A penny worth of thoughts :) More than that.
Yes it could be time, but I just want to add that I'm in no way new to
editing software and have switched many times.
I started in the nineties with Photoshop, then used many brands of
software while working in a design company until I switched to Linux in
2007. Before that I used software from Macromedia (Dreamweaver, Flash,
Freehand), Adobe (Illustrator, GoLive, Premiere), QuarkExpress,
Paintshop Pro and after that many different programs that run under
Linux, including Gimp, Aftershot Pro, Krita. I could almost work with
them without ever reading a manual, all quite ituitive. Except DT. But I
will keep on trying (!!!) because I too want to be independent of
Windows and Adobe. Since most people are very happy with DT I assume it
must be me.
In general I have always believed that the best
devices/software/machines are those that don't need a manual to operate
(except advanced usage perhaps), because the UI is easy and transparent.
My God, this sounds like I don't like DT, but I do! It's love/hate at
the moment I guess :).
I think that's exactly that indeed. People don't want to change their
mind and learn new things.
On my side, I've been a Lr user for 5 years+ when I decided to switch
to dt. I did develop only one picture with it for each batch developed
with Lr. I was far more productive with Lr, found dt more difficult to
grasp and I had too many pictures to develop to switch yet. But I had
the strong motivation to leave Adobe product for good. After many
months working this way I felt more confortable.
Now what about my current edits in Lr? Okay, I decided to step in and
do the Lr conversion module which is integrated in dt. All my tags,
color labels, stars and some devs can be converted with it.
Almost one year, yes one year, after trying dt for the first time I
decided to fully switch to it.
So people trying it, not reading manuals, not looking at the excellent
Youtube tutorials around and wanting to prepare an exhibition or nice
gallery won't switch at all. This has been said again and again, dt is
not Lr and you cannot just switch to it without reviewing your full
workflow and investing quite some time on it.
My 2 cents!
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