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Is there any good alternatives to Lightroom Classic? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by urbanracer34@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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We don't want to pay Adobe anymore, so my Dad is looking for an replacement for Lightroom Classic.

He has over 4500 photos in Lightroom and we want a basically drop in replacement.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

EDIT1: Also, how do we transfer photos out of Lightroom?

EDIT2: All photos are locally stored.

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[–] sirishkr@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I went down this path a year ago. Apple Photos would have been easier but I didn’t want to give up the filesystem based catalogue organization I had - >70,000 pictures over 15 years.

I went with Darktable. There was a definite adjustment period and I think I still have to Google around. Lightroom was easier / I was used to it. But Darktable has seemingly every feature I need and then some.

Knowing my photos won’t be hostage to a greedy corporation is liberating!