Lightroom Desktop

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May 26, 2018
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Currently I use Lightroom Version 6 on my IMAC. I have all my photos on my Desktop and have no need or desire to store them on the WEB. Has ADOBE stopped updating this Desktop single user version of Lightroom? If I want new versions of Lightroom do I now need to move to this Monthly service plan?

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JoeKostoss

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Wallackb wrote
...I have all my photos on my Desktop and have no need or desire to store them on the WEB...

You have a common misconception about Lightroom CC Classic. With the subscription plan, the Lightroom application and your photos are on your desktop just as they are now, they are not stored on the WEB. The meaning of Creative CLOUD is that every time there is an update to Lightroom CC Classic, it becomes available on the cloud and you, at your discretion, can access this update and download it to your computer and therefore always be up to date.

cmgap

Community Expert

Lightroom Classic was formerly referred to as Lightroom Creative Cloud. In October of 2017, Adobe released Lightroom CC (cloud based) along with updates to Lightroom and changing the name to the Lightroom Classic. It's confusing and half of what you wrote is correct. In the Cloud based version, your originals are stored in the cloud. Other than that the cloud-based version is good for anyone that is looking to move their images to a cloud-based workflow.

The Creative Cloud Photography Bundle includes both versions of Lightroom, Photoshop, Bridge, Spark, and Portfolio.

All this to say that if you buy the Photography Plan, you will be able to use Lightroom Classic which will have many more features than your perpetual license. You have the option to pay yearly rather than monthly. If you'll never use Ps or any of the other apps, the last update to the perpetual license might still make the most sense for you.

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Jao vdL

Community Expert

A further clarification is that Adobe has announced that Lightroom 6.14 is the last perpetually licensed version of Lightroom Classic (indeed Lightroom CC is a completely different thing so ignore that if you see it). Going forward to have updates to Lightroom Classic you need to subscribe to at least the photography plan. Unfortunately that's the way it is and it's pretty clear that there is very little chance they will ever go back to perpetual licenses as the subscription thing is massively successful for them.

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WallackbAuthor

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Thank you very much for that explanation. I guess i just have an objection to paying a monthly fee for a product that I plan to use Only on my desktop and especially when there are so many products available that do similar things and when the product I currently use satisfies all my current needs.

JP Hess

Inspiring

It's easy to justify your opinion of Lightroom when you are satisfied with what it's doing. But Lightroom has changed significantly since Lightroom 6 was released. There are a lot of new features that have been added. And while you have support for your camera now, it's inevitable that you will purchase new equipment in the future that will not be supported as far as the raw files are concerned. Of course, you will not be left hanging because Adobe will provide you with the free DNG converter. However, as technology changes and the cameras become more and more sophisticated, the technology and Lightroom 6 will become more and more obsolete. But the choice is yours, of course. If you're satisfied with what you have and cannot justify the monthly subscription then Lightroom 6 is a good choice.

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richardplondon

Community Expert

All that has changed are the payment and licensing options available to you.

The way the software works has not changed, provided it is clear you are talking about "Lightroom Classic" in the new terminology.

You can continue using your Lightroom 6 as long as you like since that is a perpetual license.

However it will not be possible to upgrade to any new versions, by paying a one-off fee, as previously.

Instead, the only way to access ongoing updates to LR and support for new cameras, is by paying for that on a subscription basis. This subscription does not cancel your perpetual license to use version 6, it just allows you to use later versions than that instead (plus Photoshop and some other benefits).

There is no separate subscription for just Lightroom Classic (last time I looked). There is a separate subscription for "Lightroom CC" but note this is the web based product that you say you do not want (and nor do I). To get Lightroom Classic you can subscribe to a Photographer's bundle which also gives you Photoshop included. This costs roughly US $10 per month on an annual renewal agreement (no monthly renewal available). BTW this subscription does not require you to have ever bought either product as a perpetual licence.

For context, if you did want to subscribe to just Photoshop on its own, which is available, an annual agreement for that would be $20 per month or on a monthly renewing agreement, $30 per month. So getting that half of the bundle for $5 per month is definitely good value IMO. For Lightroom, the ongoing cost of upgrading that every couple of years, if still possible, would have equated to the other half of the $10 per month and remember, this option is equally available to those who had never bought LR outright in the first place, as the previous version upgrades were not.

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