The countdown to the end of Lightroom as a standalone product is officially ticking, and the deadline is drawing near. Earlier today, Adobe released a fresh compatibility update for Lightroom 6, but in addition to adding support for cameras like the Nikon D850 and Fuji X-E3, Adobe also answered a burning question in the release notes: Is this the last upgrade of Lightroom perpetual product? The answer, it seems, is no.
. . but that last upgrade will arrive "towards the end of the year. " Here is Adobe's answer in full:
As we align our investments in the direction of supporting our subscription-based products, the last version of Lightroom 6 will be coming out towards the end of the year. If there is a camera not supported in Lightroom 6, you can use the DNG converter before importing your images into Lightroom 6.
Once that final upgrade goes live, Lightroom 6 will become an 'unsupported' product, and if you intend to keep using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom you'll either have to subscribe to CC or deal with the less-than-ideal workflow described above. . . while you can. It might not take too many operating system upgrades before unsupported LR6 breaks entirely.
Not everybody is happy about this state of affairs. . . as Senior Reviewer Richard Butler pointed out last week:
RIP Lightroom 6: Death by Subscription Model
. dpreview.com2017-10-26 18:42
