While it has an image browser, PhotoLab does not create a catalog, so this isn’t a full Lightroom replacement, but it is a superb raw developer. The ELITE version of what DxO now calls “PhotoLab” offers DxO’s superb PRIME noise reduction and excellent ClearView contrast enhancement feature. Noise reduction is “Perfectly Clear” from Athentech and works well. Here’s a low cost Lightroom replacement for image management and raw processing abilities. It is a Lightroom replacement only, but a very good one indeed. So Capture One cannot be used like Photoshop, to stack and composite images. The MacOS version resembles the Windows Pro version.Ĭost: $299, and $120 for major upgrades, or by subscription for $180/yearĪs of version 11 this powerful raw developer and cataloguing program offers “Layers.” But these are only for applying local adjustments to masked areas of an image. Only the Pro version offers the full suite of raw development features, in addition to cataloging functions. Windows users have a choice of either a Standard or Professional version. Lightroom Contenders: Five Raw DevelopersĪCDSee Photo Studio (current as of late 2017)Ĭost: $60 to $100, depending on version, upgrades $40 to $60. My question is, how well do they work? Are any serious contenders to replace Photoshop or Lightroom? Thus the popularity of these alternative programs. Though $120 for a year is not far off the cost of purchasing many of these other programs and perhaps upgrading them annually, many photographers prefer to purchase their software and not subscribe to it. Photoshop and Lightroom complement each other and are now available together, but only by monthly subscription through Adobe’s Creative Cloud service, at $10/month. Camera Raw and Lightroom have identical processing functions and can produce identical results. Camera Raw is equivalent to the Develop module in Lightroom, Adobe’s cataloguing and raw processing software. Most have free trial copies available.Īdobe Camera Raw (ACR), Photoshop, Bridge, and Lightroom, the standards to measure others byĬost: $10 a month by subscription, includes ACR, Photoshop, Bridge, and LightroomĪdobe Camera Raw (ACR) is the raw development plug-in that comes with Photoshop and Adobe Bridge, Adobe’s image browsing application that accompanies Photoshop. Here are the image processing programs I looked at.
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