The default storage is on your computer or another drive. However, Lightroom Classic is only half as good as this. This can be a handy way to keep your current work, so another case of ‘best of both worlds’ perhaps. The format remains the same, regardless of how you access them, and you can store them locally too if you like. Your images are on the Adobe cloud with Lightroom CC, meaning they are theoretically as ‘safe as houses’. Here’s a summary of the most important practical differences on your desktop: 1. In the future, however, when you decide that you need even more storage, this will get expensive.

If you have a large image library, you might need to spend an additional $9.99 monthly to access another terabyte.

The Photography Plan With 1 TB $19.99 could buy you the best of both worlds with Photoshop: both Lightroom versions, and far more storage.

You trade in your rights to ‘bonus’ Photoshop license for the privilege.

Alternatively, you could opt for the Lightroom CC plan, with 1 TB storage on the Adobe cloud $9.99 monthly.

However be warned, with today’s file sizes you will soon use up the 20 GB. This lets you carry on more-or-less as before, with the bonus of playing around with Lightroom CC.

The Photography Plan $9.99 monthly includes Photoshop, both Lightroom versions, but only 20 GB storage on the cloud.

Louise Myers helped us out with this simple summary:

Before you jump for the cheaper Classic a month, let’s see what more you could get if you stretched your hand deeper into your pocket. Your choice when upgrading now is between the trend-setting new version of Lightroom CC on the cloud, and the more lightweight Lightroom Classic that resides on your computer. If you are not planning to make a jump to Capture One, you will now have to get on with the Adobe subscription and have two Lightrooms to choose from, since Adobe split the old Lightroom CC into two options. If you have been a loyal Adobe Lightroom user, you probably already know that Adobe discontinued perpetually licensed Lightroom 6 in 2017, and most likely support for it will eventually be dwindling too.

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