
We did a quick evaluation of some of the popular alternatives using a Mac Pro (Late 2013) with 64GB of RAM. None of the tools we evaluated has as much IPTC/Metadata Working Group support as Lightroom. Metadata catalog support is weak compared to Lightroom.If you typically only make global adjustments to your images, any of these tools will suffice.Not everyone, including Adobe, will support the newest camera on the day its released


Further, Adobe tweeted that consumers “may face potential claims of infringement by third parties.”įor some photographers, the thought of continuing to use Adobe’s subscription-based products is unpalatable, and fortunately, there are a number of full-featured alternatives that come without the price nor baggage.Īdobe Lightroom (now renamed Lightroom Classic) emerged as Adobe’s desktop-based response to the now defunct Apple Aperture, which was the first mainstream non-destructive, parametric image editor. Adobe recently announced that it would both discontinue downloads of older versions of Creative Cloud apps (which includes Lightroom and Photoshop), and revoke the license for older software.
