Since the first Lightroom beta was released in 2006, the world of photography has undergone many changes. In those days, most people had never even heard of smartphones, and editing photos required sitting down at a computer. Today, photos shot on mobile phones grace the covers of top magazines, and billions of photos are captured… Click to continue
Lightroom CC/6 Myths & Confusion
Last week, Lightroom CC/6 got off to a slightly bumpy start, with some installation failures and hidden purchase buttons, but the dust is settling. Adobe have just released a minor dot update (6.0.1) to address the two biggest problems – the Help menu command and shortcut went to a page that didn’t exist (now fixed) and some… Click to continue
If you cancel your CC subscription, you’ll lose all your work… or will you?
There’s been a lot of discussion about subscription services and whether you’ll lose access to your work when you cancel your Creative Cloud subscription. This is particularly of concern to Lightroom users because your edits are stored non-destructively in the catalog. Of course you could export all of your edited photos to standardized formats before… Click to continue
Adobe have listened to photographers! New bundle!
At Photoshop World Keynote today, Adobe made a big announcement – a Photographer’s Creative Cloud bundle at a great price! Beginning today, customers who own Photoshop CS3 or higher are eligible for a special Creative Cloud membership offer that includes all of the following for just $9.99/month: Photoshop CC Lightroom 5 20 GB of online… Click to continue
Adobe’s changes… let’s stop and take a breath
Well Adobe’s Creative Cloud announcement has certainly had a reaction! There are a lot of photographer’s being understandably vocal about the changes. Are Adobe listening? Er, yes, they can’t miss it! In a dpreview interview, Winston Hendrickson (VP of Creative Solutions) said “[we know there’s] currently there’s not a lot of photography-specific value in our… Click to continue
Adobe goes subscription-only (but not for Lightroom)
At the AdobeMAX event today, Adobe announced that they will no longer be selling perpetual license for the Creative Suite. That’s now been rebranded as Creative Cloud, and will be available by subscription only. Technology, and life in general, are moving faster and faster, and 18-24 month upgrade cycles just don’t work that well anymore.… Click to continue
Lightroom joins the Creative Cloud
Today is the day many Creative Cloud subscribers have been waiting for – Lightroom is now available as part of the Creative Cloud. If you’re already a cloud member, log in to the Creative Cloud and download it now. There’s more information at http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/lightroom-creative-cloud-faq.html Welcome to the Lightroom Community! What is the Creative Cloud?… Click to continue
Adobe’s Creative Cloud Announcement and Upgrade Pricing
An announcement made by Adobe nearly 2 weeks ago appears to have many in the photographic community up in arms. Why? In amongst the announcement about the new Creative Cloud subscription was a section which said: For customers who prefer to remain on the current licensing model, we will continue to offer our individual point… Click to continue