suttle13

Hi all, Thank you for your responses - sorry, my notifications have all been going into my junk folder so only just seen this. Hadn't really looked at ACDSee or Silkypix but thanks for the suggestion; I will check on their website and have go with trial version. Great photo too! Thanks for the heads up that CaptureOne has released a free express version for Fuji; it's shame they aren't offering the full Fuji-only version under perpetual license though, like they do for Sony. I've watched a few tutorials and I'm swayed by the amount of colour control you get with C1. Will have try out several editors and see, I think - just need to buy a new laptop first! For those of you which use C1 - what other software, if any, do you use with it? I cannot afford both C1 Pro and a Photoshop subscription... Thanks again!

Hi, I have been doing A LOT of reading on the internet on this topic and I am still struggling to make a decision on what software to get for editing and storing my Fuji RAW files. I purchased a Fuji XT20 with the 18-55 kit lens last Dec to take on backpacking around SE Asia for 7 months. Prior to this I had only shot JPEGs with compact cameras and did all my (pretty basic) editing in Photoshop Elements 7.0. I have access to a copy of LR 3 but I have never used it. For file management everything is currently stored on my laptop hard drive with a Year > Trip Location > Original / Edits system and then backed up on external network drive at home. While I was away I made the decision to shoot RAW + JPEG and just wirelessly send a few JPEGs to my phone/Samsung tablet in order to share with family/friends and leave all major editing for after I got back, since my laptop is too big and heavy to be easily transportable. This means that now I'm back I've got thousands of RAW files to go through and I'm not sure where to start. I've looked at the Adobe Photographers Plan for £10/pm with X-Transformer as a plug-in, but since I have no experience with LR and am hesitant to get "stuck" with the subscription model, I'm not sure this will be for me. Plus the added storage required for the DNG files produced by X-Transformer is a frustration. Another option is Capture One Pro, which apparently works well with Fuji's RAF files; however, it is expensive and as far as I know doesn't support everything I would want to do i.e. HDR merges, panorama stitching, composites. There seems to be a lot of suggested RAW converters flying around; however, a lot of these seem to be used in conjunction with several other programmes including PS. Further, a lot of the discussion centres around people who are already familiar with LR/PS and invested in it to some extent, very little is given to people just starting out. Basically, I want a simple workflow for rating, culling, editing, and storing my photos which ideally uses as few different programmes as possible, won't cost a ton (since I don't anticipate the need to upgrade that often), and importantly gets the most of out my RAW files. Since I am pretty much starting from scratch there will be a learning curve with whichever system I decide on. P.S. I am planning more long-term travel for next year, which means I will probably sell my current laptop for a smaller, lightweight version which I can take with me and therefore edit and organise on the go. I do not own a desktop PC.