I was doing that until Adobe decided to start using an API which is not present ...

lousken · 2026-01-25T12:34:18 1769344458

Use the opportunity to remove adobe from your life so that you can kill two birds with one stone.

dgxyz · 2026-01-25T12:35:46 1769344546

I have no plans to. I like Lightroom and Photoshop and am willing to keep paying for it.

I will note that I have used Darktable extensively. But there isn't a good Photoshop alternative.

lousken · 2026-01-25T12:38:40 1769344720

isn't affinity free these days when you don't pay for their AI?

dgxyz · 2026-01-25T15:02:18 1769353338

There's free and there's free.

Affinity is a risk. Undocumented file formats (unlike PSD + LR database), no XMP support and vendor relying on AI to keep it free.

Nope!

lousken · 2026-01-27T14:58:28 1769525908

So you are mitigating the risk by staying on undocumented file formats? I see