explanade
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I’m interested in noise reduction. I will have to look into it. Lightroom looks like it has some nice editing features but it tries to suck up and copy everything I open with it. Is there any simple way to avoid it’s primary file management function and just use it as a simple editor?
Doesn't copy anything. You import a directory or a single photo. It will be in the catalog file but it doesn't make a copy of it.
The non-destructive edits are stored in the catalog file and the RAW file is left untouched. It will save an .xmp file with all the edits you made.
Now, if you choose to convert it and save as a DNG, then it's saving an additional large file to the same directory as the source files, which could be on another volume.