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04/26/2008 01:03:00 PM · #1 |
| Having ummed and aahhed for ages (and saved) I have now decided to buy Adobe Lightroom. What are the pros and cons to buying it as a direct download from Adobe, as oppposed to a CD from an online retailer? I have over 800 RAW photos to work through and don't find Canon DPP very easy to use, so am keen to get my hands on Lightroom soon - any advice welcome! |
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04/26/2008 01:12:27 PM · #2 |
| Sara, I cannot speak for lightroom but did buy the elements due to cost and did the direct download. Now I wish I would have bought vs. download because I like to have the manual and disc. |
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04/26/2008 01:15:09 PM · #3 |
I think with download you get it quicker, as opposed to waiting for a package to turn up. Once you've got a product key, you can activate the demo that you download. All you'd be missing going the download route is having a disk, but if anything goes wrong, you can always download the demo again and plug in your product key.
Just keep a copy of the downloaded demo and keep your product key safe and I'd say that the download route is preferable. That's because I always want everything NOW or sooner.
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04/26/2008 01:17:45 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by SaraR:
Having ummed and aahhed for ages (and saved) I have now decided to buy Adobe Lightroom. What are the pros and cons to buying it as a direct download from Adobe, as oppposed to a CD from an online retailer? I have over 800 RAW photos to work through and don't find Canon DPP very easy to use, so am keen to get my hands on Lightroom soon - any advice welcome! |
If you are not going to use Lightroom to its full capabilities (and not many people do), why not buy PS Elements? It's about half the price and can do about anything most photographers will need. For the things needed that are not in Elements, you can often find free add-ons on the web.
I do not have an opinion on CD versus download. Is the price difference big?
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04/26/2008 01:23:12 PM · #5 |
Other than having a CD, there's really no advantage to buying a "hard copy." I do believe that they give you the option, on download, to have a CD sent. If you're worried about having a disc so you can reinstall at a future date without having to hold on the install files, it might be a good option.
FWIW, you'll be updating it regularly, so you'll be downloading anyway. My recommendation: download the trial, give it a test run to make sure it's what you want, then purchase. |
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04/26/2008 01:54:05 PM · #6 |
| I did download the Lightroom trial, but it lapsed a couple of months ago - at the time I rather blanched at the £200+ (US$400) price tag. I have Elememnts 4, but it doesn't support the 40D RAW format, and to be honest, I much preferred Lightroom for RAW conversion. Given that it is only £5 more expensive to download direct from Adobe, compared to Amazon, I think I will go down that route - and like MrPants, I am rubbish at delayed gratification ;¬P |
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04/26/2008 03:45:47 PM · #7 |
set up an account with adobe, and you can redownload if something happens to the OS or PC. or if you upgrade machines. they log you're purchases and SN's in your account.
i even re-downloaded the free version i got for being a RSP user.
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04/26/2008 04:12:00 PM · #8 |
Download, faster and you can always re download if your computer crashes, not having to worry about finding your original CD/DVD. On the other hand if you are on dial-up internet...it might be faster to order the CD/DVD... ;)
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04/26/2008 04:15:57 PM · #9 |
| yay, done! I shall play tomorrow. Thank you all, for your input. |
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04/26/2008 07:07:57 PM · #10 |
download, and back it up to external HD.
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