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

Personally, I activate and us DOP sidecar files, which can then be transferred with the image file, to other locations on disk without messing up things like catalogues.

That's exactly my method.

I don't use or manage a vast library in software, preferring instead to organise my shots chronologically in folders by year, month, then individual shoot date.

I can move the DOP files along with the Raw (CR3 in my case) files wherever and retain those edits every time I reload them in Photolab.

Plus Photolab doesn't get so bogged down as a result, with loading entire libraries of photos. It only loads the ones I want to work out.