You can buy it and keep using it indefinitely. Replacing Lightroom is probably the easier part of the equation, although Lightroom 6 is still available for purchase from Adobe so it doesn’t necessarily need to be replaced. Options for Replacing Lightroom & Photoshop

So, I’d go through the hassle of going out and finding a wi-fi connection and signing in to Adobe, getting my account active again, only to have the same thing happen the next day.īut since Adobe’s announcement of the Creative Cloud subscription system, others have been developing alternatives, and some good ones are finally available. For weeks while I was traveling in Morocco and Croatia, my copy of Photoshop would claim that it was not registered and ask me to start a 7 day trial, just because I couldn’t connect to the internet regularly. I’ve tolerated Adobe’s Photographer’s plan for the past few years for lack of better options, even though it’s been a pain. I don’t want to send money to Adobe every month for the rest of my life.

The reason will be obvious to most of you: Adobe’s Creative Cloud subscription plan. At this point, the software’s functionality is mostly second nature to me I know how to use it to get things done, and quickly. I started using it in college back in 1995, and I’ve gone through so many different versions of it that I can’t even remember most of them. Let me begin by saying that I love Photoshop.

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