
But if you have years of adjustments in your library, and you’ve spent months of your life perfecting your images in Lightroom, you will probably be hesitant to throw that work away. Adjustments with both programs are non-destructive, so you can always re-process images that you want to use again. If you’re just getting started, this is no big deal.
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Whether ON1 Photo RAW 2018 meets all of your needs as a photographer, there’s still a looming drawback to making the software switch: you’ll lose all of your years of Lightroom adjustments. The Elephant in the Room Matthew Gore | Light And Matter While Adobe users have been languishing in front of their monitors while Lightroom loads previews or spends your lunch hour switching to the develop module (both issues addressed in Lightroom CC to some extent), ON1 Photo RAW has been a zippy fast file browser and editor, loading thumbnail images almost instantly and switching to the RAW module in just moments. ON1 has been a player in this game for a year already, and has made significant progress. Luminar (left) and ACDSee (right) are also competing for the DAM market that Adobe continues to abuse. ACDSee is now promoting a professional quality DAM and RAW editor as well. Skylum Luminar 2018 (formerly Macphun) announced that in early November that their 2018 version will be a complete, RAW processing engine with lens correction and look-up-table (LUT) support for color grading, with an emphasis going forward on asset management.


Replacing Lightroom has been a popular theme recently, especially after Adobe’s announcement that they’ll discontinue support for non-CC versions of the software, making perpetual periodic payments to Adobe the only option.
