You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have the original disks

Re:You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have th... by diarrhea on Friday October 23, 2020 @04:54AM (#24867306)

That, and Adobe Lightroom. I tried to switch and had a mixture of Darktable, RawTherapee, RapidPhotoDownloader and digiKam running. It was unpleasant and years behind Lightroom, unfortunately. Even more unfortunate is that I have a stand-alone license for Lightroom 5, but my camera is too new for it (no support for its RAWs).

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Re:You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have th... by prox on Friday October 23, 2020 @05:58AM (#24867712)

Darktable has had a major upgrade recently , and at least on Windows, it’s pretty much on par and its GUI has had a major boost in responsiveness.

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Re:You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have th... by porker on Friday October 23, 2020 @05:55AM (#24867688)

Thanks for the feedback, I hadn't thought about replacing Lightroom yet.

I do like Lightroom, but the catalogue speed with 100k+ photos is glacial on my PC. I tried importing 30 years of photos rather than having multiple catalogues, as tagging consistently across all would be useful ("Hey auntie Sally, look at the photos of you aging!").

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Re:You can no longer reinstall CS 2 or 3 even if you have th... by petepete on Friday October 23, 2020 @09:15AM (#24869133)

I use Capture One in Lightroom's place and it really is an excellent tool, its raw processing capabilities are fantastic and the features mean I barely (if ever) have to reach for a more-powerful editor like Affinity.

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