The New Lightroom CC

[mbrager]

I don't believe Adobe will abandon professionals at all. Much of their Photoshop and Lightroom history has been specifically aimed at professionals, and they have actually tightened the relationship between PS and LR, even renaming LR to Photoshop Lightroom Classic. The new LR is aimed at photographers more concerned with sharing than composition and editing. LR Classic remains desktop centered with local storage options. Although it is feasible apparently to use the new LR with raw files, obviously as you point out, huge (and expensive) amounts of cloud storage and fast upload speeds are necessary to make this viable. Professional photographers would therefore prefer local storage and use PS-LR Classic, with more features. I don't see Adobe replacing the model any time soon, unless there are technological changes to bandwidth in the future.

[asnow]

I don't believe Adobe will abandon professionals at all. Much of their Photoshop and Lightroom history has been specifically aimed at professionals, and they have actually tightened the relationship between PS and LR, even renaming LR to Photoshop Lightroom Classic. The new LR is aimed at photographers more concerned with sharing than composition and editing. LR Classic remains desktop centered with local storage options. Although it is feasible apparently to use the new LR with raw files, obviously as you point out, huge (and expensive) amounts of cloud storage and fast upload speeds are necessary to make this viable. Professional photographers would therefore prefer local storage and use PS-LR Classic, with more features. I don't see Adobe replacing the model any time soon, unless there are technological changes to bandwidth in the future.

I hope you are right.

[Marko]

I'm using lightroom CC - all my stuff is stored locally.

Zero intention on my part to work differently.

[asnow]

Marko, are you sure that you are using the new Lightroom CC that came out in the last couple of weeks with the new interface and not the new Classic version. If so then I guess I am wrong, you can store pictures locally. If that is the case then no problem.

[Marko]

I'm using the Adobe Lightroom CC 2015 version...
Nobody seems to be forcing me to upgrade though.
if indeed the upgrade forces you to keep your files in the cloud....not sure i'd be happy

[asnow]

That explains it. You are using the older version. If you upgrade to the just released versions make sure you choose the Lightroom CC Classic. If you choose the Lightroom CC you get a cloud version where your files are stored on the Adobe cloud and there is a completely new user interface (as far as I understand). I don't know this new cloud version from experience, just from what I read. I upgraded to the new Classic version and it is just like the old one. Perhaps somebody who has upgraded to the new cloud version can clarify this.