Lightroom Classic 14.0
Adobe has issued Lightroom Classic 14.0, a big update with several new features. The release enhances the Generative Remove feature with improved selection and object detection for easier removal of unwanted objects and distractions; introduces Content Credentials to help secure digital assets by attaching credentials like digital signature, editing information, and more; adds denoise support for Linear Raw Digital Negatives (DNGs) to help reduce noise in high-resolution raw files, provides optimized tethering support with Nikon cameras (without Rosetta emulation); helps you to save disk space by setting the preview cache size limit; improves navigation and responsiveness in the Develop module; adds new Adaptive Sky, Adaptive Portrait, and Adaptive Subject presets; adds support for several new cameras and lenses (including the iPhone 16 models); and now requires macOS 13.1 Ventura or later. ($9.99/$19.99/$59.99 monthly Creative Cloud subscription, free update for subscribers, release notes, macOS 13.1+)
The article says LR Classic can be upgraded with a subscription. I’d though that LR Classic was the one holdout from subscription domination… :-(
Nope, Lightroom Classic has, AFAIK, been subscription-based ever since the advent of Creative Cloud. What LrC is a holdout from is having to put all your images in Adobe’s cloud to use it, as regular Lightroom requires. LrC basically does what Lightroom does, but you keep your images local instead of giving Adobe access to all of them.
Why this distinction is reflected in the name as “Classic” is unknown to me, as is why Adobe didn’t simply give Lightroom the ability to manage images both locally and in the cloud. Using two separate apps with slightly differing feature sets seems to me unnecessary redundancy.
LrC the only CC app I use that I have yet to find a viable non-subscription replacement for. All other image-management apps I’ve tried have one or more significant shortcomings in features I use regularly in LrC. (I’m open to suggestions! I already use GraphicConverter and Spect in addition to LrC, because while they don’t do everything I use LrC for, they do certain things better enough that they’re worth having around. Spect, in particular, is great for going through large folders of images super fast.)