J M Smith

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Paul, I think that you will find in a production environment that they (people and companies) are loath to upgrade to the latest version of editing software.  Too many times the update breaks somet...

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• J M Smith
• December 22, 2022 04:34
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CO is now heavily moderating the posts both here and on FB...  There are several FB pages that a discussing the matter, Paul Reiffer's page for one.

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• J M Smith
• December 15, 2022 00:08
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Steve, It sure looks like an interesting tool doesn't it... Since I am now trialing LR and DxO... I have downloaded the trial of Avalanche and going to see how well it converts (100 Images, limit t...

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• J M Smith
• December 09, 2022 18:33
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Barry, Since I am a Mac user, I didn't look, after your comment I went back to the site and could not specifically see a windows version.  I apologize for that.  Maybe shoot them an email and let u...

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• J M Smith
• December 09, 2022 18:22
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Here is the PetaPixel article entitled: Capture One Lays Off Staff Amid a ‘Significant’ Internal Restructure https://petapixel.com/2024/01/30/capture-one-lays-off-staff-amid-a-significant-internal-...

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• J M Smith
• January 30, 2024 20:49
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@... The US pricing is $10.44, this reeks of desperation.  I suspect that their customer base didn't just accept the new pricing scheme, and a greater number of COP users than expected, moved on to...

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• J M Smith
• October 10, 2023 13:36
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Carsten Schlipf I did the math and posted here several months ago based on a number of data points (there is apparently no way to search for the post). In essence there are about 250,000 C1P users ...

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• J M Smith
• September 18, 2023 12:50
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Michael Mazzola I still have C1P loaded, I open it on occasion to export a file.  (Of course around September 23rd updates will cease on my perpetual license and C1P will probably stop working with...

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• J M Smith
• September 17, 2023 21:12
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Chris I think the only reaction that you will see is incentives continuing to slowly creep into the narrative.  They are certainly not going to announce that they made a mistake. ******************...

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• J M Smith
• August 15, 2023 15:35
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@... I also switched to LR/PS shortly after the licensing debacle announcement.  I knew I was not going to participate in the ludicrous licensing scheme so I reluctantly trialed then licensed Adobe...

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• J M Smith
• August 15, 2023 14:18
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