Photoshop itself, without ACR, is light years behind in color processing. It's a dinosaur at this point. It had only one remotely competent grading plugin (Firegrade), but it seems abandoned.

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t0bia_s 9 hours ago | parent [-]

Name some color process that cannot be done in PS. I'm recommending PS for color grading to be precise.

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orbital-decay 8 hours ago | parent [-]

You can do anything in a hex editor. The question is how convenient it is.

	▲	t0bia_s 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Beside Adobe terms of use and implemented spyware, their software is convenient enough to justify monopoly on market. Sure, editing via prompts or personalised automated actions would be ultimate convenience, but we are not here yet. Day by day software like those from Adobe or BlackMagic will be obsolete.