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<blockquote data-quote="riverside" data-source="post: 196250" data-attributes="member: 14054">In this era of subscription software my recommendation to anyone starting a first learning curve with photography post processing software would be Gimp. For consumers it doesn't get any better than free and Gimp does offer every feature available in Adobe, Corel and other programs on all platforms. If for some reason Gimp fades (after 17 years as open source?) once one uses post processing software there really isn't that much of a learning curve in switching to another product. Different terminology due to shark lawyers poised for lawsuits but software functions are simply functions regardless of name.&nbsp; One thing to keep in mind when venturing into photography post processing software with subscription software is the slim to none chance of price not increasing right along with corporate provider operating costs. Once users are accustomed to making the payments and the subscription customer base reaches an acceptable level, about 18 months, P&amp;L responsible people will be sporting big grins as price increases are implemented (with appropriate fanfare claiming enhanced features). Accounting software pioneered the subscription game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="riverside, post: 196250, member: 14054"] In this era of subscription software my recommendation to anyone starting a first learning curve with photography post processing software would be Gimp. For consumers it doesn't get any better than free and Gimp does offer every feature available in Adobe, Corel and other programs on all platforms. If for some reason Gimp fades (after 17 years as open source?) once one uses post processing software there really isn't that much of a learning curve in switching to another product. Different terminology due to shark lawyers poised for lawsuits but software functions are simply functions regardless of name. One thing to keep in mind when venturing into photography post processing software with subscription software is the slim to none chance of price not increasing right along with corporate provider operating costs. Once users are accustomed to making the payments and the subscription customer base reaches an acceptable level, about 18 months, P&L responsible people will be sporting big grins as price increases are implemented (with appropriate fanfare claiming enhanced features). Accounting software pioneered the subscription game. [/QUOTE]

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