Is this it renamed? https://www.on1.com/store/on1-browse-10/

Thanks for taking the time to help me out Nigel I do appreciate it.

To contextualise things before my very recent step in to DSLR with Pentax KS-2 I was using as my main Camera an Fuji HS30EXR bridge camera.Once a year I would get asked to come along and do some candid photography at a charity beer festival that I am involved with. The Beer festival is an evening event with darkened rooms disco lights smoke machines etc. Essentially it was 'nightclub photography' to help me with this I bought a Fujifilm EF-42 TTL flash for about £120, and it made a world of difference to my results. There was always a second photographer using a Nikon D7000 without a hotshoe flash and my results were miles better than his so I see the flash as an essential bit of kit but I only use it very occasionally for things like this so I'm reluctant to invest a small fortune.

In circumstances like this I would usually buy last years top model as I always find the current top model commands a premium and isn't that much better than the second best model, or a 'compatible' from a 3rd party company.

You're obviously the pentax flash expert so I'm really interested in your opinion.

At £350 it is a bit more than I would have hoped to pay for something I will only use a few times per year. I'll have a look at the guide ASAP.

If you have any more budget orienated suggestions I would appreciate it.

Does serif have an image organisation and search tool to go with this Photoplus?

Does ACDsee allow tagging of images and creation of collections and if it does is the search function quick?

I don't think your being boring I think your deliberately misunderstanding me because I don't agree with you.

Just in case this is not the case I will clearly state one final time I do not care what format i use but clearly if i use Photoshop to make a layered creation the editible version will be in PSD if I then want to edit that PSD in 10 years time I will need a live cc subscription to do so.

I know all about compatibility mode if you think that solves a problem long term with reverting to an old version of Photoshop (if you can get it to install on windows 19 or whatever) you will find things you did in the latest version will not function as you expect.

You will find lots of articles all over the web from people who feel the same as I and have left Adobe or are looking for the best route to do so.

I can understand why someone who is heavily invested in Adobe might wish to continue using it that is your choice and if you're happy with it then good for you. I don't see however why you want to keep trying to convince me I should do the same as you, I am not trying to convince you to change I just explained why I do not want to use those programs and asked if other people have other programs they like.

Ideally I would like decent AF assist light, TTL metering, fully moveable head for bouncing off walls and ceilings etc.

Any recommendations?

The original files only and exported final versions but not if they have been saved in Photoshop format or unexported edits in the develop mode of lightroom. They will be lost. I always keep the Photoshop file etc. For working with later or tweaking.

I save all my layered edits in the programs proprietary format for going back and editing later.

as above nothing to do with adobe leaving users in the lurch its simply that you have to subscribe for life to keep accessing your files. Other providers may do something similar in the future but right now they aren't. It was never about cost.

There seems to be a lot of options for actual photoediting photoshop equivalents etc. Not so much for file management and batch processing in the vein of lightroom.