Upgrading from Lightroom 6 to Lightroom CC. Any downsides?

FishyFish

FishyFish

Suspended / Banned
Messages
8,792
Name
Nige
Edit My Images
No
I'm thinking of taking out a CC subscription (primarily to get hold of an up-to-date version of Photoshop). I already own the full version of Lightroom 6 - are there any downsides to upgrading (other than the monthly cost)? What would happen to my copy of LR6 in future if I decided to cancel the CC subscription? Would it just revert to the latest update of LR6, or would I need to re-install or something?

Thanks.
 
FishyFish said:
What would happen to my copy of LR6 in future if I decided to cancel the CC subscription?
Click to expand...

You'd still own it, and it would still work. However LR catalogues aren't backwardly comparable so you wouldn't be able to see any edits
 
If you let your subscription lapse, Lightroom CC becomes effectively read only.

You still have access to Library, Slideshow, Web, Book and Print Modules, but you can't access the Develop or Maps modules, so you can't make any further edits to the pictures in CC.
 
•

… as they say, + you don't need the CC monthly costs!

These are some of the many reasons I trashed out all
from that maker.
 
Last edited:
Well I find CC fine and value for money - except the performance of LR seems to deteriorate. I would say if your hardware is up to driving the software then CC is fine - but then I do not see Adobe as some venomous beast, I just see it as an outfit that has gone in a direction most will eventually take.
 
Denyerec said:
I still use 5.7 for performance reasons, CC is a total dog.
Click to expand...

It may be different on the Windows side, but my Mid-range 2014 MacBook Pro handles 24 Mpx files from my A7 with no problem at all.

Same with my somewhat ageing 2010 Mac Pro, though that did improve enormously when I fitted an SSD boot drive where the catalog resides - nevertheless, RAW files are kept on spinning rust.

If anything, CC is slightly snappier than 5.x.

Edit: I held out as long as possible to go to subscription model, but a separate need to upgrade Photoshop meant I had no choice on that and Lightroom came with it.

I now have no regrets about doing it.
 
Last edited:
I'd regret the impact it'd have on my food intake, as I'm unable to afford the subscription. There's a huge thread raging about UI performance on the adobe uservoice forum, and from what I can tell it seems to be from both sides of the UI divide, with some Windows users reporting no trouble whatsoever, either. Whatever it is, if it affects you, it makes the product barely usable. If it doesn't, then you're one lucky SOB.

Edit: Also "No trouble at all" might be relative. The difference between 3 seconds to load a file and 6 seconds to load a file can shave 2-3 hours off an editing job - no problem for a casual user but for someone against a clock it's a massive pain.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top