The ability to sync collection with the iPad looks like a new feature, to me.You're quite right! Sorry, I use Android, not iThings, so must have subconsciously blanked it out.
Is this update for America only?
My v5.3 is still showing "Your software is up to date. No updates available at this time."
Is this update for America only?
My v5.3 is still showing "Your software is up to date. No updates available at this time."
The i thingy is only available if you are a CC subscriber. Discuss!
Hi David,
What's there to discuss.
As a purchaser (you know, pay in advance, no subscription) of the perpetual LR5 license, I feel the end of Lightroom without a subscription has just become more likely ... Of course the App only being available to iPad users also shuts out the majority of tablet users (Android and Windows based), which seems a bit self-centered and arrogant.
Conclusion, they don't want me as a customer, just my money.
Cheers,
Bart
It could just be that whoever developed Lightroom Mobile is an Apple fan, or more familiar with iOS and Objective C than with Android and Java, and decided to do Apple first. But they're not stupid, and I think an Android version is pretty likely. Almost no one is going to choose a tablet based on whether it runs Lightroom Mobile; they'll use Lightroom Mobile if it runs on their tablet.
I've not developed anything on ios (only on Android) but I'd be surprised if there's an architectural reason why Lightroom Mobile can't be written to run on Android.
Hi David,
What's there to discuss.
As a purchaser (you know, pay in advance, no subscription) of the perpetual LR5 license, I feel the end of Lightroom without a subscription has just become more likely
Adobe has seemed to repeatedly reassure users that the CC and standalone versions of Lightroom will remain equivalent.
I expect Lightroom to tell me discretely at application startup whenever there is an update to LR, even if it is an update that I will have to pay for (i.e. 5.x -> 6.x).
I make my own choices not what a company thinks I should useThat's what they've got you believing :-)
As a side issue, LR seems to have disappeared from the list of installed applications on my Creative Cloud menu-bar thingy. I am wondering if it is still recognised by LR that I am a CC customer ....Same for me. It offered to update Photoshop and Bridge, but then Lightroom appeared only in the lower list, as though I didn't have it installed.
Show me where Adobe has ever said that Lightroom in CC and as a perpetual license would remain "equivalent"...I'm pretty sure I've never heard them say that. What they have said is the Lightroom will continue as a perpetual license and as part of CC. LR 5.4 has the same desktop functionality in both versions. The ability to use LRm is an added function for CC subscribers. They didn't take away any functionality to LR 5.4, they added new functionality to the CC version. There's a difference...
Yes, there is a difference. Perhaps Adobe's line should be that "There will be a component of CC called Lightroom and a perpetual licence product called Lightroom. However, they will not necessarily be the same product"
I have perhaps had too much experience of software companies who, having exhausted the licence revenue from their product, elect to add new functionality as an extension, not part of the original product, and therefore requiring a separate licence. I appreciate that is NOT what Adobe is doing with CC, but it is not too hard to see LRm (or future "extensions") appearing as an additional product under the perpetual licence model, if they were though to be revenue generating.
Simon's referring to this (http://www.economist.com/news/business/21599370-adobes-bold-embrace-computing-cloud-should-inspire-others-super-subs) - bit of a puff piece though! Did you also see this Forbes article (http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2014/03/28/should-wall-street-reward-adobes-falling-profits/), Simon?No I hadn't seen the Forbes piece, thanks for the link John.
That is exactly what I meant to discuss. Adobe has seemed to repeatedly reassure users that the CC and standalone versions of Lightroom will remain equivalent. This is just the first example of divergence.There is no divergence. There is only one version of LR. Owning the license for LR doesn't involve any rights to any creative cloud content or Lightroom mobile, which is what the new feature is about. It isn't a feature of LR, it is a feature of creative cloud.
Dave
When I clicked "Check for updates" from within LR5.3 I was told no new updates available, but when I quit and restarted, I was asked if I want to upgrade to 5.4. Which I did.
As a side issue, LR seems to have disappeared from the list of installed applications on my Creative Cloud menu-bar thingy. I am wondering if it is still recognised by LR that I am a CC customer ....
No new features, only new cameras and lenses, and some bug fixes.
Apparently the bug that sharpness and noise reduction were not applied properly on some exports has been fixed.
Four updates until something like this gets fixed? Seems like it has routinely been taking them this long to get all the major bugs fixed for each version. Just about in time for them to release the next version. Although I have LR5, courtesy of the CC, I have stayed with LR 4 while waiting for them to go through most of the update cycle. Maybe now I can safely update without any major impediments to workflow.No, it wasn't four updates till it was fixed. Unless Simon is referring to a different bug, that bug (sharpening fails to apply if image exported at less than 1/3 of dimensions of original) was found in 5.0 and fixed in 5.1. You could have "safely" updated then.
No, it wasn't four updates till it was fixed. Unless Simon is referring to a different bug, that bug (sharpening fails to apply if image exported at less than 1/3 of dimensions of original) was found in 5.0 and fixed in 5.1. You could have "safely" updated then.
Well, actually that particular bug was actually fixed in version 5.3, along with a whole bunch of other bugs: http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2013/12/lightroom-5-3-now-available.html
So, update 5.4 did not actually have any major bug fixes. However, I still need to do some research to find out whether there are any remaining major bugs before finally starting to use LR 5