There can be confusion between Lightroom Classic and Lightroom, the key difference between them is that Lightroom classic stores your RAW images locally on your computers hard drives were as Lightroom stores the RAW images in the cloud.

Record where they were taken on a Map, collate images to a Book, create a SlideShow and create a basic Web galleryĪ Lightroom Classic subscription also gives you access to Adobes famous Photoshop and Lightroom (aka Lightroom CC/Mobile), which is web-based image editor.

Lightroom Classic allows you to organise, edit, print and share your photos. Within the photographic community often simply called ‘Lightroom’ and as touched on it requires a subscription to the Adobe Creative Cloud, most commonly most enthusiast photographers use the Photography Plan.

This review will help you decide whether you need Adobe Lightroom Classic to edit and organise your photos in 2020 and beyond.Īdobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic is a desktop-focused RAW image editor. I appreciate that a subscription based software is large commitment especially for a beginner or enthusiast photographers who do not earn money from there photography, however, it is an investment your photography and the cost of the Photography plan per month is approximately what you would have been paying for a roll of 36 exposure film and the developing and printing of that roll back in the mid 1990’s. I’ve been using Adobe Lightroom Classic for many years now since I moved across from Apple’s Aperture which was discontinued around 2012 and even though it is only available on a subscriptions basis I always recommend it to new photographers or those looking to change or get into photo editing. I’m pretty sure if you’re professional you’ll already be using it and will be reading something else!! This article is for beginners, amateurs and enthusiast photographers. I thought it might be useful to write a review of Adobe Lightroom Classic.

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