How to keep Lightrom 6 if I buy lightroom 15

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Hi,

I'd like an answer from an Adobe employee i.e. someone who can represent the company.

I have been absent from photography and post-processing for some time, but I am intending to get back into these. I own Lightroom 6, and I am happy to move to Lightroom 15 and the subscription model. BUT I do not want to lose what I own i.e. Lightroom 6.

How can I install Lightroom 15 without overwriting Lightroom 6. The intent here is that if I ever feel the cost of Lightroom subscription is rising irrationally for a hobbyist photographer, I can move to another tool such as PhotoLab but still edit my pre-install-Lightroom-15 photos in Lightroom 6.

Thanks for your help,

Alan

dj_paige · Accepted Answer

I still have LR 6 installed on my Windows 11 test machine along with LR Classic (currently 15.0.1).

By @johnrellis

Thanks for the info, @johnrellis

There is also this post which explains how you can have two different versions of Lightroom/Lightroom Classic installed at once. https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/keeping-two-version-of-lightroom-classic/m-p/15584603#M418167

dj_paige · Answer

I don't know if both can be installed at the same time. However, if you decide not to subscribe to the Adobe Photography Plan which includes Lightroom Classic 15 (not Lightroom 15, there is no such thing) then you can re-install Lr 6 (assuming Lr 6 is compatible with your operating system — right now Lr 6 works on Windows 10 and 11, but who knows if it will work on Windows 12). The instructions for re-installing Lr 6 are here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-information-regarding-lightroom-6-x-pre-lrclassic/m-p/15300904/page/7#M403241

Be aware that some of the work you did in LrC 15 is not backward compatible to Lr 6. Some of the edits can transfer via XMP, but not all. The LrC 15 Library module still works even after your subscription ends, and so you can export all of your work from LrC 15 if you want to, but there is such a large drop in functionality from LrC 15 to Lr 6 that I can't ever imagine doing that myself.

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