For Linux, Corel's Aftershot Pro is a reasonable alternative to Lightroom.
The license you obtain permits use with Linux, or Windows, or Mac.
Unfortunately, Corel's Paintshop Pro is not available in a Linux or Mac version.
Here is a link to the Aftershot Pro web info: Aftershot Pro Link
And here is a screenshot from my installation
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What I will say is this: if you opt for a "free" alternative, don't be surprised if you find out you are paying for it in other ways, RE: privacy, etc. There's no such thing as "free" in the software environment.
So Vince, why do you need anything of you already use something?
Pay heed to @Steven Lee 's comments.
Adobe's software reigns supreme in terms of effectiveness, usability and productiveness. But you pay for it, and I refuse to buy into theirextortionlicensing scheme because I can't justify it for my hobby use. Had I been professionally engaged in image-processing, I'd just pay up, because then it would be worth it IMO.
GIMP & Darktable or RawTherapee (I prefer the latter) works alright. Frankly, I don't see the need for either Darktable or RawTherapee unless digital camera raw files are involved. Given a decently transparent folder structure with sensible names (e.g. date followed by subject/keywords), a bunch of png's/tiff's/jpg's in folders has always worked fine for me by means of an 'indexing' system.
GIMP has come a long way in terms of usability and functionality. Especially recent UI improvements are meaningful IMO. Subjectively I'd say they're roughly at the level where Adobe was around Photoshop 7 in terms of effective productivity (features + usability/accessibility). This puts them 'only' about two decades behind Adobe. But keep in mind PS7 was already pretty usable as a photo editing tool. It's not a bad performance for something that's free to use.
The main problem with GIMP is the lack of dynamic adjustment layers. With GIMP, you're limited to making duplicates of layers and then using whatever adjustments you want in combination with masking. This removes the possibility to 'adjust the adjustments', which is a huge benefit of the Adobe approach. In terms of performance (speed, memory use), Adobe also has a fundamentally better approach IMO.
All considered, I'm quite happy with GIMP as it is, especially given the cost. But it takes some getting used to if you come from Adobe, and there's some things that Adobe will just always be better at.
RawTherapee I use only occasionally since I don't shoot all that much digital, but for me, it gets the job done and it's more packed with features than I really need. For critical digital photographers, I would suggest carefully evaluating image quality performance against e.g. CaptureOne since there are very real differences also in this area between raw converters.
Adobe software has no match
Last time I checked the subscription I'd need runs around €300/year.
I was gifted (through a grant thing) a copy of Office 98. It still runs fine. However, I use generally use OpenOffice and it does everything I need an office app to do and the price is right: free.
The thing with Microsoft Office is that you have to pay for it again when the old machine craps out. Then you need it also for your laptop as well as your desktop. In 25 years, I probably bought the program a dozen times just so I can type a letter.
I had Office 98 once. Can you run it on newer operating sytems?
I can have it running on two machines plus my phone concurrently within the same license.
I just pulled the CD out and it's Office 97. I went ahead and installed it to see. This is on a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10. It installed just fine and all the apps work.
Microsoft must have let that one slide by. Usually they make changes enough so you have to upgrade apps especially old ones to get you to spend more money for the same product.
I have been using Linux exclusively on my workstations and laptops since 2001. In addition to the RAW software you mention, I guess Shotwell is the closest to image ingesting and organizing software for Linux.Either my search skills are weak (possible) or there's not a lot of discussion, at least not recent, about what software to use in a hybrid workflow. Shooting on film, process the negs, then scan them in... now what? Now I need to create and manage an image library, and do some basic post-processing of raw (or jpeg) files to then print them. Preferably that will be in one unified software suite, but not necessarily. And I'd really like something open source and Linux compatible, I have Macs but don't want to be locked into Apple's walled garden any worse than I already am!
There are a few programs out there that I've heard of, or just see in some searching, but I'd like to learn what folks here use. Darktable, digiKam, RawTherapee and maybe showfoto seem to do what I need, and I'll probably try them all over time. But if I can get some advice and pointers here while I do, that should make things a lot easier.
So, share what you do and let's see what I can find out!
Thanks all
But I thought the Office that came with my recent Dell desktop is only licensed for that machine. Isn't it?
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