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ljfinger
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JRFlorendo: How could Adobe pull a NetFlix on us. This is an excellent opportunity for Aperture to make a move.
Sure they could. Elements and Lightroom have never been part of CS, and CS went this way, and Elements and LR didn't.
Mssimo: Able to use software online only? How long could you go without a connection before software locks up on you?
Actually, it's 180 days.
"You will need to be online when you install and license your software. If you have an annual membership, you'll be asked to connect to the web to validate your software licenses every 30 days. However, you'll be able to use products for 180 days even if you're offline.
backayonder: Great if you are on a fast broadband service with lots of data allowance each month. But I am on Wireless Broadband with only 8GB per month. So most of that usage will dissappear will it with programme downloads and picture uploads to Cloud Cuckoo land?
"You will need to be online when you install and license your software. If you have an annual membership, you'll be asked to connect to the web to validate your software licenses every 30 days. However, you'll be able to use products for 180 days even if you're offline."
Mssimo: Able to use software online only? How long could you go without a connection before software locks up on you?
A month, I think.
TomGordon: Goodbye Adobe, You just got too greedy for a happy photo enthusiast. This was the little push I needed to leave your product line :-)
"If you plan on converting RAWs as 99% of Lightroom users do, you need Adobe Camera RAW. "
No, you do not, as I said. LR comes with the Camera Raw pipeline built in. In fact, the Camera Raw plugin won't even work in Lightroom.
ljfinger: "The move will not affect Lightroom customers, who will continue to be able to purchase 'perpetual' licenses."
The LR situation hasn't changed. It'll still be updated as before.
"Lightroom is not a replacement for PS. The rudimentary cloning tools and airbrushing tools in LR make PS necessary. Adobe understands this."
Elements has the same cloning tools as PS. So buy Elements.
"The move will not affect Lightroom customers, who will continue to be able to purchase 'perpetual' licenses."
TomGordon: Goodbye Adobe, You just got too greedy for a happy photo enthusiast. This was the little push I needed to leave your product line :-)
No, you do not. Lightroom is entirely stand-alone.
Kali108: Capture One Pro 7...here I come.
Just so you know, this doesn't apply to Lightroom.
TomGordon: Goodbye Adobe, You just got too greedy for a happy photo enthusiast. This was the little push I needed to leave your product line :-)
Just get Lightroom and Elements. It's more than needed for photographers, and it's cheap and perpetual!
Paphios: I've been considering looking at alternative RAW converters other than Adobe's. Now that it will be a necessity the question seems to be which ones to try. Meanwhile I will just use CS6 until Adobe comes to its senses or a solid alternative appears.
That's correct - Lightroom will still have the perpetual license.
winkalman: Aperture here I come...
Lightroom will still have a perpetual license.
ljfinger: Still waiting to see my first good street photography image.
"There are some of Trent Parke's images that I do really enjoy:"
These pictures are horrendous. I'd delete them in-camera.
And, no, I've never seen an HCB street shot that was any good. He has a couple of non-street shots that are okay.
Is there something about "street photography" that requires everything to be out-of-focus, motion blurred, black-and-white, clipped or crushed, tilted, and/or badly framed?
ljfinger: Still waiting to see my first good street photography image.
Who?
Still waiting to see my first good street photography image.
Revimaru: This IS a game changer. Extremely good news for people like me who have hard time justifying the cost of replacing their crop body with a FF just to get better low light performance
I have a crop sensor camera Canon 40D and my main problem is the lack of choices for a fast wide-normal zoom lens for my needs in astrophotography and shooting band gigs in small bars. Right now I am almost done saving up for Canon 6D body and a 24-70 2.8. Well my plan changed with this announcement. I'll probably be getting a 7D which offers BETTER features than the 6D and wait for this lens.
I mean really look at this:
6D + 24-70mm 2.8 = ~$3700
7D + 18-35mm 2.8 = ~$2800
THAT'S $900 WORTH OF BEER FELLAS!!!!
And oh, you could get camera accessories instead too :)
24-70 is vastly superior in range to 29-57. I'd need at least one wider f/1.8 zoom on the 7D to make up for it.
Without 24mm-equivalent, a normal zoom is a non-starter for me. 15mm or bust!
madeinlisboa: 5 new features and a whole lot of dough from customers. Nice one Adobe!
Still using CaptureNX + ColorEfex....
Like I said, more than a hundred new features:
http://www.lightroomqueen.com/2013/04/15/whats-new-in-lightroom-5-0-beta/
madeinlisboa: 5 new features and a whole lot of dough from customers. Nice one Adobe!
Still using CaptureNX + ColorEfex....
There are more than a hundred new features.
digitant: I am still using LR3 on a Mac (2012 MBA/13/8/512). Trying out LR5b I notice two things:
* the size of the app: it has grown from 110MB to 1.1GB !
* it still is no true full screen app on Mac OS X 10.8, despite what Adobe says.
Surely these are not show stoppers, but they matter to me.
The size is mostly for templates and profiles. The basic application isn't anywhere near that large.