#Lightroom 5 vs lightroom 6 upgrade#
#Lightroom 5 vs lightroom 6 code#

If you're used to the features found in previous versions of Lightroom, you'll find plenty of goodies in the new version regardless of what it calls itself.ДЇor one thing, Lightroom 6 is licensed for either OS X or Windows but not both. New features such as HDR merge, facial recognition and so forth are there in both. Once you get either Lightroom CC or Lightroom 6 installed, you'll find the same core program too. So switch from an older version of Lightroom to either new option is pretty much the same. I assume next year we'll see Lightroom CC (2016) just as I assume those of us running Photoshop CC (2014) will soon see Photoshop CC (2015).

#Lightroom 5 vs lightroom 6 upgrade#

The new CC version of Lightroom is technically Lightroom CC (2015) and is thus an upgrade for all of us. In the Creative Cloud world, incremental updates are patches to your installed application while 'upgrades' give you a whole new installation that you can then migrate your catalog to. Even if you thought you already had a cloud based version of Lightroom, you really still had the same thing as every other user of Lightroom 5.x had, even those who bought and installed a retail-boxed version. Both are 'upgrades' rather than merely 'updates.' This remains true regardless of whether you previously joined the Adobe 'Photography Plan' that included Lightroom. Upgrading from Lightroom 5.x to either the CC or Lightroom 6 applications installs a new version to your computer. This seeming split personality disorder has led many to believe that Lightroom 6 is the standalone version of Lightroom CC, and that Lightroom CC is merely the cloud licensed way of running Lightroom 6.

#Lightroom 5 vs lightroom 6 code#

Part of this difficulty stems from the fact that Adobe developed and released them from the same engineering team, and the two share so much code that it's not uncommon to encounter dialog boxes in each program that refers explicitly to the other one. Lightroom CC and Lightroom 6 are so similar it can be hard to tell which one you are using sometimes.

In many ways, these are the same application, but there are differences.ДЇirst of all, let's acknowledge the obvious. You can either go with the Creative Cloud release of Lightroom or stay with standalone Lightroom but still upgrade to Lightroom 6. With the new version, Adobe gives users a choice.