I stopped using PS when they went to the CS - I have no use for any of the other pieces, and couldn’t justify the cost of keeping up the whole suite just to get the PS bit. So I generally managed to get along with PS7, and have switched much of my basic editing now to Lightroom, which gets more capable with each iteration. I picked up Elements recently, which has been getting some of the “magic” capabilities of PS, and now use it on the occasions when I need more pixel-level power than LR offers.
But I am seriously considering the $10/month plan for PS only. Even more magic than Elements, plus the ability to save custom crops and other tools like I used to be able to do in PS7.
Does anybody know if you can choose NOT to implement the rental version of LR if you buy into this program? I own LR5 now, and am (only sightly, but still . . . ) concerned that if I switch to the rental version and down the road decide to discontinue the subscription to PS, I would not be able to buy a standalone version of LR whatever they’re up to at that point. I know they’re selling LR separately at this point, but if in the future they roll it into the rental-only model I’d have to give it all up if I decided to drop renting PS. (I’ve never read a how-to on managing the catalog if you want to go back to an earlier version of LR.)
Any thoughts, or better yet, actual experience, on keeping on with a purchased copy of LR if you join the rental program?
On Nov 22, 2013, at 6:41, Ernst Dinkla <e.dinkla@...> wrote:
Now everybody can join the scheme:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57613183-92/adobes-photoshop-lightroom-deal-open-to-all-comers/
Looks like subscriber numbers were too low so far.
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