mikeinctown Goldmember 2,119 posts Likes: 235 Joined May 2012 Location: Cleveland, Ohio More info | Jan 19, 2013 21:38 | #1 Thinking about purchasing Lightroom 4 from Amazon but it is available in a download or boxed version. Both are the same price, however with a download you get instant gratification. Wondering if once you download the program if it can be burned to a DVD so that you don't need to re-download if you have computer problems or changes?
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tickerguy Senior Member 595 posts Joined Dec 2012 More info | Jan 19, 2013 21:43 | #2 Yes, BUT... Canon 7D & 5d3, EF-S 15-85, 24-105L, 70-200L f/4 IS, 100mm Macro/L, EF 50 f/1.4 and more
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Mark-B Goldmember  2,248 posts Likes: 10 Joined Jul 2007 Location: Louisiana More info | Jan 19, 2013 22:15 | #3 If you want the disc with the instant gratification a download, order the boxed product from Amazon and download the trial from Adobe. Use the trial until your box arrives, then just enter the serial number from your purchase. No need to reinstall. Mark-B
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tonylong ...winded  More info | Jan 19, 2013 22:22 | #4 tickerguy wrote in post #15510118  Yes, BUT... Abobe will only permit activation on two machines for a given serial number. Beware that and have a way to restore a crashed machine so you can DEACTIVATE the copy you install before re-installing it! Actually, Lightroom is not like Photoshop in that sense. Yes you only have permission to run it on two machines, but if an old machine "dies" you can install it on another one -- you don't have to do the deactivate/reactivate hassle that you do with Photoshop. Tony
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Jan 19, 2013 22:38 | #5 Mark-B wrote in post #15510211 If you want the disc with the instant gratification a download, order the boxed product from Amazon and download the trial from Adobe. Use the trial until your box arrives, then just enter the serial number from your purchase. No need to reinstall. This is what I did when I upgraded from LR2 to LR4. For some reason, they didn't sell the discounted upgrade version as a download. So I just ran the trial from Adobe until the box arrived with my serial. It seems like a pointless waste of material and fuel but oh well.
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mikeinctown THREAD STARTER Goldmember 2,119 posts Likes: 235 Joined May 2012 Location: Cleveland, Ohio More info | Jan 20, 2013 01:51 | #6 Thanks. Hadn't thought about a trial version. I did a trial version of some HDR software a couple months back and it put a big watermark over my pics. Looks like a trial version download is in order.
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tzalman Fatal attraction.  13,497 posts Likes: 213 Joined Apr 2005 Location: Gesher Haziv, Israel More info | Jan 20, 2013 02:45 | #7 The download is exactly like the purchased version except for one thing, it dies after 30 days. Feeding it a serial number keeps it alive. Elie / אלי
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Moppie Moderator  15,097 posts Gallery: 22 photos Best ofs: 1 Likes: 436 Joined Sep 2004 Location: Akarana, Aotearoa. (Kiwiland) More info | Jan 20, 2013 03:32 | #8 Buy the download, and resister it at Adobe.com with an Adobe ID. flickr
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DanMarchant Do people actually believe in the Title Fairy?  5,634 posts Gallery: 19 photos Likes: 2056 Joined Oct 2011 Location: Where I'm from is unimportant, it's where I'm going that counts. More info | Jan 20, 2013 05:12 | #9 mikeinctown wrote in post #15510098 Wondering if once you download the program if it can be burned to a DVD so that you don't need to re-download if you have computer problems or changes? It is just an installer package so yes it can be burned to DVD as a backup. I have mine on a USB drive in a folder along with the email that gives the serial number. I use a thumb drive because of the update issues mentioned above. I bought v4 of LR but we are now up to 4.3 so each time I download the new version I delete the old one. I guess when they change to v5 I will burn it to DVD as there wont be any more v4 updates - unless I decide to jump to v5. Dan Marchant
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tzalman Fatal attraction. 13,497 posts Likes: 213 Joined Apr 2005 Location: Gesher Haziv, Israel More info | Jan 20, 2013 07:11 | #10 Dan Marchant wrote in post #15510896 It is just an installer package so yes it can be burned to DVD as a backup. I have mine on a USB drive in a folder along with the email that gives the serial number. I use a thumb drive because of the update issues mentioned above. I bought v4 of LR but we are now up to 4.3 so each time I download the new version I delete the old one. I guess when they change to v5 I will burn it to DVD as there wont be any more v4 updates - unless I decide to jump to v5. Are you running a Mac OS? On Windows the update overwrites the previous version, so no need to remove it. Elie / אלי
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mikeinctown THREAD STARTER Goldmember 2,119 posts Likes: 235 Joined May 2012 Location: Cleveland, Ohio More info | Jan 20, 2013 07:53 | #11 tzalman wrote in post #15511070 Are you running a Mac OS? On Windows the update overwrites the previous version, so no need to remove it. He's talking about the downloaded version he keeps as a backup on the thumb drive.
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tonylong ...winded More info | Jan 20, 2013 12:28 | #12 I still have a thumb drive laying around, it comes in handy once in a while, heh! Tony
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