From Photography Plan (20 GB) to Lightroom (1 TB)

[TeVerGezocht]

Hi all, at the moment I am subscribed to the Photography Plan (20 GB) and for a long time used Lightroom Classic only. Now I'm migrating photos to Lightroom (Cloud), as that functionality is sufficient for me and I like that everything is synced between devices, but I will soon reach the point where my 20 GB will no longer be enough.

So I want to change plan to the Lightroom (1 TB) option, but if I do that, it looks like I immediately lose Lightroom Classic? At least when I try to change plan, I get explained that the old subscription ends immediately and I will get a small refund for the (little) time left till the end of the old subscription's period.

Will Lightroom Classic immediately stop working (so I cannot migrate the remaining photos), or am I too worried? I figured out the approach for migrating the photos, but what's the smoothest process for changing the subscription over to the Lightroom Cloud 1 TB plan?

Best regards,

Eric

[Tacafy大尉]

TeVerGezocht, good morning.
If your payment method is a credit card, you can switch from the Web using this procedure.
Otherwise, you will need to contact Customer Care for the change procedure.

Change your Adobe plan

[TeVerGezocht]

Hi, thanks for the reply.

The thing I was concerned about is access to my existing Lightroom Classic catalog.

This article below answered my question and took away the concerns:

https://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2014/07/what-happens-to-lightroom-after-my-membership-ends....

So basically if I cancel my subscription (or change to a plan without LR Classic) I can still access my Lightroom Classic catalog, with some features disabled but I can still export my photos gradually to Lightroom CC.

Best regards,

Eric

[Nancy OShea]

Transfer images to external drives BEFORE you change plans.  LR Classic will stop working. Your files won't vanish, but your access to the software will.

[TeVerGezocht]

Hi Nancy, are you sure?

I see several blog posts dedicated to this, re-assuring us that we can still access the photos through Lightroom Classic, just with some Lightroom features (like Develop) disabled. One such example is:

https://lightroomkillertips.com/happens-cancel-lightroom-classic-subscription/

Also Adobe has this article on its own web site:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/faq.html#accordion-container-2-trigger-6

Best regards,

Eric

[Nancy OShea]

To clarify terms, you can still access Lightroom but not Lightroom Classic as they are 2 different apps with some shared modules.