Darktable 2.0.16/23/2023 I'n not using the Album, Presentation or Web module. I can live whith that but when someone has an good idea. Lightroom does offer some specific functions i expect to lose while migrating to another platform like publishing services. This information can be used later by anohter program again. I think i'm going to rebuild all my normal collections into smart collections and add the necesary keywords to the photo's for that. Keywords starting with to distinguish them easily from 'normal' keywords (to find them while constructing smart collections). I brought them in from Expression Media with help from 'helperkeywords' as i call them. I have quite a lot collections and smart collections i want to preserve in some way. The fields i'm using most are: Keywords (Hierchical), People (in fact also a special keyword), Synonyms on some keywords, Location data (also geo coordinates) and the 'BIG note' data from John Beardsworth. I'm confident that there are options to put these data back into the file and that it can be transfered to another DAM. Most metadata that was added afterwards is stored in de Lightroom catalog also. So, this does not help me to transfer to another platform. I know i can write the (some?) history back into the DNG file but i think these are instructions only Lightroom understands? I adopted a DNG workflow so these are my digital negatives. When i want to use another program, it wil not 'see' this. Are there alternatives here?Īll developing activity is stored in the Lightroom catalog. However, i liked the integration of Editor + DAM that Lightroom offered. There are a lot of options here and many good editors on the market. I loved the program but it was abandoned by the developers (first Microsoft, later Phase One). So, i'm orientating on my options and i am interested in the opinions or experiences from others.Īre there programs available that have the same kind of functionality than Lightroom? A few years back i switched over from Phase One Expression Medio Pro. I don't beleive them anymore.Īll the development and marketing is aimed at 'Cloud' and that is not the direction i want. Now they promise not te abandon Lightroom (despite they called it 'classic', how obvious do you want it?). A few days ago they breaked that promise. When Adobe introduced their CC plan some years ago they promised us there would be a perpetual, standalone version of Lightroom available. While i will probably continue to use Lightroom (Classic) over the coming years i'm determined to develop an exit strategy in the meantime.
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