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Darrenowain
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Aviation photography

Post by Darrenowain » Sun Jan 16, 2022 3:59 pm

Not sure if I'm able to ask this on here, out of curiosity which editing software do you all use for your aviation photographs, I use Lightroom and occasionally Photoshop, just wondering if there's a cheaper option out there you use, or do you mostly use them.
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Tiger 1
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Re: Aviation photography

Post by Tiger 1 » Sun Jan 16, 2022 4:08 pm

Hi Darren

I can't help really with your question as I'm not in to photography but a lot on here use flickr... not sure if you can edit on that.

But... If you repost your request in the photography section of the forum I'm sure more members will see your request.

Hope this helps.

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Re: Aviation photography

Post by Darrenowain » Sun Jan 16, 2022 5:49 pm

Thank you so much for the reply

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Re: Aviation photography

Post by Tiger 1 » Sun Jan 16, 2022 6:05 pm

No worries... hope it helps and you get some advice from our members... there is a lot of photographers on here so you should be ok.

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Re: Aviation photography

Post by xkekeith » Sun Jan 16, 2022 7:52 pm

I use Affinity Photo which charges a one off fee (currently £47.99) as opposed to a monthly subscription. Affinity Photo has lots of tutorials on line. I also use Topaz Sharpen AI ($79.99) as an add-on to sharpen photos and scanned slides. Both Affinity and Topaz run sales so you might find them cheaper.....

This is a 37 year old Kodak slide I processed in Affinity this morning and then sharpened with Topaz:

ImageXT575 Viscount RAE Bedford by Keith Heywood, on Flickr
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Re: Aviation photography

Post by scorpont » Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:32 pm

I used to use Affinity Photo - now use Adobe Lightroom on an Educational License. Affinity is really good once you get the hang of it and certainly was no slouch, but Lightroom is well worth the money in my opinion. Once I leave College I reckon I'll subscribe to it.

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Re: Aviation photography

Post by Pune » Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:29 pm

I use Photoshop CS6.. :thumb:
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Re: Aviation photography

Post by Nighthawke » Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:35 pm

Been using Paintshop Pro for many years. Does everything I need.

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Re: Aviation photography

Post by Jan135 » Thu Apr 28, 2022 2:48 pm

I also use photoshop. It only takes a couple of YouTube videos to learn the basic things that I need.

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Re: Aviation photography

Post by subs57 » Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:30 am

A bit late to this party, but it might help those who, like me, have just seen this post. I use Capture 1 v22. Prices vary depending on whether you purchase a subscription, or you wish to purchase a perpetual licence. Its comparable to LR, and is well supported by Capture 1 themselves who created YouTube content on how to use the application. There is also a photographer named Paul Reiffer, who regularly processes submitted images on 1hr length YouTube videos.

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Re: Aviation photography

Post by volto71 » Fri Apr 29, 2022 7:01 pm

I tried a lot of software, but I think Lightroom Classic is the best software you can have.
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Re: Aviation photography

Post by Uncle Fester Adams » Fri May 20, 2022 10:58 am

Have a look at Luminar Skylum products ive been using the for years with good results. https://skylum.com/luminar?utm_source=g ... -LEALw_wcB

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Re: Aviation photography

Post by RPastyman » Sun May 22, 2022 10:14 am

I jump between lightroom (love it for cataloging) and Luminar AI. Both are pretty good but luminar seems to be a bit fussy at times with your operating system. Luminar AI is cheaper but if you shop around there are download once versions of lightroom which dont have a monthly cost.

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Re: Aviation photography

Post by XWP29 » Tue May 24, 2022 8:01 am

Tried most of the packages and settled on Affinity, it is hard to beat with the one off payment and when I changed computers another copy for free. Its really good at editing too.
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Re: Aviation photography

Post by Ewan bell » Tue Aug 02, 2022 8:50 am

:thumb:
XWP29 wrote:
Tue May 24, 2022 8:01 am
Tried most of the packages and settled on Affinity, it is hard to beat with the one off payment and when I changed computers another copy for free. Its really good at editing too.

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