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Oct 18, 2017 11:45:15   #
Quantus5
 
Lots of murky and byzantine details, and amazed no one sent info on this out yet.

Today Adobe released some new pricing plans around Lightroom.

Buried in the byzantine details, is that Adobe is phasing out Lightroom standalone. :-(

Here are a few links:

https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/18/adobe-max-lightroom-cc-cloud-1tb/

https://www.cnet.com/news/adobe-lightroom-cc-faces-an-uphill-climb-photoshop-2018/

Looks like they still have the $10 a month plan, and they rolled out a new $20 a month plan -- the main addition for the $20 plan appears to be 1TB of cloud storage for that extra $10.

Personally -- I'm glad I'm not an Adobe user, plenty of great alternatives that are almost as good and way, way less expensive . It's only going to get worse going down the road. My prediction is that in two years or less the $10 a month plan will be the $11.99 or $12.99 a month plan.

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Oct 18, 2017 12:00:35   #
rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA
 
Here's the stand alone upgrade path:



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Oct 18, 2017 12:13:11   #
MT Shooter Loc: Montana
 
Official statement from Adobe:

Adobe will continue to offer Lightroom 6 as "the last stand-alone version of Lightroom that can be be purchased outside of a Creative Cloud membership." However, it "will no longer be updated with camera support or bug fixes after the end of 2017."

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Oct 18, 2017 12:16:44   #
Quantus5
 
MT Shooter wrote:
Official statement from Adobe:

Adobe will continue to offer Lightroom 6 as "the last stand-alone version of Lightroom that can be be purchased outside of a Creative Cloud membership." However, it "will no longer be updated with camera support or bug fixes after the end of 2017."



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Oct 18, 2017 12:28:38   #
PGHphoto Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
 
MT Shooter wrote:
Official statement from Adobe:

Adobe will continue to offer Lightroom 6 as "the last stand-alone version of Lightroom that can be be purchased outside of a Creative Cloud membership." However, it "will no longer be updated with camera support or bug fixes after the end of 2017."


So I guess we should get in the habit of converting manufacturer raw files to dng when the manufacturers push out a new raw format.

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Oct 18, 2017 12:30:06   #
Smudgey Loc: Ohio, Calif, Now Arizona
 
I wonder if Photoshop Elements will be next. Seems like The Adobe blood sucking continues.πŸ’€

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Oct 18, 2017 12:31:35   #
Rongnongno Loc: FL
 
Quantus5 wrote:
.../...My prediction is that in two years or less the $10 a month plan will be the $11.99 or $12.99 a month plan.

Creaky soap box over used ever since Adobe announced the subscription model.

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Oct 18, 2017 12:40:19   #
rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA
 
Smudgey wrote:
Seems like The Adobe blood sucking continues.πŸ’€


Blood sucking? Isn't that a bit extreme? What else do you willingly spend $10/month on without complaining about blood sucking? The Happy Meal @ McD's? A coffee and doughnut at a diner?
A Latte @ Starbucks?

Bottom line is, Lightroom is the gold standard for photo editing. Everything else is just a less capable copy.

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Oct 18, 2017 12:50:11   #
Quantus5
 
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Blood sucking? Isn't that a bit extreme? What else do you willingly spend $10/month on without complaining about blood sucking? The Happy Meal @ McD's? A coffee and doughnut at a diner?
A Latte @ Starbucks?

Bottom line is, Lightroom is the gold standard for photo editing. Everything else is just a less capable copy.


Yes -- the key word here is "gold" -- as in expensive.

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Oct 18, 2017 12:52:10   #
dfrodin Loc: Colorado Springs, CO
 
If you stand still, you can't go forward. Technology marches on so don't get left behind it.

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Oct 18, 2017 12:58:40   #
budlor Loc: christiansburg,VA
 
Does the stand alone Lightroom process raw photos?

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Oct 18, 2017 13:01:22   #
Rongnongno Loc: FL
 
budlor wrote:
Does the stand alone Lightroom process raw photos?

Through ACR.

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Oct 18, 2017 14:15:29   #
budlor Loc: christiansburg,VA
 
Thank you.

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Oct 18, 2017 14:27:37   #
tdekany Loc: Oregon
 
Smudgey wrote:
I wonder if Photoshop Elements will be next. Seems like The Adobe blood sucking continues.πŸ’€


Lol!

Last time I looked, or as far as I know, not one soul has been forced to lease Lightroom. Every camera comes with a processing program.

I can’t imagine what you must think of some of those new super cars that cost $4.7 million?

On another note, I guarantee you that some company IS sucking you out of $9.95 every month

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Oct 18, 2017 14:40:18   #
mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey
 
Quantus5 wrote:
Lots of murky and byzantine details, and amazed no one sent info on this out yet.

Today Adobe released some new pricing plans around Lightroom.

Buried in the byzantine details, is that Adobe is phasing out Lightroom standalone. :-(

Here are a few links:

https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/18/adobe-max-lightroom-cc-cloud-1tb/

https://www.cnet.com/news/adobe-lightroom-cc-faces-an-uphill-climb-photoshop-2018/

Looks like they still have the $10 a month plan, and they rolled out a new $20 a month plan -- the main addition for the $20 plan appears to be 1TB of cloud storage for that extra $10.

Personally -- I'm glad I'm not an Adobe user, plenty of great alternatives that are almost as good and way, way less expensive . It's only going to get worse going down the road. My prediction is that in two years or less the $10 a month plan will be the $11.99 or $12.99 a month plan.
Lots of murky and byzantine details, and amazed no... (show quote)

According to the first article, "Tone Curve," "Panorama," and "HDR Merge" are no longer available, at least in version 1.0." They removed the Tone Curve? What in the world were they thinking? That is a crippling move. I used all those tools, especially the tone curve quite often. Practically every decent PP software package has a Tone Curve feature, even free ones like Canon's DPP. So they apparently have dumbed it down so we would have to use PS more then we do now. Most people who use both almost always indicate that they do well over 90% of their processing in Lightroom and the remainder in PS. I guess Adobe is attempting to change the mix. So forget the pricing options and the lack of a standalone. That may be the least of it. Its the functionality that I'm most concerned about. After reading CNETS artice it look like even the "Classic" version may be short lived. It's really too bad. Lightroom was a great tool.

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