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November 17, 2020
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I have 2 programs, Premiere Pro and Lightroom.

Both are now very old, and I only use both a few times a year, normally upon return from my holiday.

I think £100+ a year, every year, for ever is expensive for my needs.

Is there a subscription model where I pay for use, ie I start the program, it knows that and I pay a hourly rate.

Or can you advise what programs I should move to that are not a subscription based scheme.

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Premiere Pro from $20 per month, Lightroom from $10 per month in Photography Plan. $360 per year is the cheapest (price is for a full year commitment).

John T Smith

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SOME programs are available Monthly https://community.adobe.com/t5/Get-Started/Being-charged-for-a-full-year-when-i-m-on-month-to-month/td-p/10248222 - links and pictures
-the special Photography Plan is ONLY available on an annual plan, with monthly or 1 annual payment

The Elements programs are one time purchase http://www.adobe.com/products/elements-family.html

kglad

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you're correct, it no longer appears lr is available for one-time purchase. so, its options are the same as premiere pro and the other subscription programs.

kglad

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no there is no hourly etc subscription. it's either monthly or annual.

with premiere pro you can select a monthly subscription and do that the months you want. that's the closest you can come to what you want.

you can do the same with lightroom but lightroom also has a purchase one-time option, https://www.adobe.com/products/catalog.html#category=photo

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alan-armstrongAuthor

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Thanks for the quick reply but following your link I can only see a monthly or an annual option for lightroom, but I cant see a one-time purchase option (just an option to rent it for a year or monthly)

Can I just purchase for one month, then not purchase for 8 months, then purchase for a month again.

Not ideal, I dont really like to rent anything, I much prefer to buy outright.

To my mind, a program that I buy for £150 and use for 3 years or more is way more economical that £300 for the same period and to be honest, I know the online version has all the bells and whistles and knobbly bits but I use lightroom to catalog and tweak the image, so in effect only use the bells.

I dont suppose anyone will suggest an alternative that does the job but isnt subscription based.

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