
Lightroom CC Plan – ( See latest price here).Photography Plan with 1TB of Cloud Storage – ( See latest price here).It varies depending on the option you choose: The Adobe Sensei search functionality is mind-blowing too, and will continue to improve. There are certain ‘premium features’ that aren’t included in the free version of Lightroom CC that you have on your mobile phone or tablet.įor many photographers, paying for an Adobe subscription is worth it for the features above alone.īeing able to import RAW files directly from your camera to your tablet, then use all the powerful editing tools available to you on the desktop version of Lightroom (just using your finger or a stylus), is incredibly liberating. What features are missing from the free version of Lightroom CC?

In order to download it to your computer, you need to be an Adobe Creative Cloud subscriber, like on the Photography Plan, which is what I use. It’s free to download onto a mobile device as an app (just called ‘Lightroom’), but the functionality is limited. To add to the confusion, Adobe sometimes refers to it as ‘Lightroom CC for mobile’. However, strictly speaking, you can use Lightroom Mobile (aka Lightroom CC) on your desktop/laptop computer too – it’s just that all the images are actually being stored/edited via Adobe’s cloud. Calling it ‘Lightroom Mobile’ is easier to understand for some people who only use Lightroom on their mobile phone or tablet. What is the difference between Lightroom CC and Lightroom Mobile? Plugins – currently no ability to use plugins in CC.Photomerge – currently no photomerge for panoramas or HDR in CC.Batch Editing – currently no ‘batch editing’ in CC.Culling – currently no ‘auto-advance’ when culling in CC.Keywords – slightly different keywording in both apps.Filtering/Search – CC: Basic options & Adobe Sensei CCC: multiple options.Image Organisation – CC: Albums/virtual collections CCC: folders/collections.Storage location – CC: Adobe’s cloud CCC: your computer.Synchronization – CC: full-res files and/or Smart previews CCC: Smart Previews only.

