amfoto1 wrote:
Older versions of LR will often be more expensive than they were when Adobe still supported them! Not much savings.
Maybe you should just get Adobe Elements 2020, which has some aspects of Lightroom and some features of Photoshop, all in one. It's also less expensive than Lightroom sold for, back when LR was available to buy with a perpetual license. It costs $100 for Elements alone. If you also want to work with videos, there's a deal on a bundles of Elements 2020 and Premiere Elements for $150 (normally $100 each, when bought separately).
Occasionally Elements goes on sale. Likely it will do so around Sept. or Oct., which is when Adobe typically announces the next version.
Like Photoshop and Lightroom, there's a lot of support for Elements. There are books and online tutorials to learn to use it. And there are add-ons to make it able to do even more (such as "Elements Plus").
I'd wager a lot of photographers are just wasting money subscribing to Photoshop/Lightroom... even at only $10 a month. They would be just fine with Elements, possibly updating to a newer version every 3 to 5 years. That would cost 1/3 to 1/5 what they will spend on the PS/LR subscription.
If you wish, it's possible to download a free trial of Elements from the Adobe website, to see if you like it. It's at least a 30 day trial (for a while they offered 60 or 90 days, but I don't know if they still do). Before downloading a trial, I recommend getting one of the "how to" books, to have on hand during the trial period, so you can get fast answers to any question you might have.
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The issue that I have with Photoshop Elements is that it is an 8-bit program and often ends up with banding in the skies.