Focus stacking

[boojum]

I'm using uncompressed raw.

OK, thanks. I may try that but I think that the much smaller HEIF will work for me. I'll have to try it. The output of the HB has to be converted form proprietary to TIFF, an even larger file.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Yes, LR has the function built into it. But IRC it does not handle a lot of images. And then there is the cost. Adobe has all sorts of tricks up there sleeve to siphon your wallet clean. I do not mind paying once but being nickle and dimed gets to me.

I don't get the whining about $10 a month for the only really professional level software for photo editing. I've seen guys on here who really do own $30,000 worth of Leica gear, while stamping their feet like spoiled children when it comes to paying for software.

Lets look at costs, then and now. When Photoshop and Lightroom were still sold as 'pay once' software, Photoshop was $700 and Lightroom was, if I remember correctly, about $400. Every update cost you additional money. A lot of it. Photoshop updates were about $200, and seemed to drop about once every year or two. If you bought a newer camera, or wanted a new feature, you had to keep current on updates. The $10 a month thing is cheaper than what they charged for the 'one time' software and you get all updates with no additional cost.

The math doesn't lie. Ten years of Adobe subscription is $1200. The buy once model cost $700 for PS and $400 for LR. That's $1100 already, with NO updates unless you pay extra.

I'm probably the poorest person on RFF. I'm disabled from a stroke and the effects of a bacterial infection in my lungs that nearly killed me several years ago. Yet, I happily pay for the Adobe software. I have tried everything else, and to be blunt, none of them give the image quality in their raw processing (fine detail resolution, noise reduction, etc.) that Adobe does.

 

[Cascadilla]

I don't get the whining about $10 a month for the only really professional level software for photo editing. I've seen guys on here who really do own $30,000 worth of Leica gear, while stamping their feet like spoiled children when it comes to paying for software.

Lets look at costs, then and now. When Photoshop and Lightroom were still sold as 'pay once' software, Photoshop was $700 and Lightroom was, if I remember correctly, about $400. Every update cost you additional money. A lot of it. Photoshop updates were about $200, and seemed to drop about once every year or two. If you bought a newer camera, or wanted a new feature, you had to keep current on updates. The $10 a month thing is cheaper than what they charged for the 'one time' software and you get all updates with no additional cost.

The math doesn't lie. Ten years of Adobe subscription is $1200. The buy once model cost $700 for PS and $400 for LR. That's $1100 already, with NO updates unless you pay extra.

I'm probably the poorest person on RFF. I'm disabled from a stroke and the effects of a bacterial infection in my lungs that nearly killed me several years ago. Yet, I happily pay for the Adobe software. I have tried everything else, and to be blunt, none of them give the image quality in their raw processing (fine detail resolution, noise reduction, etc.) that Adobe does.

I agree--this reminds me of people who used to buy off brand outdated film to use with their Leicas or Nikon/Canon pro level SLRs with expensive lenses and then complained about the poor results. That film was cheap for a reason. While I initially wasn't a fan of Adobe's rental model, I think that Chris is right that the economics of it actually work out to the advantage of most of us.

 

[boojum]

I don't get the whining about $10 a month for the only really professional level software for photo editing. I've seen guys on here who really do own $30,000 worth of Leica gear, while stamping their feet like spoiled children when it comes to paying for software.

Lets look at costs, then and now. When Photoshop and Lightroom were still sold as 'pay once' software, Photoshop was $700 and Lightroom was, if I remember correctly, about $400. Every update cost you additional money. A lot of it. Photoshop updates were about $200, and seemed to drop about once every year or two. If you bought a newer camera, or wanted a new feature, you had to keep current on updates. The $10 a month thing is cheaper than what they charged for the 'one time' software and you get all updates with no additional cost.

The math doesn't lie. Ten years of Adobe subscription is $1200. The buy once model cost $700 for PS and $400 for LR. That's $1100 already, with NO updates unless you pay extra.

I'm probably the poorest person on RFF. I'm disabled from a stroke and the effects of a bacterial infection in my lungs that nearly killed me several years ago. Yet, I happily pay for the Adobe software. I have tried everything else, and to be blunt, none of them give the image quality in their raw processing (fine detail resolution, noise reduction, etc.) that Adobe does.

Thanks for your balanced and objective response. I am grateful that you gave it so much thought before responding.

The fallacy, well one fallacy, is that you and I have the same need and desire for photo editing software. But thanks a lot for putting your ideas out for us all to read. I appreciate that.