Wellhiem wrote:
Are any of you using the Adobe CC photography plan? If so, how are you finding it? And, I know this is going to sound like a silly question, but can you still use all your plugins, ie. Topaz etc.? Also are you limited to using only the photos on your cloud storage? Many thanks in advance.
1. Thousands of UHH'ers use the Adobe CC photography plan.
2. It is wonderful. I've used every version of Photoshop since 1.0, and every version of Lightroom since 2.0 beta 1.
3. Yes, all the plug-ins you're used to work fine in Lr and Ps.
4. NO, you are not limited to cloud storage! In fact, if you use Lightroom CLASSIC CC 2018, you don't have to put anything in the Adobe Cloud at all! I don't.
Beyond your questions, there's something else you need to know:
Adobe used to have a product called Lightroom Mobile. They had another product called Lightroom CC. They had yet another product known as Lightroom 6.
In late 2017, they changed the names of what were Lightroom Mobile, Lightroom CC, and Lightroom 6:
• The product known as Lightroom Mobile evolved into the cloud-based Lightroom CC 2018, an entirely new product!
• The *stand-alone* Lightroom 6 is no longer supported. While you can still find it, its feature set is frozen as of 1/1/2018.
• The old *desktop-based* Lightroom CC evolved into Lightroom CLASSIC CC 2018, which is also the only real replacement for Lightroom 6.
Lightroom CC 2018 is the version that runs on phones, tablets, and computers, and is made to take advantage of the Adobe Cloud. If you don't want to work that way, you don't have to!
Lightroom CLASSIC CC 2018 is an evolution of both Lightroom 6 and the OLD Lightroom CC desktop software. Most advanced and professional photographers working on desktop and laptop/notebook computers prefer it.
The subscription includes several apps, including Photoshop CC 2018, Lightroom CC 2018, Lightroom CLASSIC CC 2018, and Adobe Bridge. Various plans are available, based on the amount of cloud storage you want to buy. If you don't want much (or any) cloud storage, the basic plan is $9.99/month US plus tax.
Lightroom Classic CC is a workflow tool designed by professional photographers for the most common professional needs. It is a COMPLEMENT to Photoshop. If you're a working pro and use Adobe apps, you need both. I spend 75% to 80% of my post-processing time in Lightroom CLASSIC, and 10% to 12% in Photoshop CC, and the rest in other apps. MOST of what I need to do to most images can be done in Lightroom. When I need layers, composites, masks, bitmap editing at the pixel level, filters not found in Lr, text, CMYK color separations, and other advanced tools, I send an image to Photoshop for finishing, then send it back to Lightroom for cataloging, exporting, web posting, or printing.