The Print module is packed full of layout templates to help you print Triptychs for your wall or Contact Sheets for clients. You can add properties such as borders and copyright information to your slideshow to promote your work via social media sites for example. The Slideshow module lets you to present your images as a movie complete with text and transitions.

The Book module enables you to lay out and publish your images in photo books (or even magazines) via partner publishers such as Blurb.

The Map module lets you view geo-tagged shots on a map (which is handy for viewing files sourced on a smart phone or GPS-equipped camera but not so valuable if you shoot on an old DSLR.) The Library module gets you up and running as you import and organize files then the Develop module enables you to tweak color, tone and composition. Lightroom Classic enables you to focus on specific tasks by splitting its workspace into seven tabbed modules. Use the Print module’s preset layouts to create contact sheets or a triptych for example (Image credit: George Cairns/Digital Camera World) Indeed Lightroom CC has jettisoned many of the Lightroom Classic’s pro sharing options (such as the ability to create Contact sheets) to focus on photo fixing. This type of professional sharing tool is not available in the new streamlined Lightroom CC. As well as being a digital darkroom, Lightroom Classic has many tools and features that professional photographers will find useful, such as the ability to create customized contact sheets that they can share with clients.

It’s been part of their workflow for so long that Adobe have wisely continued to support the original version and still add new features to it. Lightroom Classic has traditionally been the app of choice for professional photographers. You can also buy it as part of the full All Apps plan - which gets you nearly every program that Adobe makes. You typically buy Lightroom Classic as part of Adobe's Creative Cloud Photography Plan, which bundles this version of Lightroom with Photoshop CC for a combined subscription price of $9.99 per month.

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