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December 2, 2019
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Lightroom CC2018 vs Lightroom/Photoshop

  • December 2, 2019
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Hallo
I receive no message from sales support! What is the difference between Lightroom CC2018 and Lightroom/Photoshop. 
Is this the same software?
Thanks for answering:-)
Magnus

 

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Rob_Cullen
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Rob_CullenCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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December 4, 2019

Two links- to help you decide:

https://lightroom.adobelanding.com/which-lightroom-is-right-for-you/

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/lightroom-cc-vs-classic-features/

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
magnusk29960746
magnusk29960746Author
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December 5, 2019

Great. That helps!:-) For the 1st link: I am looking also for something simular like Premiere Pro and Premiere Elements 2020. I cannot find such a page by Adobe...

Magnus

Just Shoot Me
Just Shoot Me
Legend
December 5, 2019

That is because the name convention is different (Lightroom was Lightroom until Lightroom Cloud Centric came along and Lightroom CC "WAS" Traditional LR version until people started calling the Cloud Centric version LR CC).

Talk about confusing, my god. Even with a Score card it is hard to understand which is which.

 

There is Premiere Pro, professional software, and Premiere Elements for the casual users. 

And the Elements versions are the only Adobe programs that is not tied to a subscription plan in some way.

 

 

Abambo
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AbamboCommunity Expert
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December 2, 2019

There are 3 Plans for "Lightroom" with different features:

  • The Photography plan (20Gb)  includes Lightroom Classic, Photoshop and (the here useless) Lightroom. Lightroom is useless because on the limited 20G cloud space.
  • The Photography plan (with one Tb cloud space) -- the same as above but with 1Tb cloud space.
  • The Lightroom plan without Lightroom Classic and without Photoshop, but a Tb of cloud space. 

All the plans come with different apps for mobile devices.

 

So all is depending on if you intent to use cloud space, because you are working on the run or if you need Photoshop together with your plan.

 

 

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
magnusk29960746
magnusk29960746Author
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December 3, 2019

If I am at a Lightroom course it might be a bit impractical if I have to work in the cloud. However, I can also edit the files offline?
Would you recommend the cloud-solution anyway?

Just Shoot Me
Just Shoot Me
Legend
December 3, 2019

Personally I don't recommend the Cloud system but I'm old and don't like all my data on someone else's systems.

So to your question about the Cloud, NO.

JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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December 2, 2019

Yes, Lightroom Classic and Photoshop can work together very well. You can send an image from Lightroom Classic to Photoshop, make edits and then (a copy of) the image comes back in the Lightroom classic catalog.

-- Johan W. Elzenga
    magnusk29960746
    magnusk29960746Author
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    December 2, 2019

    Thank's:-) But why is there a version like CC2018? Still in the internet...

    Magnus

    JohanElzenga
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    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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    December 2, 2019

    Adobe used to add the letters 'CC' to all the Creative cloud products. It dropped that recently. So if you see 'Lightroom CC2018' then that is the old version of the current app called Lightroom.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
    magnusk29960746
    magnusk29960746Author
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    December 2, 2019

    Does Lightroom work properly together with Photoshop?

    In this case I have to buy/download the Lightroom Classic Version…
    Thanks for answering!
    Magnus
     
    JohanElzenga
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    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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    December 2, 2019

    There is no Lightroom CC2018. There is Lightroom (a relatively new application that stores images in the cloud) and Lightroom Classic (the latest version of the Lightroom that has been around for more than ten years). And then there is Photoshop, which is an entirely different application.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
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