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I didn't state that well... comparing ACR to LR is like comparing Apple to PCs... Not to start a system war, but the main thing that Apple has is an eco system that is integrated. ACR is integrated to PS and PS to the plugins. LR is integrated to catalogs (sigh).
Half of the time I'm firing up PS is to find one file and maybe tweak it and then print it. The DAM system in LR is a negative to me and if it could just be turned off never to be seen again, the LR might be fine for me.
I understand that many users of LR do want the DAM system. That's probably because they don't have one already. It will be interesting to see how much they like it 5 or 10 years down the road when they might have a couple hundred thousand images in it.
As far as I can see, the app developers love the DAM catalog systems...it handcuffs you to their product. Over a 40 year history, I have gone from binders of printed contact sheets/binders of neg strips numbered and stored to (after scanning all of them), several different digital solutions, the latest of which is Media Pro for the archive and Photo Mechanic for the IPTC and keywords. Each time I made the switch (except for the one from binders) I was able to import the old data pretty much without a hitch. I don't see that happening with catalogs from Aperture, LR or Capture One. Nor do I see them as systems that are easily networked and easily updated to store a second complete backup on an offsite machine.
Sorry for the rant...
Tom
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Tom O'Connell
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