J M Smith

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Reply to: BeO If I were Adobe I would try to buy Capture One. Assuming C1 is  in control of their costs (which a due diligence process would reveal) then I would either benefit from the high C1 sub...

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• J M Smith
• December 19, 2022 16:28
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Capture One, are you listening to the palpable anger? This would make a great biz school case study. You need to reveal your loyalty “scheme” RIGHT NOW… Or this was your plan all along, move custom...

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• J M Smith
• December 19, 2022 00:50
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David, It sounds like we are in violent agreement :) My biggest fear is what happens to CO when the private equity owner exits. That is why I am strongly leaning towards LR because of the size and ...

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• J M Smith
• December 11, 2022 22:14
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"David Mantripp"Ergonomically and performance wise there are not many competitive contenders. Lightroom, ON1. DXO will not be it for me, Luminar neither"" David, For me both LR and DxO are comparab...

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• J M Smith
• December 11, 2022 21:12
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So folks what is the consensus on the replacement for C1P? LRDxOTopazOn1LuminarRawTherapeeDark Table Other? For me I think it is going back to LR/PS...

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• J M Smith
• December 08, 2022 08:29
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I would be interested in this as well...  

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• J M Smith
• January 09, 2025 06:06
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@Barry Justice I am certainly gone forever. I post here because I am still a “customer “. I transferred all edited files to high quality jpg’s and the KEEPERS to high quality tiff’s and moved to LR.

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• J M Smith
• January 31, 2024 17:39
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Unfortunately for Axcel this is not the way to do a profitable exit. I don’t really shoot weddings, portraits, fashion, or tethered . So I am not in the sweet spot for their ideal customer profil...

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• J M Smith
• January 31, 2024 16:50
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Had CO said we have to move to a subscription model to survive, I would have happily signed up. In reality they should have offered (in parallel to a robust subscription model) a perpetual model th...

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• J M Smith
• January 31, 2024 14:39
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BeO Right now in the US you can purchase a perpetual license for $179.40.  A 40% discount on the normal $299.00.

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• J M Smith
• October 10, 2023 14:01
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