On Windows 11 Enterprise (Insider latest Dev version) : Photoshop and Lightroom work perfectly -- question though :
In combination with Photoshop Adobe Lightroom Classic is brilliant -- but should I continue to use it or "Upgrade ??") to Lightroom 2024. Interface on Lightroom Classic :
Lightroom Classic :
I'm happy with Lightroom classic -- been using for around 6 years -- can't really see any reason to change. Any serious photographers here got any views?
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I bought Lightroom Classic about 5 ago which works fine in Windows 11 and have no intention of paying Adobe a monthly fee. There will be a problem if you buy a new camera having a different RAW file format which LR Classic doesn't support. In that case you can still update the Adobe RAW plug-in for your old version of Photoshop, do the RAW processing in Photoshop then export a standard file e.g. TIFF format for processing in LR. There is also the free Adobe Digital Negative Converter which converts camera-specific raw files from supported cameras to a more universal DNG raw file.
I bought Lightroom Classic about 5 ago which works fine in Windows 11 and have no intention of paying Adobe a monthly fee. There will be a problem if you buy a new camera having a different RAW file format which LR Classic doesn't support. In that case you can still update the Adobe RAW plug-in for your old version of Photoshop, do the RAW processing in Photoshop then export a standard file e.g. TIFF format for processing in LR. There is also the free Adobe Digital Negative Converter which converts camera-specific raw files from supported cameras to a more universal DNG raw file.
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The RAW update worked -- I'm not paying a monthly fee either. DNG files are also a good idea -- but I'm always wary of proprietary formats for specific data I want to keep maybe for years. Importing via TIFF int; LR is a great idea --never thought of that one -- size and storage space is relatively unimportant these days --mass storage devices are relatively cheap -- a 14 TB classical "spinner" is cheap enough these days -- you don't need really fast disks to store photos on (although ensure scratch work areas are wither in RAM or on SSD/NvME devices in PS/LR).
