Each application is designed with this key element in mind, and as such, all other workflow considerations depend on this.Īdobe Stock: Katie Chizhevskaya / Adobe Stock: Scanrail

The first and most important aspect that separates the way these two applications function is where your photo library is stored and accessed from when you work. In this article I want to highlight the core strengths and weaknesses of each product you should consider when choosing (or sticking with) the one for you. In the end, I really think it comes down to your workflow needs. As the editing capabilities have nearly reached feature parity between both versions it makes choosing the product that best fits your workflow a whole lot easier. I don’t think either version is going to go away, and I feel that this fear and uncertainty was clouding the thought process for some people. Is this the year to switch to Lightroom in the cloud? Is Lightroom Classic a better fit for your needs? As I look back over the past 4+ years since Adobe released the cloud-based Lightroom (Lr) ecosystem as a separate offering from Lightroom Classic (LrC) I think the dust is starting to settle.

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