Some time ago, I heard about using consoles to control Lightroom. You may have heard about it too, because some of them were reviewed in the past on PhotographyLife. This is something that I thought could be fun, but products from Loupedeck or Tangent cost more than $200.
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How to Properly Resize Images in Capture One
If you are a Capture One user, you might be wondering how you can properly resize your images for web use, so that the resulting files look great on any platform. Exporting full-size images from your high-resolution camera is typically not ideal, because you end up with very large images...
Best Non-Destructive Editing Software for Photography
With so many editing and post-processing software packages on the market today, photographers might find it rather difficult to go through them all and compare key features in order to pick something that would ultimately work for their needs. Many of us go through that stage, especially when starting out....
Lightroom vs Capture One: Should You Switch?
There is always a second fiddle - a silver medalist who chases after gold, a challenger just half a step behind the leader. In the world of RAW post-processing software, the undisputed champion is Adobe Lightroom; competing products enjoy nowhere near its popularity. But that alone doesn’t make Lightroom the...
Switching From Lightroom to Capture One Pro
It seems only a short while ago when I was undecided on the RAW processing software that would replace Lightroom. I shortlisted several potential alternatives - Capture One Pro, RawTherapee, DxO Optics, and Darktable among others - but was able to try out only Capture One Pro properly. A demo...
Why Capture One Cannot Replace Adobe Lightroom
Many photographers, including our team at PL, have been frustrated with Adobe's latest move to discontinue the standalone version of Lightroom, something Adobe said it would not do in the past. As a result, a number of us (including myself) have been looking for alternative post-processing tools that can replace...
The Need for a Universal RAW Format
With so many new cameras being released each year that allow capturing images in RAW format using different compression levels, bit-rates and other proprietary data, it is becoming increasingly difficult for post-processing software to keep up with all the changes and provide full support for RAW formats. Although camera manufacturers...