P: Allow for family usage, i.e. from more than two computers

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@timothy_spear  Correct.  I use Photoshop for all of my post processing, never store anything on LR nor edit anything with LR because the tools are much more robust and extensive in PS. To each his own, of course, which depends entirely upon what we are trying to accomplish!

As an aside, I follow this forum primarily out of interest in seeing how others  (1) use and (2) view the two + Adobe products. I seem to see a ratio of LR to PS comments of about 8:1, and I also see that the LR users tend to be less knowledgeable about LR than the PS users are about PS. My guess is that the much steeper learning curve for PS (and the very complex menu structure of PS) may have the effect that people tend towards LR for perceived easier use.

Also, I see many of those that post comments about LR (1) tend not to give sufficient information in their initial requests for help, and (2) are often either angry or defensive, asserting that their problem is  Bug derived and not due to lack of understanding.

Dave,

No disagreement. This is why I posted it on feedback, for Adobe to consider. Not in community support, looking for answers.

Also, this specific forum is for Lr cloud based desktop solution. It is missing many features which are critical to the professional crowd you mention.

@timothy_spear 

It really gets down to a business decision: what universe of customer  users will provide the most revenues. Professionals, those who either work in large corporate graphics departments or are professional independents are obviously the most likely sources of those revenues, not family album users. For any business to survive, it must keep their eye upon where their "daily bread " is derived. It takes a LOT of CAPEX to achieve the massive complexity that is a product like LR or Photoshop, or the many other packages that Adobe offers to the professional graphics world.

That is not to say that those of us that are amateurs, or using PS or LR for our own pleasure should not have access, rather that we should be realistic about what such a powerful set of tools does cost.

My personal use is for my own pleasure; I share with (1) a website that I have setup (birdsbydave.com), (2) DropBox shares for select followers. You might consider those sorts of approaches... Best regards! Dave

This has nothing to do with social media, or posting on the net.This has to do with having a family photo library.

What is the phrase, content is king? If Lr wants to make FB the owner of family photo libraries, it is their loss.  (FB has a pretty descent family album feed system).

Tim

There seems to be a small subset of users that see LR as a TikTok or Instagram / iPhone playground, which it is not.  If two bucks is the "threshhold" beyond which one cannot afford LR, I suspect that alternatives might be more appropriate.

At some point, i would like to be able to have a license scheme that allows for family usage of Lr. e.g. Have the ability for multiple family members, e.g. my wife, kids and I all be able to utilize Lr. In our case, a single shared account would be very nice from a sharing perspective, if the license issue could be solved.

e,g, existing Lr plan for 1TB is $10 a month, includes to computers and a single user. Allow to double the plan in a single account, or add additional user for $2, or additional 2 computers for $3, or additional TB for $5.

From a feature perspective, I would only want to add a few things, all should be minor:

1. Ability to have a separate copyright and photographer added to the meta-data by device instead of by the plan.

2. Ability to have a default album per device or user.

3. Search filter based on these fields.

Note: I did look at the team versions, and from what I have found they are prohibitive cost, feature wise, and Lr Cloudy is not included. Further, they are really aimed at an alternative base of users.

Tim