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Why does Adobe try to force me into theit cc system?
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Because that guarantees them a steady flow of income. When you buy a perpetual licence product, they never know if you will buy the next upgrade too.
Because that guarantees them a steady flow of income. When you buy a perpetual licence product, they never know if you will buy the next upgrade too.
Huh?That is what I was thinking: they try to bind me. Anyway I would do this? And WHY?
It seems they like income more than happy customers. Once in the cloud you are utterly lost into the Adobe darkness.
Why don't you want to choose for yourself and let competition take it's way?
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Why don't you want to choose for yourself and let competition take it's way?
That is what I was thinking: they try to bind me. Anyway I would do this? And WHY?
It seems they like income more than happy customers. Once in the cloud you are utterly lost into the Adobe darkness.
Why don't you want to choose for yourself and let competition take it's way?
Huh?
Buy another product then. For many of us the Photography plan is a great bargain. I guess for you it isn't. Adobe isn't "forcing" you to do anything.
I do agree Rob; however it's more long term that concerns me. Once we are all hooked up to a plan there is not a lot from stopping adobe from jacking up the monthly fees; we can only trust they will not.
Let us say I stop doing as much hobby photography/editing in year or two then the fee becomes just a cost I don't really use. I'm used to using LR; don't want to learn another program and as I understand it I cannot move LRCC (or lr6) back to my old and owned LR5.
Yes, lets nor forget we can keep on using important parts of Lightroom after stopping subscription!I might then decide to let my subscription lapse. At that point I will still be able to use Lightroom, all that I'll lose is access to the Develop and Map modules (but if I'm not shooting anymore, that'll be no big deal, right?), and I'll lose access to mobile sync (again probably no big deal). All my existing library will still be available to me (I can even still develop in needed using the Quick Develop function
I agree that for some, it might become unaffordable in the future. But it is a great bargain, full stop, compared to what Ps/Lr cost in years past.I do agree Rob; however it's more long term that concerns me. Once we are all hooked up to a plan there is not a lot from stopping adobe from jacking up the monthly fees; we can only trust they will not.
Let us say I stop doing as much hobby photography/editing in year or two then the fee becomes just a cost I don't really use. I'm used to using LR; don't want to learn another program and as I understand it I cannot move LRCC (or lr6) back to my old and owned LR5.
The plan is great value for working photographers who will use more of the Adobe programs; but as a hobby photographer it can be an expensive enough hobby without having to pay out another fee every month for the editing program I'm sort of locked into using even if I only use it a few times/hours a month
And that is why I have not signed up to CC or purchased LR6 that the kids gave me for my birthday several months ago [there also seems to be some slowness dramas with LRCC/6. I have had and am still having my share of dramas with LR5 so I don't want to buy more]
For some Rob; it's not the clear cut bargin many think it is.
Now that I have committed to LR CC. Do I have to make different collections for all my images in my catalogue from the past 15 years to access/view them on any any device?
Hello Robert!
No, you do not need to. Just select the collection (does not work with folders!), right-klick and select Sync with Lightroom mobile.
Wolfgang
Obviously your photos, or some versions of them, have to get from your external HD to your other devices. Collections are the way that you decide which to use with that process. Lr uses smart previews to show the photos; it doesn't actually upload the raw or original. So they're smaller files.Thanks Wolfgang.
I have not made a lot of collections in the past. I do understand how they work with LR CC. In the past I have had had my 75,000 m/l images on an external HD and able to go back several years and enjoy images from the past. Now are you saying I need to make collections from all my images to view them if I don't have access to my HD>
Thanks,
Of course that assumes that Adobe does not increase the monthly subscription rate.