mclsr Loc: Ohio

What is good software to adjust color? All the programs work with brightness, saturation and contrast. What about color adjustment? Seems Adobe Photoshop is going to a monthly fee. What else is there that will do this job well?

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

You can still buy Adobe lightroom 6.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Adobe+Photoshop++6+%28DVD%29&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search=

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

You might check Light Zone. It's free.
--Bob

PaulR01 Loc: West Texas

ON1 It can be used as a plugin to Photoshop and Lightroom or a stand alone program.
www.on1.com

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

I have always thought that color management is one of the most supremely difficult problem. So many factors operate: recording media (film, sensor, etc), viewing screens and montors, printers and their inks, external lighting when viewing copy. Their have been whole books written on the subject frim nearly every angle. I'll go up and check my Photoshop book shelf to see what I have and will report back if I find anything good.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

I you have a MAC, give Affinity Photo and/or Macphun Creative Kit a look.

tramsey Loc: Texas

Faststone Image will adjust colors, curves etc and and it also has Bob's favorite option, it's FREE

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

Try ACDSee http://acdsee-free.en.softonic.com/

djtravels Loc: Georgia boy now

Topaz Clarity for sure.

anotherview Loc: California

Last time I looked, Adobe offered Photoshop and Lightroom together for a monthly rental fee of $9.99. You cannot beat that deal with a stick. I'm sure PS can handle any color management chore you have to present. Look for tutorials online on this topic. Good luck.

chapjohn Loc: Tigard, Oregon

Capture One.

HOT Texas Loc: From the Heart of Texas

On1 10

mclsr Loc: Ohio

So many good ideas to check out.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

And the monthly fee for PHotoshop is bad why?

With the subscription model, you get at least 1 and sometimes 2 complete upgrades in a 12 month cycle, and several updates. When they blow the updates, a new one is usually available within a couple of weeks.

The old non-subscription model was updated every 18 months. It cost $600 to buy and in 2011, it cost $150 to upgrade from CS5 to CS6. If you add the initial purchase price of $600. If you bought CS5 in 2009 for $600, and upgraded it to CS6 in 2011, today you'd have software that has been out of date for 3 years, and your amortized cost over the 7 yrs would be $108/year. Oh, and you wouldn't have Lightroom. In the meantime, since CS6, PS has been upgraded 3 times, and updated at least 7 times, and Lightroom has been upgraded 2 time and updated several times as well.

So back to the original question - why is paying for software on a monthly basis such a bad idea, compared to buying the license and upgrading it periodically? BTW, there is nothing stopping you from writing a $120 check once a year, just like the old days, to keep your software current. There may even be a small savings in doing that.

To your original question - getting PS/LR will be a complete solution. You can play around with other lesser stuff, but nothing really compares.

On1 is a great application, either stand alone or as a plugin for PS/LR - which is the way I use it. And it is about to get better when they release their raw conversion capable version this fall. It costs around $150 to buy, and about $80 to update annually, and each update every year since v5 has been worth every penny. It's not a subscription model, but it sure sounds like one, doesn't it?

RPSteiner

What about GIMP? Anyone use that?