LightRoom CC. Big Fail.

[Toermalijn]

How can version 1.0 be step backwards ?

Indeed.. version 1.0 of Lightroom was somewhat limited and clunky in some ways. It looked rather amateurish compared with the far more mature and fine-tuned Bridge of the same era.

But the underlying paradigm was sound - and those people actively seeking to work that way, could see the potential in it. And they soon learnt that apparent simplicity does not also mean a lack of substance.

I think this new development should be viewed in the same spirit.

Within the standard LR photography bundle you get to try out this new environment at no added cost, and to feed back to Adobe as to what works and what doesn't, so far as the functionality which has so far been included.

There's no need to rely on it for commercial work etc yet; not until you are satisified it is ready and reliable for YOU. As the included functionality widens, perhaps as new things arrive which were never even feasible in the desktop product; those who engage with the product will have a chance to influence and then to benefit from those improvements.

OTOH those who refuse to accept some novel product just because it hasn't arrived as a fully formed, mature, established product right from day 1...

that is, simply, their loss.

A beta version, say 0.9 could have a beter implemented feature and an alterd one later in the 1.0 version.

So, theoretically it's possible if they changed some things.

Not sure there was a beta available before the 1.0 version came out.

 

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[JulesJ]

Has turned into something worse than the iPhone photo editor. A huge step backwards IMHO. Who does serious editing on a phone or tablet anyway? Long live LR Classic.

 

[HatWearingFool]

Has turned into something worse than the iPhone photo editor. A huge step backwards IMHO. Who does serious editing on a phone or tablet anyway? Long live LR Classic.

 

[akluiber]

Yep. I gave the cloud service a test run using the subscription trial last month while on vacation. Except for the slow upwidth of my location, it worked great.

Did my initial picks and edits in LRCC mobile. Since Lightroom 6 was open at home the entire time I was gone, all photos and edits were already downloaded and synced when I returned. Did whatever refinements I needed, and removed the cloud copies when I finished, freeing up any used space. Done and done.

Also, from what I can tell, Smart Previews don't count towards cloud space, so cloud syncing albums/collections from Lightroom for sharing won't hinder space for future travel.

I've been playing with a number of other options as well lately: Affinity, Picktorial, Darktable, etc... and I just don't like the results as much as what I get out of Lightroom. I expect the CC version will improve from a feature standpoint over time...and probably fairly quickly.

 

[JulesJ]

Has turned into something worse than the iPhone photo editor. A huge step backwards IMHO. Who does serious editing on a phone or tablet anyway? Long live LR Classic.