LR Question--the New Lr or LRC (Page 2): :sm24: :sm24: :sm24:...

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

CHG_CANON wrote:

Hopefully, you've selected the $9.99 Photographer's Plan, as discussed earlier this week in another thread. From the list of software in this plan, the logical change from LR6 is the LR Classic software that installs and operates locally on your computer equipment.

greekd214

jaymatt wrote:

I just gave up and went the subscription route (my new Mac won't run my old LR6). I now have the new LR and the LRC. To those of you with experience in this area, which is better to use, LRC or LR? There seem to be several differences.

Thanks for any suggestions and reasons you might offer.

You'll find LRC to be your best option. I use it exclusively along with Photoshop.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

jaymatt wrote:

I just gave up and went the subscription route (my new Mac won't run my old LR6). I now have the new LR and the LRC. To those of you with experience in this area, which is better to use, LRC or LR? There seem to be several differences.

Thanks for any suggestions and reasons you might offer.

The answer depends on you. I could guess based on what is right for me but I am not you. The link below is a good article summarizing the differences. Give it a look and maybe it will help you decide for yourself which is better for you.

https://photographylife.com/lightroom-classic-vs-lightroom-cc

And FYI, it doesn't have to be either or. You can use both.

smf85 Loc: Freeport, IL

jaymatt wrote:

I just gave up and went the subscription route (my new Mac won't run my old LR6). I now have the new LR and the LRC. To those of you with experience in this area, which is better to use, LRC or LR? There seem to be several differences.

Thanks for any suggestions and reasons you might offer.

I found LRC to be more of a all-around application - it does a lot of things pretty well and the learning curve isn't very steep. LR (cloud version) is oriented towards portable storage and editing. It works on everything from a desktop to an smart phone. Its very convenient to be able to sort through a large photoshoot the next morning at breakfast with and iPad or iPhone. Its feature set is reasonably consistent across the multiple platforms but is more limited than LRC's. I find that I need to use Photoshop more often than I would with LRC - which is available on the iPad these days. So I pretty much do full editing on an iPad. Not nearly as efficient as on a desktop/laptop but I can do most things. You can even enable LRC access to the cloud images; but if you want to do that just be aware that the cloud images are separate from the local cataloged images. They must also be uploaded by the LR cloud application, not LRC as the LRC will use the cloud but only for smart previews.

There is lots of flexibility and features/capabilities in the three products - they are highly adaptable and will help nearly anyone's workflow.

FrankN Loc: Maryland, USA

jaymatt wrote:

I just gave up and went the subscription route (my new Mac won't run my old LR6). I now have the new LR and the LRC. To those of you with experience in this area, which is better to use, LRC or LR? There seem to be several differences.

Thanks for any suggestions and reasons you might offer.

If you are used to using LR6, you want to use LRC--same program as LR6, just updated features. LR is a completely different animal.

Ednsb Loc: Santa Barbara

I agree 100%. LightRoom Classic is still the better app.