A variety of post-processing software is available. Within any program (app), there is always more than one way of achieving a desired result. I am a Lightroom and Photoshop user. I also have the NIC Collection and a few others, but I don’t use them regularly. I figure I get the results I want by working directly with Adobe products. I subscribe to Adobe Creative Cloud, and for $14.29 per month, I get the following:
Lightroom Classic is my current preference.
Lightroom. I don’t use it regularly, but I find it helpful to quickly edit an image without importing it into Lightroom Classic.
Photoshop. I use it for functions not available in Lightroom, but with Lightroom becoming evermore sophisticated, there is less need.
Behance network. Adobe claims Behance to be the world’s largest platform to showcase and discover creative work. It is an online portfolio site; think of 500px, Smugmug, etc. You can build your own “Project” or look at other people’s work. Behance Projects will automatically be imported to your Adobe Portfolio site as pages. There is also a tutorial section with helpful training videos.
Adobe Portfolio. This template-based, multi-page, personal website has the look, feel and ease of use of similar platforms like Squarespace, Wix and GoDaddy. Portfolio can be synced with Behance. Portfolio and Behance are a great combination of website and gallery included in your CC subscription at no additional cost. Together, they enable you to present your work to the world without paying an annual subscription to a service like Squarespace or Wix.
Adobe Spark. Spark is a single-page website with more limited application. It’s okay for one-page storytelling with images, text or video. It's not the right tool for building an entire website.
The following mobile apps are included as well:
Lightroom for Mobile
Photoshop Mix
Spark Post
Spark Page
Spark Video
All are regularly updated with new features, and I reckon that for a modest monthly sum, this is a good deal.
