Thank-you for your review. I've been a C1 Pro user for several years and have always appreciated the quality of its initial render and the depth of tools for making adjustments. I have a perpetual license used on one machine as well as a current subscription used for another two. I can appreciate their position and the need for consistent revenue to be able to develop new features.
What a great video, thx! Maybe look at Affinity 2 pro, Nitro and ACDSEE photo manager to share your wise thoughts sometime? I’m a huge Cap One fan but I use the Luminar Neo for polish, DXO and Topaz for de-noising and ACDSEE for file management. This may sound extravagant but software obviously costs a fraction of what we can spend on a new lens...
Thank you for the excellent review! There is however one change I would propose for next year. While it was a great idea to only include software that offers a perpetual license, this trait does not mean the same for every manufacturer. Some licenses are limited to perpetually using one version of the software, but you will only get limited updates. While other companies offer real lifetime licenses. That means you get a totally different value out of your license! At least I factor this in in my buying decision, and it would be great if you could call this out.
I think most perpetual license will give you limited updates so that you can be enticed to buy again the next year. The exception is Photomator but look at how meager the updates are. 😊
Thanks for your very straightforward and comprehensive videos. Having spent a couple of years paying for LR/PS I’m now ditching this subscription model and looking for alternatives. DxO is looks appealing to me as I don’t require AI-tools in my workflow and I’m impressed by its denoising capabilities. I considered Capture One Pro as well, but as I recall they stated that new perpetual license purchases do not include any feature updates at all, just bug fixes, in contrast to the subscription model. I’m aware of the fact that mayor update releases often require the purchase of an updated version in most if not all products, but this sounds as if you’d pay for any little new feature. Am I correct? This would be a mayor downturner.
Thanks for another useful year end roundup. I look forward to the companion video about how each raw processor renders the images after minimal processing from you. I think it would be useful to mention which of the products offer HDR merge of bracketed images, since this is still important for many landscape photographers.
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Are these stand alone tools much better than Affinity Photo? I never do local adjustments in a RAW convertor, it has nothing to do with developing a RAW file.
I have oni and luminar. Luminar is much easier to use and is much easier to achieve better results. I can always switch to get a lacking or feature like denoise 17:16
@@takebetterphotos8132 I've looked through your posts and never see any explanation about, imho, the most important feature : what's the point of trying to take out the best of my picture ( editing witch is the purpose of RAW editor sofwraes ) if, from the beginning it's deteriorated by a poor demosaicing engine ?
@@takebetterphotos8132 I have tested all the apps in this review (some extensively) and agree with the ranking order even when quality of raw development (demosaicing) is not taken into consideration. However, IMO, there's no doubt that DxO Photolab and Capture One have better quality raw development than the others in the review.
I personally got sick of paying $12/month (that includes tax) for Lightroom (I wasn't using Photoshop). When I upgraded the Nik Collection from DXO I also got a discount on Photolab 8 Elite. Still more expensive than Lightroom but cheaper if you upgrade every 2 years instead of yearly.
Cheaper yes, better no. I literally don’t use Lr anymore despite subscribing to the “photographers bundle” which gives me Lr and Ps !! There are so many things Cap One does better and there is a ton of features Lr just doesn’t offer.
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This is the video I was looking for. Thank You
You're welcome! Glad it helped!
Thank-you for your review. I've been a C1 Pro user for several years and have always appreciated the quality of its initial render and the depth of tools for making adjustments. I have a perpetual license used on one machine as well as a current subscription used for another two. I can appreciate their position and the need for consistent revenue to be able to develop new features.
Thanks for your feedback I'm sure C1 appreciates your support! 😊
Thanks very much. I use On1 and DxO Photolab 8 and I agree with your conclusions. I might have to give Capture one a try :-)
Looks like you have all the bases covered! 😊
What a great video, thx! Maybe look at Affinity 2 pro, Nitro and ACDSEE photo manager to share your wise thoughts sometime? I’m a huge Cap One fan but I use the Luminar Neo for polish, DXO and Topaz for de-noising and ACDSEE for file management. This may sound extravagant but software obviously costs a fraction of what we can spend on a new lens...
