CC App Transitioning from LR6 to LRC -

[BobMc]

Lightroom Version Number

LR6

Operating System

1. Windows 11

I have used LR from first Win Beta to LR6 on Win 10 and am finally planning to transition to Win 11 and the latest LRC.

Besides the LRQ resources, what additional learning resources would you recommend?

 

[tspear]

I have written multiple posts on it over the past couple years.

Here is one example you will see me in multiple posts in the thread. It also gives a link to a blog by LRQ. https://www.lightroomqueen.com/comm...m-lightroom-classic-to-lightroom-cloud.49983/

I did my migration a few years ago; so I am not current on the latest issues.

Tim

 

[johnbeardy]

I have used LR from first Win Beta to LR6 on Win 10 and am finally planning to transition to Win 11 and the latest LRC.

Besides the LRQ resources, what additional learning resources would you recommend?

Please explain which program you mean by "the latest LRC". Not at all your fault, but Adobe's product naming shenanigans mean it's not clear if you mean the newer cloud-dependent "Lightroom" (also "Lightroom Desktop") or the traditional Lightroom now known as "Lightroom Classic" or LRC.

 

[BobMc]

Please explain which program you mean by "the latest LRC". Not at all your fault, but Adobe's product naming shenanigans mean it's not clear if you mean the newer cloud-dependent "Lightroom" (also "Lightroom Desktop") or the traditional Lightroom now known as "Lightroom Classic" or LRC.

Lightroom Classic

 

[Replytoken]

My advice is to make sure you have adequate hardware to meet your level of LR Classic use. If you plan on using the new features like Denoise, know that this can be a very intensive task that can push your GPU. If yo are expecting fast processing times, make sure your GPU is up to the task. If speed is not as critical, then the need for a top performing GPU is not as essential. And your CPU and RAM should also be up to the task. LR6 did not need nearly the amount of resources that the newest LR Classic requires.

Good luck,

--Ken

 

[vbnut]

FWIW, I switched from LR 5.7.1 to LrC (20GB Photography plan) in late 2022, a few months after I purchased a camera that wasn't supported by the older version. I didn't find I needed much in the way of additional training, as I just opened my existing catalog, let LrC convert it to the new format, and continued processing as I had before (like you, I started with the Win beta). I gradually started trying newer features that I saw mentioned on LRQ or elsewhere when I found the need for them, and at that point used the Adobe documentation, the LRQ "Missing FAQ", and internet searches to figure out how to use them.

 

[johnbeardy]

My advice is to make sure you have adequate hardware to meet your level of LR Classic use. If you plan on using the new features like Denoise, know that this can be a very intensive task that can push your GPU. If yo are expecting fast processing times, make sure your GPU is up to the task. If speed is not as critical, then the need for a top performing GPU is not as essential. And your CPU and RAM should also be up to the task. LR6 did not need nearly the amount of resources that the newest LR Classic requires.

This is an important difference between Lr6 and Lr13 (Lightroom Classic) in practice, but think about all the AI-driven features, not just Denoise.

We’re not talking AI freakery, but your biggest gains from Lr13 are likely to come from local adjustments (“masks”), cloning and perhaps also Denoise. And their most powerful processes are based on AI and on the GPU. Local adjustment or masking contains new features such as selecting the subject, the sky, people or objects, so you can adjust those image areas individually. Some of these capabilities may be disabled if your GPU is not up to scratch or may perform so slowly that you are reluctant to use them. Cloning has now gone much further than dust spotting and is becoming really handy for removing objects and distractions, and again the tool’s most powerful feature requires the GPU for decent speed. You may or may not use Denoise (I only use it for my best high ISO photos while others seem to use it routinely) but it can fail to work or work slowly if the GPU is underpowered.

In general, Lightroom Classic doesn’t require more resources, but these AI-driven features definitely do.

 

[Gnits]

I thought I would never have a real need for Ai Denoise…. until I made a mistake with flash at a vip family occasion. My instinct was that I thought I had captured the key moments… but to my horror…. on import … all the frames were black. I pushed the exposure slider to the right and could see detail, but in a hailstorm of coloured noise.

I had 50-60 frames…. I applied AI Denoise to all of these in batch mode…. and was stunned by the ability to control the noise and share more than decent images to all concerned. With such extreme under exposure the results would never match a properly exposed image, but many would not know the difference and the family and friends were delighted to get the shared images.

 

[johnbeardy]

And your reputation remained intact!

 

[clee01l]

Lightroom Classic

LrC and Lightroom Classic mean the same ambigous thing. The current release is LrC v13.5.1. Soon, there may be a v14.0. This is why it is important to be specific. In six months "latest LrC" will be out of date and confuse those reading this post then.