With the cloud-based service, all photos and edits are held in the Adobe cloud. Yes, you read that correctly! You can import new photos, add metadata, organize them, search for specific photos, do rough edits using Quick Develop, apply Develop presets, create books, slideshows and web galleries, email and publish photos on social media, export and print your edited photos… nothing is lost!Īnd if you later decide you want to subscribe again, then the main Develop module, Map module and mobile sync are unlocked and you can again use Lightroom Classic to the full. Here’s the good news! If your subscription expires, you can continue to use Lightroom Classic excluding the Develop module, Map module and mobile sync. Of course you could export all of your edited photos to standardized formats before canceling your subscription, but that’s hardly ideal. While you have all your original photos held locally, all your edits are stored non-destructively in your catalog. Let’s look at the two subscription versions, Lightroom (cloud-service) and Lightroom Classic separately, as the outcomes are different.

If you cancel your Adobe subscription what happens to your photos? Will your work and photos be lost? Whichever version of Lightroom you’re using, are your photos safe if you cancel your Adobe subscription?

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