Thank you for the excellent review!
There is however
one change I would propose for next year. While it was a great idea to only include software that offers a perpetual license, this trait does not mean the same for every manufacturer. Some licenses are limited to perpetually using one version of the software, but you will only get limited updates. While other companies offer real lifetime licenses. That means you get a totally different value out of your license!
At least I factor this in in my buying decision, and it would be great if you could call this out.
I think most perpetual license will give you limited updates so that you can be enticed to buy again the next year. The exception is Photomator but look at how meager the updates are. 😊
Thanks for your very straightforward and comprehensive videos. Having spent a couple of years paying for LR/PS I’m now ditching this subscription model and looking for alternatives. DxO is looks appealing to me as I don’t require AI-tools in my workflow and I’m impressed by its denoising capabilities. I considered Capture One Pro as well, but as I recall they stated that new perpetual license purchases do not include any feature updates at all, just bug fixes, in contrast to the subscription model. I’m aware of the fact that mayor update releases often require the purchase of an updated version in most if not all products, but this sounds as if you’d pay for any little new feature. Am I correct? This would be a mayor downturner.
Thanks for another useful year end roundup.
I look forward to the companion video about how each raw processor renders the images after minimal processing from you.
I think it would be useful to mention which of the products offer HDR merge of bracketed images, since this is still important for many landscape photographers.
I hear you. I do HDR merging myself. To summarize. Capture 1 (RAW only) and Luminar Neo. ON1s merge is not good. 😊
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Are these stand alone tools much better than Affinity Photo? I never do local adjustments in a RAW convertor, it has nothing to do with developing a RAW file.
My fav is ON1
Thanks for the feedback.😊
I have oni and luminar. Luminar is much easier to use and is much easier to achieve better results. I can always switch to get a lacking or feature like denoise 17:16
Yes I do agree. ON1 can do more to simplify its UI 😊
My one is ON1
Thanks for sharing!😊
Not even a word about demosaicing engine ... ????
Just not serious when comparing RAW editors
For me that’s the first consideration in a raw editor.
@fredericsoumier8096 A lot of folks don't know what demosaicing is. We don't want to confuse beginners. But thanks for watching! 😊
@@takebetterphotos8132 I've looked through your posts and never see any explanation about, imho, the most important feature : what's the point of trying to take out the best of my picture ( editing witch is the purpose of RAW editor sofwraes ) if, from the beginning it's deteriorated by a poor demosaicing engine ?
@@takebetterphotos8132 I have tested all the apps in this review (some extensively) and agree with the ranking order even when quality of raw development (demosaicing) is not taken into consideration. However, IMO, there's no doubt that DxO Photolab and Capture One have better quality raw development than the others in the review.
I haven't changed my last year's comment that I prefer On1 to DxO due to the former's more superior AI masking capabilities.
Wow time has flown since then. Yes nothing has changed with regards to those two! 😊
Combination of LR & PS is much cheaper and better than DXO and C1. And you always have the latest updates. A subscription is $120 per year.
Yes. If you don't mind renting LR & PS is the way to go. 😊
I personally got sick of paying $12/month (that includes tax) for Lightroom (I wasn't using Photoshop). When I upgraded the Nik Collection from DXO I also got a discount on Photolab 8 Elite. Still more expensive than Lightroom but cheaper if you upgrade every 2 years instead of yearly.
Cheaper yes, better no. I literally don’t use Lr anymore despite subscribing to the “photographers bundle” which gives me Lr and Ps !! There are so many things Cap One does better and there is a ton of features Lr just doesn’t offer.
@ it’s just what you need. C1 also misses a ton of features that LR/Ps do have..