![]() ![]() For photographers who only use Lightroom (and not Photoshop), then it might be best for you to stick with the standalone version alone. I completely understand that the CC is not going to be the best fit for everyone. Then, once everything is downloaded, you no longer need to be connected to the Internet to use the software. You don’t need to re-download the software each month, but you can download any available updates (which are oftentimes only available to CC subscribers). Each month, you need to verify your subscription with Adobe so that they know that you are paying for the applications you are using. Think of the applications with the Creative Cloud like a magazine. You already downloaded it! But, if you want to read the most recent issue, you will need to log in and download the latest version. If you want to read the magazine you already downloaded, do you need to be connected to the Internet? Nope. And, each month you download a brand-new magazine issue. If you purchase a digital magazine subscription, you pay monthly for a new magazine each month. Here’s a scenario that might help things make even more sense. Think of the Creative Cloud as a magazine subscription The files are also synced and stored in a regular folder on my desktop. This is an example of an eBook project I have stored inside of my assets folder on the Adobe Creative Cloud website. There are a lot of powerful features in the Creative Cloud that you just cannot get using the standalone apps. You can save and sync desktop settings for many of the apps. You can also find tools, stock images, fonts, and more and sync them with your applications. It also has other added benefits, such as the ability to sync collections through Lightroom Mobile and use Adobe’s other creative apps, sync your Adobe files and work on, share, or collaborate with other creatives, and so much more. First of all, your applications (before they are downloaded) are waiting for you to download them from “the cloud” (a.k.a. The Creative Cloud does have cloud-based functionality. Then, why is it called the Creative Cloud? They stay put on your computer or hard-drive and are not “held hostage” by Adobe. So, if you uninstalled Lightroom, your photos would go nowhere. In fact, you choose exactly how you want your images to be stored on your computer. Lightroom is not a photo-storage service, and they don’t “hide” your photos in some strange impossible-to-understand hierarchy of folders. ![]() I store the photos from my Lightroom catalog inside of an external hard-drive.Īlso, if you stopped using the Creative Cloud and uninstalled Lightroom, you would still have full access to your photos. There are also some that need to be updated. As you can see, I have several apps that I currently have installed on my computer. When I am ready to download an app, I click on the icon and select “Apps” from the drop-down.This puts an icon in my dock that I can use to access the other apps I subscribe to. First, I make sure that I have the Creative Cloud application downloaded to my desktop.For me, I subscribe to the entire “Complete” collection, which gives me access to every app they offer. When you subscribe to the Creative Cloud, you download an app which will then allow you to download the software which you are subscribed to. I have seen comments from photographers who think that in order to use Lightroom, Photoshop, or whichever Adobe program they use, that they would need to be connected to the Internet 100% of the time. (Photo from ) The Creative Cloud does NOT need Internet all the time This is the current price model for Creative Cloud subscriptions (as of April 2015). ![]()
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