I have the following...
PS Elements 10
PaintShop Pro x9
Affinity Photo
FastStone Image Viewer
Gimp
Affinity Photo is the best of what I have for editing, and is what I use most. The most powerful, I guess you would say. I think it does about everything that Photoshop CC can do, like stacking and stuff...perhaps not quite as good though. I would say it was $50 well spent. I was a bit disappointed with PaintShop Pro x9, especially the raw editor, which seemed pretty lame...I think PS Elements 10 was better in that respect. The cataloging feature in PSPx9 seems pretty decent, though. The FastStone and Gimp were free downloads. I haven't really spent enough time with the Gimp to bond with it, or give it an honest review. I was very impressed with the FastStone, and although you can use it for basic editing, I mainly use it for viewing and resizing, etc. Even though the FastStone was a free download, I liked it so much I was compelled to donate!
Photoshop CC and Lightroom. RAW only format.
ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2018
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Thruxton wrote:
I use Corel Paintshop. LR seems to be the favored program on his forum. I thought it might be interesting to tabulate preferred editors without going into all the various reasons for making that selection. If this has already been done recently, let me know. I probably overlooked it in 'Search'. Thanks.
Adobe Photoshop Elements 14
I upload my photos in Lightroom and edit in On1 Photo Raw 2018.
Aperture for preliminary work and Luminar for final product
cjc2
Loc: Hellertown PA
Lightroom Classic. 95% Lr, 5% Ps.
Well, I was leaning toward getting LR or PS but I have been looking at something else. It's ON1RAW2018. It has all that LR has plus more and many pros are turning to it ( they say ) because of it's simplicity to move around and the stunning editing capabilities. OK, someone please leave comment after they check it out. THX AK
AfterShot 3r/ Paintshop 2018
gmw12 wrote:
DxO Photolab for all (best for auto corrections and denoising). PS Elements and nik occasionnally.
Those are exactly the same tools I use, and for the same reasons.
OneShotOne18 wrote:
Well, I was leaning toward getting LR or PS but I have been looking at something else. It's ON1RAW2018. It has all that LR has plus more and many pros are turning to it ( they say ) because of it's simplicity to move around and the stunning editing capabilities. OK, someone please leave comment after they check it out. THX AK
On1 is a very nice package, but your computer needs to be up to the task. I would download the free trial before buying it to see if it works to your satisfaction.
LR-CC / PS-CC / Bridge / Portrait Pro / Photomatix /
I have Luminar & Aurora installed—have used some, but not enough to consider them “Go to’s.”
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