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The actual editing results for me are comparable to what I could achieve with Lightroom.Hello Happy Pierre, nice to hear from you again! We were missing you.

The initial migration to this new workflow was pretty quick, and now 99% of the time I can use one path for everything. If I’m on a computer the data will still go through Darktable and then to my NAS and also be exported to Google Drive, otherwise it will directly go to the Drive.

The actual editing can take place in Darktable, RawTherapee, Snapseed or Lightroom Mobile.

This means I can always access my most important data quickly even if it comes from outside my main workflow (e.g. All photos in their raw form are at some point imported through darktable into my central NAS, but all finished pictures are stored on my Google Drive.

I’m keeping the “two tier” storage system.

Regardless of whether I’m at home or travelling with my linux laptop, I’m now using Darktable with the “ local copies feature” to avoid redundant backups.

I solved some of my issues with the following workflow:

Automatic lens corrections aren’t that important, I can live without the Nik collection. I use hardly any Adobe specific features.Lightroom CC is lacking basic features and I don’t want to upload everything to the cloud. Even with a student discount, LR Classic CC costs at minimum 12€ per month.

I have to use proprietary software that doesn’t run well under Linux, so I can only use this workflow when I’m at home.

I wish I could cut out a few layers of complexity.

If I’m not home I don’t have a proper workflow, meaning I often create redundant backups or have difficulties finding specific pictures.

The finished product is then exported to Google Drive and then shared to to social media.

Now I can start cropping, editing, correcting and applying filters with the Nik collection.

I apply the LR auto adjustments and tweak them a little to see how far I get.I’ll browse through my catalog and flag the ones I think are good enough to edit.

Windows File History backs them up to my NAS.

Import it into Lightroom Classic CC, lossless conversion to DNG.

For several years my photo editing workflow went something like this:

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