While the impact of this tech on still images is one thing, I think the real impact in the creative community will be felt in the animated versions. This same AI tech can be used to make what are essentially photo-realistic moving images - a gorgeous young woman walking down a pier on a lake with the wind blowing her hair and dress - generated without any human standing in front of a camera, etc. In fact, apparently a couple of top earning "models" on the quasi-porn site "onlyfans" are just that - completely computer generated (and raking in tens of thousands of dollars a month for whoever programmed them). I have heard that for a year or two now many car commercials where we see that vehicle driving across the salt flats or around a mountain switchback or whatever are in fact AI - this time the computer generates that Mustang or Range Rover or whatever over a battery powered blank "sled" that has four wheels (with an adjustable wheelbase) - basically a white box on wheels, as an overlay to give us the impression it was an actual car making those maneuvers.

That is what a large part of the SAG-AFTRA actor strike was about - actors are (rightfully) scared they will be replaced. Which they will. The current argument had to do with producers wanting to pay an actor for a day to take photos that they could then use, royalty free, for any purpose in perpetuity. And it seems perhaps the actors got a bit of a reprieve for now. But there is little doubt that in a few years - 2? 5? certainly before 10 - non existent actors will be generated entirely using AI - no longer will producers need to pay Brad Pitt (or whoever) royalties for using their likeness - we can see above the nature of these images that required no humans on sound stages or in front of or behind cameras, etc.

So once Hollywood is essentially decimated (and imagine if A.I. is put to use to write scripts as well!) what I foresee is a major shift in the world of thespians. Actors who truly love the craft, who want to act in front of other people, will migrate to the stage - live theater might make a comeback as audiences start to get fed up with "fake" talent. Meanwhile, those who today are celebrities without talent (they slept with the right director, whatever) - who I personally think constitutes the majority of that celebrity actor group - they will fade away and perhaps have to learn to code or something.

Thanks - that page I did not see - but as I dig further I did find it. And yesterday when I looked no mention was made of LrC, only LR, but today the description details do show LrC so I'm glad to see it is not going anywhere (at least any time soon)

Thanks again!

Now this is concerning to me, because when I was showing a friend the options for the various Adobe cloud subscriptions I saw that there is no longer a 30 (0r 7) day free trial period with LR Classic - only with Lightroom (cloud). Is it possible that Adobe is going to abandon LRC altogether?

Well, perhaps it would help to actually read the book and determine if what he states might rise to the level of libel...just sayin'

Sure, but given the book has been out for over ayear, do you really thing none of those lovely folks would not be sending busloads of lawyers to Kennedy to sue for libel - except that it's all true?

It's fun to see witless comments like this one...for those who do not want to be disabused of their feelings of superiority for getting the jab, I recommend you avoid reading Robert Kennedy's "The Real Anthony Fauci" because you might learn how deep and wide the lies you were fed have been. The fact that he names names (Fauci, Gates, CDC, NIH, NAIAD, Johns Hopkins and more) with loads of facts and citations to same AND that he hasn't been sued to oblivion by any of those miscreants tells us what he wrote is in fact, factual. So avoid learning about the big hoodwink at all costs!

That might have been a phishing attempt - I have seen things like that allegedly from Microsoft. Also 'single use codes" for facebook (which I am not on). And these bogus mails get sent to all of my email addresses, so it is obviously spam.

If you pay attention, you can see my website at the bottom of my signature...enjoy

I look forward to your witty japes!

I am not certain as to what part of reality eludes you. I simply proffered my opinion. YOU came back with YOUR opinion that MPIX is good - and I am not disputing that...only that in MY OPINION Aluminyze is better. And then you went off on a tear somehow accusing me of arguing with you...have some camomile tea, pal - calm down.

Oh, and as for "showing you" - how the heck can that be done? Want to come to see the dozens of prints I have including some at a couple of local restaurants? Or ones I sold from said restaurants? Ignore me - I don't care - the world doesn't care - if you want to satisfy yourself get a print from Aluminyze to compare with one from MPIX...whatever. But you need to calm down.

Do we, really? Because you seem intent on berating me for mine, pal.

And yet, I found Aluminyze to be better...what can I tell you? I mean, I've only done 50+ prints with them after trying a number of shops over the years, so what could i know? But that does not mean that MPIX is bad by any means.

I have used Aluminyze (https://aluminyze.com/) for years and found their quality to be better than the larger labs like MPIX and Bay, for what that's worth.

I agree - while this might be a helpful feature for some (or even many) users, Apple took the skeevy approach of making it an "opt out" rather than an "opt in" function - meaning you need to be aware to go to thee settings and turn off this oh-so-wonderful sharing function...and that is likely why various police agencies have issued warnings.

I heard some time back the term derived from the somewhat derogatory term "Gerry" that referred to Germans - circa WWII.

You might want to check out https://www.photobookamerica.com/ - not sure what you consider a "fair price" to be but you can check theirs. I have calendars made by them, and their response times are quite good, while I find the software quite easy to use.