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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by Mister_Snuggles on Saturday December 08, 2018 @12:25PM (#18636297)
I'm not a pro and loved Aperture. It made my workflow so easy and it was such a fast program. I haven't found anything that lets me cruise through photos so fast and pare them down. Left/Right arrows, Z to look at details, X to flag as a reject made running through hundreds of photos a breeze.

I'm trying to find an alternative and, quite frankly, everything I've tried is not great. I ended up buying AfterShot Pro, but I'm not terribly satisfied with it. It runs on the Mac, but it's really hurt by the fact that it's not actually a Mac application.

Adobe is out because of the subscription model. I'm willing to buy the software, and I'm even willing to periodically buy new versions when it makes sense, but $10/month forever is hard to stomach.

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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by geerlingguy on Saturday December 08, 2018 @11:07PM (#18639218)
Fast Raw Viewer. It has very few frills, but it lets me do selects way faster than even Aperture. Whether processing in Lightroom, photoshop, or Photos, I always run larger batches through this app so I can quickly toss rejects and pick a few selects.
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