Manglesphoto wrote:
I am considering a 2017 - 27" iMac to replace my 2012 - 21.5 , My question is about PSCC, I see that the basic plan also includes both versions of lightroom, can I use PSCC without using Lightroom ? .
I have no desire or need to use either.I have my own catalog system set up and it works very well for my use.
Thank you for your help
Frank
Back in 2012 I was using Photoshop, Lightroom, Elements, Photo-Paint, Paintshop Pro, CorelDRAW, and any and all that were free; GIMP comes immediately to mind.
Then, at an Adobe convention, I had the pleasure of watching one expert who had been doing exactly what I was doing explain how Photoshop alone can do what all the others were doing cumulatively if only I would give it a chance. So every time I did something, Paintshop Pro, I would then do it in Photoshop. If I did it in CorelDRAW, I would then do it in Photoshop. Since I make a living doing things to digital photos, it only took me about six months before I was doing everything in Photoshop. So I didn't have to upgrade all those other programs whenever upgrades came along. Saved me about $2,700 annually. Then, along came the Cloud, and Photoshop and Lightroom together were just $9.99 a month. That saved me another $600 or so annually on Photoshop upgrades.
At a convention in 2016, an Adobe expert showed us how Bridge is far superior to Lightroom's cataloging functions because Bridge will never, ever lose track of a folder or a file. So I endeavored to quit using Lightroom's cataloging (which I never liked anyway) and go 100% full-on with Photoshop. Bridge also has batch functions and much much more.
The greatest things about Photoshop and Bridge is that Bridge comes with Photoshop, and Photoshop is the world's de facto standard, so if you get stuck on something, there are probably millions of text tutorials, YouTube tutorials, and the online Adobe forums where you can get immediate answers.
Make the effort to learn everything about Bridge & Photoshop, and you'll never go back to anything else.
Make that effort first by doing the things that you do everyday.