Converting over to Adobe Lightroom CC
May 9, 2017 07:54:42 #
swsands
Loc: Alton IL
I have done quite a bit of searching over the past couple of days attempting to answer some questions I have regarding converting over to Adobe CC. I have a prepaid card for a 1 year subscription and understand the benefits of going this route, but have some nagging questions! I am currently running the latest version of standalone Lightroom (V6.9, I believe) and I am having no issues. However, when I switch over to the subscription model, what happens to all of my plugins? I use Topaz, Photomatix and a few others. Will those have to be reloaded? What happens to all of my configurations and imported libraries? Do I lose all of my edits? If I have to do a complete reload and configuration of Lightroom, that is going to be a very long and painful experience. I simply do not understand how this process works. Maybe those wiser than I and who have actually gone through this conversion can offer some advice and words of wisdom? There is a lot of experience and talent in this group! Thank you for any information you can offer. In the mean time I will continue to search sites like Lightroom Queen and others.
May 9, 2017 08:58:46 #
The current library will be converted to the new format so all your edits will stay intact. As far as plugins go, simply copy the plugin folders to the new version of LR. Sounds messy but it's pretty simple. I have gone through at least 4 conversions with no problems.
May 9, 2017 10:00:00 #
swsands wrote:
I have done quite a bit of searching over the past... (show quote)
I had no trouble when I first converted to the CC version, everything moved with the conversion, no edits lost. However, later versions of LR have occasionally caused my plugins to vanish from the LR Edit In menu, which meant I either had to copy the plugin folder over or re-download and reinstall them. Either way, it's a very easy process, that only takes a few minutes. If you run into trouble, ask, there's lots of folks who've done this and some are quite expert.
May 9, 2017 10:02:07 #
You may have already seen this but here is the Laura Shoe video: http://laurashoe.com/2015/04/22/video-tutorial-on-how-to-upgrade-to-lightroom-cc-6/
May 10, 2017 07:05:34 #
minniev wrote:
I had no trouble when I first converted to the CC version, everything moved with the conversion, no edits lost. However, later versions of LR have occasionally caused my plugins to vanish from the LR Edit In menu, which meant I either had to copy the plugin folder over or re-download and reinstall them. Either way, it's a very easy process, that only takes a few minutes. If you run into trouble, ask, there's lots of folks who've done this and some are quite expert.
Right On!
May 10, 2017 07:12:44 #
swsands
Loc: Alton IL
minniev wrote:
I had no trouble when I first converted to the CC version, everything moved with the conversion, no edits lost. However, later versions of LR have occasionally caused my plugins to vanish from the LR Edit In menu, which meant I either had to copy the plugin folder over or re-download and reinstall them. Either way, it's a very easy process, that only takes a few minutes. If you run into trouble, ask, there's lots of folks who've done this and some are quite expert.
Thank you, minniev! I appreciate the response.
May 10, 2017 07:16:13 #
swsands
Loc: Alton IL
big-guy wrote:
The current library will be converted to the new format so all your edits will stay intact. As far as plugins go, simply copy the plugin folders to the new version of LR. Sounds messy but it's pretty simple. I have gone through at least 4 conversions with no problems.
Thank you big-guy! It seems that it is not all that difficult.
May 10, 2017 07:17:24 #
swsands
Loc: Alton IL
rwilson1942 wrote:
You may have already seen this but here is the Laura Shoe video: http://laurashoe.com/2015/04/22/video-tutorial-on-how-to-upgrade-to-lightroom-cc-6/
Thank you rwilson1942! This is one video I had not seen. It was helpful!
May 10, 2017 07:52:52 #
May 10, 2017 09:08:57 #
swsands wrote:
I have done quite a bit of searching over the past... (show quote)
When I went from 5 to cc, It all went without a hitch. Only difference, PS shows up along with NIK as an "Edit - in" application.
May 10, 2017 11:17:57 #
big-guy wrote:
The current library will be converted to the new format so all your edits will stay intact. As far as plugins go, simply copy the plugin folders to the new version of LR. Sounds messy but it's pretty simple. I have gone through at least 4 conversions with no problems.
Good advise.
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