I'm looking at possible photo editing software and I stumbled on
Capture One
I see a lot of people talk about this as a viable alternative to adobe. I'm thinking I'll try the free 30 day trial when I have some spare time and I'm wondering if this is the software for me.
They have two options. Subscription or buying it outright. The one time buy has limited upgrades, but not version upgrades. But the subscription bypasses the cost of the one-time buy in only 14 months.
I can't tell if it's cloud-based or if it works offline. It looks like there are a lot of tutorials on their website, so I'm going to start watching those before I make any decisions.