This new app (now called Lightroom CC, also referred to as LR CC in this series of articles) is Adobe’s “cloud-centric” editing app which functions under the assumption that you want the full RAW files of all of your photographs synced to the cloud. Presumably for marketing reasons, in late 2017 Adobe decided to take the name of the well-established Lightroom that we have all used for years, and reassign it to a completely new piece of software (rather than come up with some new name for this new app), which led to much confusion among both new and existing users. Unless you have a specific need for more storage, opt for the 20GB plan.Ĭonfused yet? Let me back up for a moment. The latter does not include Photoshop (which, though not directly related to editing image in Lightroom on the iPad, you will likely want to have access to), and it also includes only the Lightroom CC desktop app, not Lightroom Classic (which is the more suitable app for this type of workflow).

I advise you to subscribe to the “Photography Plan (20GB)”, not the “Lightroom CC Plan (1TB)”. There is a bit of potential confusion here, because the naming (and identical pricing) of two of the available plans can lead you to purchase the wrong thing. Getting Started Editing Weddings in Lightroom Mobile What do I Need to Get Started?įirst let’s talk software – you need an Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan if you don’t already have it, which also gives you access to syncing your images to Adobe's Lightroom Mobile apps.

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