MoT wrote:
This has probably been discussed but here goes. I am still using LR v.6.14 on my iMac with the latest Mojave MacOS. LR is listed as a small 64 bit program and so should work in the new Mac OS Catalina. However I discovered the installer on the program is only 32 bit so it will probably not work on Catalina if I have to reinstall LR. My Mac is of course backed up so if need be can I get LR from backup if something goes wrong? I am loathe to loose this stand alone version and go to a subscription. If I decide to go to a subscription I understand there are two versions of LR being "classic' and "cc". Which one is best. I do not want to keep my files on a cloud. What is the consensus of UHH? Thanks for any advice that can be offered.
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LR 6.14 = DEAD END, already unsupported by Adobe. I have yet to hear of anyone successfully using it with MacOS Catalina.
The Adobe Photography Plan comes in two flavors. The less expensive one ($9.99 monthly) includes Photoshop CC 2020, Lightroom CLASSIC CC (the most similar to version 6.14), Lightroom CC (formerly Lightroom Mobile... works on computers, phones, and tablets and shares files through Adobe Cloud), Adobe Bridge 2020, Adobe Camera Raw (used by Photoshop, both Lightrooms, and Bridge), and some other goodies. It also includes a wee bit of cloud storage on Adobe Cloud. You can buy more, but you don't have to.
All the applications are downloaded onto, installed on, and run on your hardware. Lightroom CC can share files with three types of devices, as mentioned. Lightroom Classic *can* put files in the cloud, but I, and most others using it, keep all our files on local drives. I don't use Adobe Cloud for anything. It's just not my thing — yet.
Your computer has to connect with Adobe over an Internet connection once a month (on the monthly plan) or once a year (on the annual plan). That is to check for updates, and for them to be sure your subscription is still paid for. Your subscription includes all upgrades and updates and bug fixes for the life of your subscription. That way, your software is always updated for the latest releases of MacOS and Windows. (There is sometimes a little lag in *stability*, so I always wait a few months after MacOS updates to install the latest OS version on my computer. For example, the forthcoming Catalina 10.15.3 looks like it might belong on my iMac. (Catalina 10.15.2 is current.)
If you suspend your subscription, you can download anything you put on Adobe Cloud. You still have access to all your files. You just cannot make any changes to them with Adobe Apps. If, later, you resubscribe, you pick up where you left off as if nothing happened.
As a pro-level user, I need Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, and to a lesser extent, Bridge. I could care less about the current Lightroom CC, although that could change in the future as it matures.
Lightroom Classic is a powerful workflow tool. It integrates well with Photoshop and other imaging applications (Nik Plug-ins and Mac Graphic Converter 11, in my case).
About 80% of my post-processing is cull editing, rating, organizing, filing, parametric editing (i.e.; ACR processing of raw files), printing, exporting, and web posting. That all happens from Lightroom Classic, which for me, is a hub.
I do quite a lot of conversions of negatives to positives, using digital camera raw files and the non-destructive Negative Lab Pro plugin, which runs inside Lightroom and is worth its $99 price many times over.
Photoshop handles layers, text, transparency, bitmap editing, CMYK color separations, and has a wide array of other imaging tools not present in Lightroom Classic. I use it sparingly, when I really need it.
My finished (rendered) images are cataloged separately in Bridge.