{"id":1719,"date":"2017-10-29T12:44:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T16:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=1719"},"modified":"2017-10-29T12:44:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T16:44:14","slug":"a-question-for-photographers-among-ocf-readers-what-software-can-replace-adobe-lightroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/29\/a-question-for-photographers-among-ocf-readers-what-software-can-replace-adobe-lightroom\/","title":{"rendered":"A Question for Photographers Among OCF Readers \u2013 What Software Can Replace Adobe Lightroom?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been using Lightroom for my raw photo cataloguing and adjustment for a number of years.\u00a0 The good people at Adobe in their infinite wisdom have decided that Lightroom needs to be a cloud based, subscription only software product.\u00a0 Very good then.\u00a0 I am not a cloud based kinda guy.\u00a0 So, I\u2019m looking for an alternative.\u00a0 An initial search has identified the following products:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alien Skin Exposure X2<\/li>\n<li>Phase One\u2019s Capture One Pro<\/li>\n<li>Corel AfterShot Pro 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019m currently leaning toward Phase One\u2019s Capture One Pro but would very much like to get some feedback from people who have experience with these products (especially as they compare to Lightroom).\u00a0 So, here\u2019s your chance to speak your mind.\u00a0 I\u2019m all ears.\u00a0 You can leave your thoughts in the comments here or in the forum (I\u2019m setting up a topic <a href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/forums\/topic\/recommendations-for-a-replacement-for-adobe-lightroom\/\">here<\/a>, so if you want to attach photos to explain something there\u2019ll be more room).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been using Lightroom for my raw photo cataloguing and adjustment for a number of years.\u00a0 The good people at Adobe in their infinite<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[498,501,502,499,500],"class_list":["post-1719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","tag-adobe","tag-alien-skin-exposure-x2","tag-corel-aftershot-pro-3","tag-lightroom","tag-phase-ones-capture-one-pro"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Question for Photographers Among OCF Readers \u2013 What Software Can Replace Adobe Lightroom? 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