OK now really confused by Adobe ever changing naming. In the context of today's licensing with Lightroom, and Lightroom Classic, 'Lightroom CC' is what?
I just went to the web to try to figure it out, and got this:
"Lightroom Classic CC is designed for desktop-based (file/folder) digital photography workflows. ... By separating the two products, we're allowing Lightroom Classic to focus on the strengths of a file/folder based workflow that many of you enjoy today,
while Lightroom CC addresses the cloud/mobile-oriented workflow."
...in Adobe's own confusing way, you infer 'Lightroom Classic CC' = 'Lightoom Classic' the file/folder resident on your PC beast, and 'Lightroom CC' is the web-oriented beast.
[Picture Lucy with head spinning because of what Charlie Brown has just said]
They did change the names but it is petty basic. Any reference to CC is Creative Cloud, which is the umbrella that all the apps are under. Kinda like Creative Suite in the old days. It is the app installer where you choose which ones you want to use. No apps have CC as part of the name any longer, including PS, etc.
Lightroom Classic (now version 9) is the desktop version which is just like LR6. It requires local file storage.
Lightroom is the new cloud based version that was introduced in 2017. It sends files to the cloud automatically. The app itself is not in the cloud. It is installed on the device you are using. It has been nicknamed cloudy on some sites.
