If you end your subscription after 12 months you won't loose your photos and will still be able to access LR but in a restricted way. This is the same cost as buying LR CC outright but remember you are also getting Photoshop CC too and any upgrades to both products whilst your subscription is active. So in total you will pay 12 x £8.75 = £105. If you decide to go for the Creative Cloud subscription you are effectively just renting the software for a 12 month minimum period. Sign up for a Creative Cloud Subscription: Photographers Package £8.75 per month for LR CC & Photoshop CC £103 - You can also start a 30 day free trial before buying. Note: the stand-a-lone version does not support cloud sync between mobile devices and other features - see the list of what's not included with the stand-a-lone version. If you already own a 'stand-a-lone' version of Lightroom you can upgrade to Lightroom 6 for £59. What are the options to purchase Lightroom?

So it is worth upgrading or purchasing - the answer to that is simple, yes - the performance increases alone make it worthwhile and you will save even more time now with the enhanced editing tools. There is a subtle change of colour from light grey to dark greyon the panel background but this is to subtle for newbies into Lightroom - simply give users the option to change the colour of the panel background when in a 'local adjustment' verses a 'global adjustment'. Web Module Improvements - Pet Eye Fix - iPhone/iPad Integration Improvements - plus.ĮG The exposure slider in Adjustment Brush but they moved the exposure slider in the Basic panel. Touch Screen Compatibility - for those who use touch enabled computers Improved Slideshows - Add more than 1 music track, better syncing of photos to music. Other Features added and improved.įacial Recognition & Tagging - Find photos of family and friends in your library. There is also a panoramic merge option in version 6 that I haven't used yet. I haven't done extensive testing and comparisons between LREnfuse which I have used happily for years and Adobe's new HDR Merge feature - I am just pleased its now been added as an option which means it should continue to improve over time. This one has been long overdue! You can now merge your bracketed exposures directly in Lightroom 6 without using a 3rd party plug-in like LREnfuse.

I have tested the performance of Lightroom with this feature on and off and it does make a difference when turned on. There are some known compatibility issues with this on some ATI and AMD graphics cards so if after turning it on in your Performance Preferences it doesn't work then it may be worth you reading the following thread.

Lightroom 6 system requirements