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isabelw9657221
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December 12, 2020
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Change from P Elements 2021 to Lightroom Classic

  • December 12, 2020
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I have read that if I install Lr Classic I can import my PE Catalog. Does this retain the organisation of my files. Elements puts files into Events, Place using a map and Faces. Does Lr do the same and will the info come across with my catalog. Also does Lr let me create slide shows and similar creations as I can in Elements. 

The reason I am considering the switch is I have had enough of continued failures with Elements year after year. My PE2021 is only 3 weeks old and now will not start up. So I thought Lightroom might be better going forward. As a subscription program is it always up to date and more stable than Elements. Any advice?

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dj_paige
dj_paige
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December 12, 2020

Much of the organization in PSE, but not 100% of it, will show up in Lightroom Classic.

 

You might ask in the PSE forum about solutions to the PSE problem that it won't start.

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isabelw9657221Author
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December 12, 2020

Thank you dj.

I have already been to the PSE forum for a solution. What I am greeted with is many people with the same problem very frustrated with their newly purchased program and no solution or help forthcoming. As a one time purchased program, PS Elements does not get any help support from Adobe

I am hoping LrC will be better but after years of using Elements I have a fear that I will have to start again to organise my 10,000 photos. Most people seem to like LrC and even Adobe say 'Upgrade from Elements to LrC'. So I have to assume that LrC is considered better and I should just go for it.

Regards

Ken

 

dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
December 13, 2020

And yet, if you read the Lightroom Classic forums, there are people who say LrC won't start, or crashes. There's no guarantee. I will say that I think the crashes and won't start problem affect 1% of LrC users, but of course there's really no way of knowing, the people who aren't having crashes/won't start problems (like me) don't write in to tell us.

 

So if I were you, @isabelw9657221, I'd download the 7 day free trial of LrC, and do as much as possible in those 7 days to give LrC a full workout on your computer.

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