{"id":541,"date":"2011-08-17T21:25:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T02:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nathanhunstad.com\/blog\/?p=541"},"modified":"2011-08-17T21:29:13","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T02:29:13","slug":"closed-source-software-i-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nathanhunstad.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/closed-source-software-i-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Closed-source software I use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I\u2019ve said before, I like using open source software <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nathanhunstad.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/open-source-for-school\/\" target=\"_blank\">whenever I can<\/a>. So what close-sourced software do I use? Here&#8217;s the list below the jump:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adobe Lightroom: Really the best software for cataloging and processing digital RAW files. 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