New Adobe CC Software Will Require Current OS

[winger]

And then there's this - https://laurashoe.com/2019/05/14/licensed-to-use-your-version-of-lightroom

 

[jtk]

You won't find many professionals worrying about Adobe prices ... Adobe tools are more important to their businesses than are their investments in one brand or another of cameras....

 

[jtk]

Or one could use GIMP and pay nothing.

Gimp is a time waster.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

Well, this is bad news. Adobe released the following statement:

"To take advantage of the latest operating system features and technologies, the next major release of Creative Cloud will not support Windows 8.1, Windows 10 v1511 and v1607, and Mac OS 10.11 (El Capitan)."

I do most of my editing on a Mac with the current operating system, but when I travel I use my IBM Windows laptop running 8.1, which will no longer be supported. Looks like I'll have to upgrade Windows. Not happy about needing to spend $200 or so to maintain compatibility. A new computer with Windows 10 included may be the better long term investment. Or move to a Mac laptop. I am obtuse enough to like the TrackPoint though.

An alternative may be to ditch Adobe CC and embrace Capture One. I liked what I saw with it at the Photrio Symposium. Only downside is that it doesn't support the Fuji GFX which I have been mulling over.

Digital can be a puzzle sometimes. Film is simple in comparison. I guess that is the attraction for some.

Yeeah; They got us coming and going.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

Gimp is a time-waster.

+1 I'm afraid.

 

[wiltw]

I understand where you are coming from. I still use Word/Excel from Office 2003 because they do everything I need. I am not a power user. It is the same with image software. For some, LR5/PS5 is sufficient.

I still use Office 2003 suite simply because, in trying to use Office 2007, the user interface was changed so much it was very painful to try to use! A number of acquaintances had run into the same problem.

 

[wiltw]

You won't find many professionals worrying about Adobe prices ... Adobe tools are more important to their businesses than are their investments in one brand or another of cameras....

What Adobe does in terms of subscription pricing works fine for a professional user who derives income from what they do with it.
But then again a lot of Adobe Lightroom users are amateurs or hobbyists who derives zero income for $120 annual expense in perpetuity.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I still use Office 2003 suite simply because, in trying to use Office 2007, the user interface was changed so much it was very painful to try to use! A number of acquaintances had run into the same problem.

I use Office 2008 on my Mac. When I upgraded to a new Mac, TimeMachine brought it along. For my laptop PC I use OpenOffice. I do not believe in renting software.

 

[jtk]

Some level of personal discipline is desirable in all sorts of activities...even in photography.