same image viewed on MacBook Air & iMac -not equal

[kayak107]

my iMac was purchased in 2012 and the MacBook Air in 2014.  Just purchased LR CC and love the ability to edit on both computers.  However, there is a big difference in the way the same image looks when viewing on both monitors.  The MacBook Air monitor shows a much more vivid and brighter image than the iMac .

I can adjust the brightness on the iMac but what about the vividness??  I did calibrate the iMac display and that made things a little better but still not the same quality.

if I can't get them to be equal then what's the point of having the cloud sharing.

[Jao vdL · Accepted solution]

First you need to calibrate both displays using calibration hardware (so not the built in calibration tool but a tool like a SpyderPro, Colormunki, etc.) to hope to even come close. Then realize that the mac book air has a very low quality screen and even calibrated you can't necessarily trust its display.

[kayak107]

thank you.

silly ? but is it possible to have LR CC and not utilize the cloud sharing??

[Brad Lawryk]

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thank you.

silly ? but is it possible to have LR CC and not utilize the cloud sharing??

If you don't want to use the cloud you are better off using Lightroom Classic. The cloud based storage is an integral part to the Lightroom CC workflow.

[kayak107]

i have the classic but really only wanted photoshop. can photoshop be

purchased as a standalone? and is there anything that LR CC has that

photoshop doesn't .

On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 4:47 PM, Brad Lawryk <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[Brad Lawryk]

Yes, you can get PS alone but it cost twice as much money as a standalone compared to the photography plan. You are better off with the photography plan and just not use Lightroom if you don't feel the need.

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Can't really compare PS and LR. Two completely different products with completely different workflows.

[kayak107]

i'm absolutely fine with doing that.  only concern is whether I can turn off the cloud syncing function.

know anything about LR crashing.  have never experienced it before but it's happening now.  any chance that the addition of the classic CC and photoshop could be causing it??

[Brad Lawryk]

The cloud syncing is only with LR CC. If you still want to use Lightroom in addition to Photoshop use Lightroom Classic. No need for cloud at all.

There are a few threads on Lightroom crashing on this forum, maybe check if any of them are similar to your case.

[kayak107]

ok, thank you.