TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

These are really excellent images!

Davethehiker Loc: South West Pennsylvania

Thank you.

Steve22

Really nice work

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Response to Davethehiker:

You have to “phone home” about once a month if you are using CC. That is not out of character with subscription services.

RE the price, for less than 3 Starbucks Premium coffees per month, you get Lightroom, Photoshop, Bridge, LR CC + 20 GB of free storage, and Portfolio. Please stop carping about the price. It is a great deal. If you don’t think it is a great deal then find a better deal and post it here so everybody can partake.

melueth Loc: Central Florida

Your photos are an inspiration . . . glad i checked in this morning. Gorgeous!!

ML

Tracy B. Loc: Indiana

Beautiful photos! I especially like the humming bird.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

NOT Photoshop's problem. To insinuate that it was is very unkind.

traderjohn Loc: New York City

So, what are you going to do?

dave.m

Dunno what subscription you have but mine includes LR CC, LR Classic, and PS. Also a small amount of Adobe cloud storage.

LR classic is significantly more feature rich than CC and doesn't need the internet. Just checked with airplane mode and it powered up without problems, edited, saved. Didn't check PS as not on my laptop, only the desktop when back home. I have used the laptop on a week away without internet with no problems. I don't know how long LR classic will continue before it sulks and needs an internet connection to update/check licence but it is more than a week with my experience.

I don't use Adobe cloud as the capacity is small unless you pay even more, so back up OTG to external USBs, and keep the card intil I get home. Using LR Classic I download OTG from any cameras I have with me or from the phone on a daily basis.

Bottom line: do you need and use adobe cloud? If not disable it in the apps, and use LR Classic (which is faster and more features) or PS classic.

As to cost, being retired I wish it was cheaper but I understand Adobe's motive - there were more ripped off copies of PS and LR than there were paid for apparently. I resisted the subscription version for years but finally succumbed to get the LR catalog management back. Revenue pays for development and support, and it seems reasonable that the people who pay get the updates. Although the circa £100 p/a cost is cheaper than updating every 2 years previously, Adobe do a student edition, why not a wrinklies version?

There are other excellent 'pay once' / free options for both raw and jpeg users. For RAW ON1 is an excellent pay once alternative to LR with similar import/ image library/ raw processing alternatives. For PS the list of options is much bigger.

Szalajj Loc: Salem, NH

There are actually 3 packages that come in that $9.99 bundle.

Bridge
PhotoShop
Lightroom

If you shoot in RAW, I find Bridge the easiest place to adjust the settings on the shot, before I bring it over into PhotoShop.

I didn't know that you got all 3 packages in the bundle for the first 2.5 years that I subscribed.

I had to reach out to them to get a link to download LightRoom. I had only needed the other two for a class that I was taking.

My suggestion to the OP is that on days that you have a solid internet connection, that the OP open one of the programs to let them all update.

I'm concerned that this most recent update requires you to enter your password. I'm not sure that I have that password recorded where I can locate it easily. I was in the software a few days ago, doing some research on the camera settings on some 4 year old shots, and I didn't need my password then.

Tracy B. Loc: Indiana

I think using the "hot spot" is an excellent alternative when the internet is out.

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

dave.m

If you want a hot spot look at these 4G LTE by TP Link

https://www.tp-link.com/uk/home-networking/mifi/ (there are others but I use the M730 frequently so can confirm performance.) I see on amazon.com there are others which are locked to Verizon etc but I prefer a SIM free model.

Unlike a phone, they only do one thing and do it really well. In the same location with the same sim they outperform a cellphone by a significant margin. The hot spot allows multiple devices, and even the base model has 150mbs bandwidth. I use a prepay SIM with a data package so only top up when I go away. I've even hung it out the window in a waterproof sponge bag to get best signal :)

rond-photography Loc: Connecticut

Affinity is no subscription and very, very compatible with PS. As someone else pointed out, Adobe will require connection now and then so the subscription can be verified, but since you have a hard time maintaining the connection, it might be prudent to switch to other software.

Tomcat5133 Loc: Gladwyne PA

Read an article the other day about Adobes suite of software being a tech mess these days.
I pay $56 a month and am forced into all of these programs. People say find other software but
the truth is they own the working software for the whole graphics industry. PS, LR, illustrator, the pdf system Indesign etc. I am still working and exchanging files with clients and work partners requires
these programs. Also have to pay every year for a subscription to Microsoft Mac Office which is an inferior
To the PC version. I want to pay for services fairly. But I use Final Cut Pro not Adobe Premiere for my video editing. Companies that become dominant become bullies. Comcast is my major online where I live.
They steal my personal info what I buy, watch and even more unethical practices.
The other day I wanted to connect online to a magazine I have been getting for years.
A half hour later with multiple passwords and a very poor site I still haven’t got my paid for
online connection.
I call these companies predators like most American banks are now. The article also mentioned Apple
I have been using since it’s first machine. They want to dominate our experience and actions.
Adobe was always a company that was difficult. Just try and update your programs. Or use it in a second machine.