Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> Is there an old version of Light Room that can be
> purchased separately! I am resisting the
> subscription, and still have an old CS4 photoshop,
> running on a very old Mac. The old Mac has my
> card to capture ANALOG video so I still use it. I
> use photoshop for images, primarily now and then
> for insertion into a video show, but more likely
> for dvd covers, artwork and some ads. Thus what I
> have seems to be fine for me, but I can see the
> hard-core still guy (I don't consider myself that
> anymore) could use the subscription every month at
> least. For me it would be a waste I think.
> Greg
Greg,
At least as of a year ago, you could still buy Lightroom 6 as a standalone. When I bought my D850, that's what I did. When I bought my Z6, I just had to accept the fact that I would have to convert the raw to DNG format in order to use that camera with LR. It works just fine. Not sure how much longer Adobe will continue to sell LR6 by itself.
Personally, I hate the concept of a subscription for life. Miss a payment and you can't do anything with your images. Of more concern is that once they manage to hook everyone, they can then jack the price as much as they'd like and we're all just screwed. Flickr is doing that now. A year ago, they forced everyone with more than 1,000 photos (regardless of size) to buy a pro subscription at $49.99 a year. Just recently, I renewed and got a letter from the CEO stating that Flickr is still losing money, and the price is going up by 20%. EXPECT that to happen with Adobe Products. Count on it. Just like the butt-holes that sell cable TV, they won't be able to resist the fact that they CAN jack up your rates every year without fail.
/Kevin Madore
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