Downgrade
I fell in love with Lr the instant I came across it. Helped me take my work to a whole other level & made me fall in love with photography even more as I watched my photos transform.
But the app has severely declined in quality as all apps do when tech giants prioritize profits above all else - user experience be damned. This shows quite clearly in the latest updates as several features & presets were deliberately stripped from the app. To say it was a disappointment would be an understatement, as those features helped me achieve the edits I wanted when my chronic illnesses & flareups impacted my vision and I couldn’t edit photos manually, or I was running between my day job, studies & hospital appointments and I had little time or energy to work on them. The app used to have strong options & versatility. You had more choices to reach the vision you had in mind and getting to explore what other community members had created would even inspire an entirely new idea or theme.
But now the options are meek, to put it lightly. Barely any options there at all. Honestly thought it was a bug at first, but went onto the forums only to discover it was not only a nightmare to navigate the platform and report any bugs at all, but also that the change was in fact a deliberate choice by the developer. Adobe’s response to the entire situation was even more disappointing.
I despised the change, and it severely disrupted my content creation. Photography was quite honestly one of the few sources of joy in my life amid my health issues, and Lightroom went from being what made me fall in love with photography even more, to the thing that killed what little joy I got to experience in the middle of back-to-back medical treatments.
I cancelled my subscription and don’t see myself using it again.
But the app has severely declined in quality as all apps do when tech giants prioritize profits above all else - user experience be damned. This shows quite clearly in the latest updates as several features & presets were deliberately stripped from the app. To say it was a disappointment would be an understatement, as those features helped me achieve the edits I wanted when my chronic illnesses & flareups impacted my vision and I couldn’t edit photos manually, or I was running between my day job, studies & hospital appointments and I had little time or energy to work on them. The app used to have strong options & versatility. You had more choices to reach the vision you had in mind and getting to explore what other community members had created would even inspire an entirely new idea or theme.
But now the options are meek, to put it lightly. Barely any options there at all. Honestly thought it was a bug at first, but went onto the forums only to discover it was not only a nightmare to navigate the platform and report any bugs at all, but also that the change was in fact a deliberate choice by the developer. Adobe’s response to the entire situation was even more disappointing.
I despised the change, and it severely disrupted my content creation. Photography was quite honestly one of the few sources of joy in my life amid my health issues, and Lightroom went from being what made me fall in love with photography even more, to the thing that killed what little joy I got to experience in the middle of back-to-back medical treatments.
I cancelled my subscription and don’t see myself using it again.
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Amazing!
Great! Loved it
Solid
Im on mobile so it’s decent for iPhone. All I wish it has is masking.
Love it!
Super easy to use on the go from your mobile phone. No more waiting to get home to upload photos.
Poorly thought changes
With recent changes I’m reconsidering holding onto to my discontinued Photography bundle so bad. The removal of “Recommended” community preset categories is single-handedly ruining my experience and what set Lightroom apart to me as a long time, self-taught photographer + editor. I’m a first time art student in school that provides Adobe, so I’m paying extra to keep it on my own. I don’t mind AI features but I dislike it in the title. That, plus my former monthly subscription discontinued except for yearly, was not enough for me to begin thinking about leaving but removing the filter categories is the cherry on top of a spoiled milkshake that used to be the best & only of its flavor
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