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You could give Photo Supreme a look https://www.idimager.com/, or Neofinder http://www.cdfinder.de/ and PhotoMechanic have their database version in limited beta (you need have a license for Photo Mechanic to be part of the beta).IMatch looks good - except it only operates on Windows.
I've used both iMatch and Photo Supreme (from when it used to be called IDimager). iMatch was a very cumbersome program, although it's now been completely re-written, but I got on better with IDimager (Photo Supreme) but I stopped using a dedicated DAM when I started using Lightroom. Now I no longer use LR it may be time to look at a dedicated DAM again.You could give Photo Supreme a look https://www.idimager.com/, or Neofinder http://www.cdfinder.de/ and PhotoMechanic have their database version in limited beta (you need have a license for Photo Mechanic to be part of the beta).
We all know what happens when things are "tacked on" to an existing program - they finish up like Photoshop, which probably has the worst UI of any commercial software.I'm using Neofinder, and although its a bit rough around the edges, its very fast and very powerful. I have a catalogue for Raws, and a catalogue that combines all my separate Capture One sessions into one big catalogue. Developer is very responsive and its low cost, in fact if you only want to catalogue a single volume, the trial last forever. It doesn't have the bells and whistles of Media Pro (Which I've use since before MS bought it) but Neofinder is a solid and powerful cataloguing and search tool..
But I'm also a long time Photo Mechanic user, so am trialling the beta "plus" version with the cataloguing. Its a bit of a different concept to other DAMs as it has obviously come from an "add cataloguing to PM" approach, rather than build a DAM from scratch. And its suffering from being a beta, but I suspect its one to watch.
We all know what happens when things are "tacked on" to an existing program - they finish up like Photoshop, which probably has the worst UI of any commercial software.
Quite so.Prices for just about every product inevitably rise. I would never jump ship just on a financial whim.
This thread really highlights the wider problem. There is Adobe and then there are all the others and it's knowing which way to jump, choosing Adobe is easy, it will be around for a long time and there is loads of support and help.
People are getting creative.
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Yes. You can have up to 36 months paid up at any one time.So, if you buy a subscription from Amazon (et al) does that get applied at the end of your current subscription? Mine is due to renew at the end of June once the 2 free months has expired.
Adobe UK has stated that the £9.99 Photo Plan is still available and will continue to stay at the same rate for customers.
Honestly I believe Adobe's behaviour is quite disgusting.
Like they said lightroom would continue to be available as a one-off purchase?
Having seen what happened with Lightroom there can be little ndoubt about what will happen to the subscription models in the future.
Honestly I believe Adobe's behaviour is quite disgusting.
The pressure will be on Adobe for sources of revenue growth. They have had the shift to subscription and the associated uplift. Presumably that has (or is expected to) level off. That means the likely next phase will involve pressure to uplift the yield from customers by changing the subscription model and rates..
Really? TBH, I don't see they have done anything that thousands of other businesses around the world don't do day in day out.
If you walked into Tescos and bought a loaf of bread you'd probably be p****d off if the cashier charged you £1 more than the woman in front of you and the bloke behind because they got the exact same bread as you but got it off a hidden shelf at the back that you didn't spot.
This may be an acceptable way to behave in some circles. We can all make our own minds up how we feel about companies who do this.
Adobe's revenue for the last financial year (2018 - 9) was $9.03 billion, and increase of 24% on the previous year.
And that means the pressure is on to keep a decent rate of growth or increase margins.
If you walked into Tescos and bought a loaf of bread you'd probably be p****d off if the cashier charged you £1 more than the woman in front of you and the bloke behind because they got the exact same bread as you but got it off a hidden shelf at the back that you didn't spot.
This may be an acceptable way to behave in some circles. We can all make our own minds up how we feel about companies who do this.
I tried making this point a few posts ago ... Minolta, amongst others, was a great camera company poorly managed and failed to make a profit. It went bust. It was regretted by the photographic community.Reading this thread and others of a similar ilk here and elsewhere I am a little surprised that people appear to think that companies like Adobe are here for the benefit of their customers ... they're not.
Every company is in business to make money for their owners and/or shareholders. If they're not then they won't be around for long.
In business terms, whether the turnover is $9 billion or $90 billion is immaterial - it's profits that grow the business not turnover. Would Adobe be considered a success if their outgoings were $91 billion? For sure their investors wouldn't and bear in mind your pension fund may well be one of those investors.
Jerry meant as their general attitude towards their customers.
Reading this thread and others of a similar ilk here and elsewhere I am a little surprised that people appear to think that companies like Adobe are here for the benefit of their customers ... they're not.
Every company is in business to make money for their owners and/or shareholders. If they're not then they won't be around for long.
In business terms, whether the turnover is $9 billion or $90 billion is immaterial - it's profits that grow the business not turnover. Would Adobe be considered a success if their outgoings were $91 billion? For sure their investors wouldn't and bear in mind your pension fund may well be one of those investors.
I believe the exact content of the Adobe statement said that stand-alone Lightroom would be available "indefinitely."Like they said lightroom would continue to be available as a one-off purchase?
Having seen what happened with Lightroom there can be little ndoubt about what will happen to the subscription models in the future.
Honestly I believe Adobe's behaviour is quite disgusting.
Is 24% a decent rate of growth and if not, what is?And that means the pressure is on to keep a decent rate of growth or increase margins.
I believe the exact content of the Adobe statement said that stand-alone Lightroom would be available "indefinitely."
Note that "indefinitely means "an undefined period" and it does NOT mean for ever, for which I believe the word is "infinitely."
Clearly Adobe meant "until we say so" and they have now said so.
Why is it misleading?View attachment 244640
Received this intentionally misleading email from Skylum. Really not a way to endear me. :-/