by LandenLove 3 days ago
Please release me from Adobe Lightroom.
My annual Adobe subscription expires in 15 days and I'm here gathering all possible alternatives. This is my last year giving them money after all dark patterns they use so you pay / don't leave.
Hobby photographer here, so take that into account. My workflow is very simple. I moved from Windows and Adobe LightRoom to Fedora Linux with KDE Plasma, using DigiKam for downloading and organizing photos, and RawTherapee for RAW editing. I use GIMP here and there for occasional touch-ups. It's not as smooth as LightRoom and there is a learning curve, but you are gaining independence.
One thing that LR does well is leverage Adobe Camera Raw and its great support for many raw formats.
And adding newly released lens correction profiles. It's nice to have a lot of things just work.
I like how Lightroom simplifies a lot of the editing process. Alternatives like Rawtherpee are very intimidating.
I also like the cloud backup and sync that Lightroom has. But I swear it gets slower and slower with every update.