An online petition asking Adobe to sell Camera Raw alone

If you are interested in buying Camera Raw without having to subscribe monthly to photoshop or LR please sign the following petition and share it : https://chng.it/RM9KD6​szSQ

Thanks.

ACR is designed to take RAW data from a number of different cameras, and read them into the 16-bit workspace of LR and PS...it is not a generic RAW-to-workspace module.

Have you seen this ? https://www.photoshope​ssentials.com …w-in-bridge-vs-photoshop/

It shows that ACR can be hosted by Bridge without needing Photoshop or LR :

Did you find that site or start it? I see 3 signatures with the goal of 100. No disrespect but does anyone think Adobe will change a hugely successful subscription business model for 100 signatures? It is never going to happen even with thousands of signatures.

Look into Affinity which is close to PS or other perpetual licensing software.

digital paradise wrote in post #19319049
Did you find that site or start it? I see 3 signatures with the goal of 100. No disrespect but does anyone think Adobe will change a hugely successful subscription business model for 100 signatures? It is never going to happen even with thousands of signatures.

Look into Affinity which is close to PS or other perpetual licensing software.

I started it. The goal of 100 is just a first goal.
I'm not asking Adobe to change their subscription business.
They can keep it for Photoshop and Lightroom and other products.

I'm just asking to make ACR which is basically a plugin available throught a perpetual licence. Nothing more.

And as we say in French : "qui ne tente rien n'a rien".

PS: if you sign the petition we will be 4

yb98 wrote in post #19319092
I started it. The goal of 100 is just a first goal.
I'm not asking Adobe to change their subscription business.
They can keep it for Photoshop and Lightroom and other products.

I'm just asking to make ACR which is basically a plugin available throught a perpetual licence. Nothing more.

And as we say in French : "qui ne tente rien n'a rien".

PS: if you sign the petition we will be 4

I wish you good luck in your venture.

ACR was free, updated and freely downloaded plug-in created for PhotoShop Looooooooooooooong before LightRoom existed. It's the only Adobe code that could use RAW files before they finally came out with LightRoom.

It very much was originally a full RAW conversion tool with many features, some of them pioneering and found only in ACR/Photoshop. ACR even predates "CS" versions as it was released in 2003 to update Photpshop 7 (2002)

It only became something one needed to pay for when LR and PS both went subscription. Version 9.something was the last free downloadable version. I believe it remains a fully functional aspect of Photoshop and other Adobe apps.

I'm not going to weigh in the possibility of Adobe backing off of any aspect of their subscription model,. but I will say that those of us that never did go subscription but still use and paid for the older version of the programs we were allowed by the graces of Adobe to actually purchase and own, have also wished for the newer version of ACR to be made available for the new camera compatibility. Even with hundreds of thousands of those paying Adobe customers (initially) asking for it, that made no dent in Adobe's convictions. That lack of flexibility on the subject has paid out for Adobe in a huge way.

I signed up to help up to help you but I see it is asking me to forward this request. I didn't and then got an email. Besides photo forums and email I don't use any type of social media and don't intend to. Does this mean you won't get that vote?

yb98 wrote in post #19318941
Have you seen this ? https://www.photoshope​ssentials.com …w-in-bridge-vs-photoshop/

It shows that ACR can be hosted by Bridge without needing Photoshop or LR :

I just tried it an sure enough, I can open a raw and make adjustments, however, there is no way to convert the image from raw (with sidecar changes) into another format, or at least I haven't found it. All I can do is move to the next photo or export it to LR or PS for the actual conversion and export. Am I missing something?

gjl711 wrote in post #19320306
I just tried it an sure enough, I can open a raw and make adjustments, however, there is no way to convert the image from raw (with sidecar changes) into another format, or at least I haven't found it. All I can do is move to the next photo or export it to LR or PS for the actual conversion and export. Am I missing something?

Clic on the 3 points on the right menu, then follow the menus indicated below.

You can also clic on the button at the left of the wheel (top right) to define the preferences of saving.
Then you can ALT-clic on this button to save directly using the defined preferences.

digital paradise wrote in post #19320284
I signed up to help up to help you but I see it is asking me to forward this request. I didn't and then got an email. Besides photo forums and email I don't use any type of social media and don't intend to. Does this mean you won't get that vote?

Someone has signed the petition 2 hours ago. Was it you ?

yb98 wrote in post #19320330
Someone has signed the petition 2 hours ago. Was it you ?

That is about the correct timeline.

Thanks.

yb98 wrote in post #19320317
Clic on the 3 points on the right menu, then follow the menus indicated below.

You can also clic on the button at the left of the wheel (top right) to define the preferences of saving.
Then you can ALT-clic on this button to save directly using the defined preferences.

Hosted photo: posted by yb98 in
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forum: RAW, Post Processing & Printing

Found it, thanx. Handy.

yb98 wrote in post #19320332
Thanks.

NP. I wish you the best of luck.