P: Additional options needed when exporting

You're certainly not alone in that thought Teresa, but they're building the new app from the ground up using modern code, and that simply takes time. On the up side, that also means fewer bugs!

“...the next generation of photographers.” From the comments I have read that have been posted for more than two years, I am not alone in wondering why this version of Lightroom could not have offered the same functionality as the previous version while still allowing for all these cloud and sharing advantages you mention.

> What advantages, if any, are there with the cloud-based Lightroom?

The biggest advantage is access to your photos from any device, so you can shoot on your phone, and the photo's are automatically available on your desktop when you get to work, then you can sort through them on your iPad on the train home, and view them on your Apple TV over dinner, etc.

Cloud computing also allows them to do clever artificial intelligence stuff, like allowing you to search for specific photos without needing to organize or keyword them.

They're also working on more cloud connected workflows, like being able to share web galleries, allow other people to send their own photos to your albums for you to organize (for example, if everyone's at a family event and you're in charge of collecting everyone's photos).

It's still early days, so it's still developing. Classic remains focused on being a powerful single-desktop application.

Drawing on Antoine's comments, you might consider Classic as being for more traditional photographers, whereas Cloudy is focused more on the next generation of photographers. 

To lock you in with a monthly subscription. Smart move from Adobe. And the only way to justify it, is to provide some cloud features. Even full cloud features, which makes transition to another DAM even more difficult.

They could have kept LR classic and add a cloud part, but decided to start from scratch, targeting smartphone users. LR cloud is totally not oriented towards photographers, when compared to classic.

Plus the fact you are beta testing the software. "ship first, fix later"

What I meant to ask is why did Adobe reinvent the wheel? What advantages, if any, are there with the cloud-based Lightroom?

It's different because it's still a baby. The cloud-based desktop versions aren't even 2 years old yet, whereas Classic is coming up for 13. This is a very valid feature request, and I'm certain it will be added sooner than later, but there's a lot of feature requests and they all take time. 

When we are paying for Adobe Lightroom, we should not need a workaround. It’s ridiculous that Adobe made this decision.

The save function gives me the long side custom option, but doesn’t include the rename and other functions from the original Lightroom. I’ll play with it some more, but why is it different? I miss the original.

> I need to export, change from 300 to 72, and resize images to fit on a website

Just to clarify, you can already do that in the Cloudy app. You set the size in pixel dimensions, so 300 vs 72 makes no difference to the result.

Absolutely. That is not explained at purchase time! I was disappointed to realize the export function was not included. I need to export, change from 300 to 72, and resize images to fit on a website. I will have to adjust my subscription.