However, Adobe’s Photography Plans are a very good deal. This is nevertheless a great option for photographers who can do everything they need to in Lightroom and want their images available everywhere, on any device.Ī lot of people object to software subscriptions on principle, hence the constant marketing message of ‘subscription free alternatives’ from rival software publishers. It costs the same as the regular Photography Plan, but effectively you swap Photoshop and Lightroom Classic for 1TB online storage. This comes with Lightroom and 1TB storage and that’s it. It’s ideal if you intend using Lightroom and its highly convenient all-your-images-everywhere cloud storage, but if you intend using Lightroom Classic, there’s not much point in paying the extra. This combines the regular Photography Plan with 1TB online storage, so it’s the best of both worlds – but at a price. You can try out Lightroom with this plan but you’ll soon fill up the 20GB storage provided. It comes with Photoshop on desktop and iPad and both versions of Lightroom, though Lightroom Classic will be the best version to use because it requires no online storage. This is the best basic option for photographers. So there is a fourth ‘cloud-based’ product in these plans, i.e.

You do get 20GB of online storage as standard with an Adobe Photography Plan, but while this is enough for some limited image sharing, a portfolio website and other online housekeeping, it’s not enough for Lightroom’s online storage needs.

Read more: Lightroom vs Lightroom Classic: there are important pros and cons, and it’s not simply a case of ‘new’ versus ‘old’.

Lightroom CC comes with all three Photography Plans the Lightroom Plan is just Lightroom CC + 1TB.

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