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I was lucky enough to buy a cs6 serial key before it was subscription (for web, only recently got into photography) would you say LR is worth the subscription for a hobbyist? it wasn't included in the package wayback when
i bought a capture one perpetual license and never looked back. if your budget is free, you can combo with Paint.Net and RawTherapee
Darktable. Works quite well.
Personally I’d say it’s worth it because I feel like editing is half the process and so far LR/PS has been the only software that works for my own process and art making. There are other software option though that work great! I think in general, whatever editing software you vibe with is worth it
At some point your version of CS will stop being updated (if it hasn't yet) and you'll have no choice but to to go the CC if want the newer features or if you get a camera with a raw file your old software doesn't support.
This has certainly already happened. Haven't gotten PS updates since around 2019; until I got into photography recently I just didn't feel I needed the new features is all
Very recently I tried taking a photo in RAW and ps wouldn't load it, so i started considering CC for LR
I swear by Affinity. It's like $40 for a perpetual license, and almost as good as Photoshop. More polished in many ways.
Does it do what LR does? Cs6 has an older version of PS that i have nearly a decade of experience with, so it's been too be able to do what LR can do for me to consider swapping over
I'm a hobbyist, the Lightroom and Photoshop subscription has well been worth if to me. People here always go on about how their copy of cs6 will never expire, while I smile and nod with my gpu-accelerated, ai-enhanced super tool that does in minutes for a hundred photos what takes them hours in Photoshop.
I'm thinking about giving the subscription model a go. I've been using CS5 for years. I reckon the features they've added since I last purchased it could save me a lot of time in the long run.
This is probably the biggest seller for me.
Very well, you have convinced me sir. I shall try the subscription
Very cool. Can't hurt to give it a whirl, I think you can save a bit if you commit to a whole year at a time, I don't quite recall though.
I agree. Between 2010-2020 things didn't change nearly as much as adobe has in only the past 3 years. These days if with AI things change fast and you're missing out if you're not updating somewhat regularly. Can you still get the same result with 2018 software? Sure, but it's going require more time and effort than if you use the newest versions.
Subscription model can be annoying, and especially so when it was new. But these days it has a lot of upsides and I prefer it.
I was pretty unhappy when I upgraded my computer and my old Photoshop CS6 stopped working. Affinity Photo does the job, too, but I have a lot of Photoshop muscle memory to relearn.