
My computer is a 2018 Dell laptop running Windows 10 version 1909. For Adobe, that's Camera Raw 13.1.1 and Bridge 11.0. This comparison is based upon the most recent versions of each application at the time of writing.

As in previous articles in this series, I'm limiting myself only to image editing in the interests of keeping things to a readable length, and won't address features like image management, tethering or printing. In this article, we'll compare the company's Olympus Workspace Raw processing application with its well-entrenched payware rival, Adobe Camera Raw, whose algorithms also underlie the company's popular Lightroom Classic application. Olympus Workspace version 1.4's user interface.

But is payware or even subscriptionware software really necessary, when Olympus provides its own software free of charge with your camera purchase? Did you receive a brand-new Olympus camera over the holidays? If so, chances are good that the next addition to your photographic toolbox will be a Raw processor from the likes of Adobe, Capture One, DxO or one of their many rivals.
