete with Lightroom and Photoshop. ON1 Photo Raw is the evolution of what started as plugins for Photoshop and is now a full featured program, ON1 Photo. Does it get you interested? Now we only have to wait for Affinity to show its program for Windows, which will also be available soon.Īffinity Photo, from Serif, is already available for Mac, but the initially “Mac only” program will be available for Windows this Autumn. With the launch of a new video with a first look at how ON1 Photo RAW will work, ON1 reveals how promising their new software is.
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