A former IT specialist and photography fanatic, I began Silent Peak as way to combine two of my greatest obsessions. When I'm not writing, testing, and comparing photography software and gear, I'm roaming the mean streets and frost-bitten surf of coastal New Zealand.I am affiliated with multiple vendors such as Adobe, ACDSee, ON1, DxO, Topaz Labs, Luminar, and more. Because of this, I am not financially compelled to recommend one product above all - enabling me to offer impartial recommendations that help you choose the best software for your needs.
ACDSee Ultimate is a generously featured, highly responsive, and easy-to-use photo management and editing studio. Moreover, you can buy it outright for just US$149.99, making Ultimate an outstanding and sometimes superior alternative to a perpetual Lightroom subscription.
Some are flaunting DxO Photolab 9 as a subscription-free Lightroom killer. But is this true? To find out, I have compared Lightroom and Photolab across five different dimensions, including price, photo management, photo editing, usability, and performance.
DxO Photolab 9 combines top-tier image quality and photo editing with undernourished photo management.
Luminar Neo is packed with innovative photo editing features that have dissolved once-complex photo editing techniques into single-click tricks.
In this post, we look at the cost of owning Lightroom over 3 use cases to see if Lightroom is worth it to you.