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Brizzoluk
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November 22, 2024
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lost in Lightroom confusion

  • November 22, 2024
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Hi everyone

 

I need a bit of help with Lightroom versions and functionality as I'm a bit lost with it!

Hopefully one of you nice people can help me with it.

 

So, I have been running Lightroom 6, which i paid a one of licence for, since about 2012, and have always gotten on fine with it, but I always thought there was a better version with more features around which I thought was Lightroom cc or lightroom classic, are these the same?

 

So this week I have been on the Adobe website and looked at the subscription packages available and signed up for the 20gb photography package on a free trial for 7 days.

 

So now I go on my crative cloud homepage and it shows now i have lightroom classic v6.0, is this not what i already had?

When I open it, it just seems to open my lightroom 6?

 

I have copied the information from the system info below

 

Am i being stupid here or am i going mad?

 

Thanks for reading...

 

Lightroom version: 6.14 [ 1149743 ]
License: Perpetual
Language setting: en
Operating system: Windows 10 - Home Premium Edition
Version: 10.0.22631
Application architecture: x64
System architecture: x64
Logical processor count: 12
Processor speed: 4.2 GHz
Built-in memory: 32682.5 MB
Real memory available to Lightroom: 32682.5 MB
Real memory used by Lightroom: 652.1 MB (1.9%)
Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 769.2 MB
GDI objects count: 380
USER objects count: 1005
Process handles count: 1279
Memory cache size: 172.8MB / 7914.6MB (2.2%)
Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 7
Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX,AVX2
Camera Raw virtual memory: 47MB / 16341MB (0%)
System DPI setting: 96 DPI
Desktop composition enabled: Yes
Displays: 1) 1920x1080
Input types: Multitouch: No, Integrated touch: No, Integrated pen: No, External touch: No, External pen: No, Keyboard: No

Graphics Processor Info:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2

Check OpenGL support: Passed
Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 566.14
Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
LanguageVersion: 3.30 NVIDIA via Cg compiler


Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom
Library Path: E:\Lightroom\Lightroom Catalog.lrcat

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GoldingD
GoldingD
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November 22, 2024

First up, do you have more than one computer? I ask because some find that if they install the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop App, they have issues reverting back to the old perpetual Lightroom 6.14. If you have a second computer, Accomplish your test, your trial on it. (I could be wrong)

 

Second, up, Did you download and install the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop App? It is required to install the Adobe applications in the various Adobe Plans.

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/creative-cloud-desktop-app-download.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    BrizzolukAuthor
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    November 22, 2024

    Hey GoldingD

     

    No I only have the one computer, running windows 11.

    i downloaded the creative cloud desktop app, and downloaded lightroom classic through that.

    According to the app its showing that i have Lightroom classic installed, but when I click on it to open it, I'm pretty sure its just opening my old Lightroom 6.

    Per Berntsen
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    Per BerntsenCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 22, 2024

    Ok so i bring up the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop App, and hover my cursor over lightroom classic and it says the same as yours, click to open.

    When i hover over it in apps, it says Lightroom classic v6.0, Lightroom 6 doesnt show up in this app.

    Its almost like I have to delete Lightroom 6 for lightroom classic to run.


    I have both Lightroom 6 and Lightroom Classic installed, and they are both listed under Installed apps.

    When I open LR 6, it identifies as Lightroom CC 2015, which is the subscription version of Lightroom 6.

    To verify if LrC is installed, with the File explorer, go to C:\Program Files\Adobe, and see if there is a folder named Adobe Lightroom Classic. If the folder is there, open it, and double-click the file named Lightroom.exe to launch LrC.

     

           

     

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