If you ignore the name change, you continue to work just like you always have. Desktop based, local file storage on hard drives (and the ability to sync one Library to the mobile apps using low res Smart Previews), robust editing tools. Lightroom Classic is exactly the same Lightroom you already have. Project Nimbus (and the mobile apps) = Lightroom CC.Remember Project Nimbus? Nimbus is a new streamlined desktop app for editing photos that Adobe announced at Adobe MAX in 2016. You know Lightroom mobile? The iphone app (and android), the iPad app (and android), the web browser and the apple TV app (yes they have been on the browser and Apple TV for ages). Lightroom CC is now a new(ish) Lightroom.

(Yes, I agree, I hate the name too, but that’s what it’s now called). Pretend they were about to call it Lightroom 7 and then at the last minute they decided to change the name to Classic, got it? Lightroom 7 is now Lightroom Classic. (Just forget that they called it Lightroom CC last year, drop the CC, get selective amnesia).

Whaaa? Let’s start with naming.įirst of all, Lightroom Classic is just a rename from the Lightroom we all know and love, you know, Lightroom 1-6. I know what you’re thinking, because we have all been through it. I’ll also share all the new features and my suggestions. Who it’s for, how it will affect you and your photos and what you should do now. I’m going to cut through the clutter and smoke and explain exactly what has happened: There is Lightroom Classic and a new Lightroom CC.

Adobe has made some major announcements around Lightroom.

Lightroom app cost