Undated UI

I am agree. Many of us use Lightroom Classic because it keeps our photos local and under our control. A few meaningful updates and a clear commitment to Classic would go a long way toward keeping longtime users loyal.

I too have concerns over the MOVE towards everything being put in the cloud.

I live between 2 motorhomes in 2 different countries.

Internet connection is an ongoing challenge for me. I have to maintain prepaid plans for data connections or else I am paying for 24 months of bandwidth a year. Both speed and cost are an issue in both cases.

At times there is still issues of just being out of range of any mobile data service.

I also have concerns as an older person with a catalogue that is growning - now over 120,000 images, that if it were all in the Cloud, just what might happen to it when I am in a position where I cannot afford to pay for the space, or worse still - if there is an issue following on from the owners death and there is no continuity of payment for the space.

I maintain a collection of USB 5TB external drives for storage and backup purposes.

My original message was not a technical support request. I am not reporting a bug, so my computer specifications are not relevant. This is product feedback and a feature request.

There are two things I would like to see.

First, please give us more control over photos, fonts and the way folders, collections, and Library panels are displayed. Better options for readability and layout would make a noticeable difference, especially for those of us managing very large catalogs.

Second, please continue investing in Lightroom Classic as a local first application. Many of us have spent years building catalogs with hundreds of thousands of images because we want our photo libraries stored on our own computers. Cloud features are a good option for people who want them, but many of us simply are not interested.

From the outside, it has often felt like the new Lightroom was created to encourage users toward cloud storage. I understand why that makes business sense for Adobe, but it is not the direction I want to go. I want to keep my photos local and under my control. Therefore I do not have Lightroom installed on my devices.

What many long time Lightroom Classic users are really looking for is reassurance that Adobe plans to continue developing and MODERNIZING Lightroom Classic for many years to come. Show us that commitment by continuing to improve the desktop experience instead of treating it like a product that is only being maintained.

I have a catalog of about 300,000 images, and Lightroom Classic still handles a library that size better than anything else I have tried. If another company eventually offers the same performance with a strong local first approach, I would seriously consider switching. I would rather stay with Lightroom Classic, but Adobe should make that decision a difficult one by continuing to invest in the product. One such company you might want to watch out for is Mylio.

I come to the opposite position. It is clear to me that Adobe is trying to keep Lightroom Classic relevant and roughly equivalent or better than other image processing software.

Sorry, but I don’t understand what’s your exact issue or question.

Please decribe your issue/problem/question/feature request more detailed. And gave us more information about your system. In this case we can try to help. In other cases all provided solutions are only guesswork.