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It also may very well be that these features will show up in the next paid release (LR7). This was the case with new functionality that was added to ACR 8.x and not added to LR until LR6.Adobe has never added new features to Lightroom in "dot" releases, apart from occasionally in the ".1" release, so nothing has changed for perpetual license holders. This is actually an accounting rules issue, as those rules strictly forbid new features to be added except before the end of the accounting period following launch. This time around (presumably because of the perceived delay in the 6.0 release), the accounting period has ended, so even if it had wanted to Adobe could not have included any new features in the 6.1 release.
It was also made very clear that this divergence between perpetual and subscription models would likely continue.
Adobe has never added new features to Lightroom in "dot" releases, apart from occasionally in the ".1" release, so nothing has changed for perpetual license holders. This is actually an accounting rules issue, as those rules strictly forbid new features to be added except before the end of the accounting period following launch. This time around (presumably because of the perceived delay in the 6.0 release), the accounting period has ended, so even if it had wanted to Adobe could not have included any new features in the 6.1 release.
It was also made very clear that this divergence between perpetual and subscription models would likely continue.
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]I'm not a CPA, so I may have phrased it badly.....but trust me, there are some rules somewhere that govern this issue. I'll try to get you the reference.
Another thing that can lead to the DeHaze slider not appearing is if the image was originally developed with an earlier process version ...
Correct. I didn't phrase what I meant as precisely as I could have. By "not appearing" I meant "greyed out and unavailable"...but you are right that it would have been better to have phrased it that way to be clearer to folks about what they are seeing. Thanks for the clarification.In fact, the Dehaze control is always there. It is just grayed out an unavailable with previous process version. This is what I saw a few minutes ago with a 2003 Process image.
I am a CPA and can't understand where an accounting rule would "forbid" a software company from doing anything with their product that they wanted to do. It could impact when they right off the costs; but that is another issue. I think not giving it to perpetual owners is to provide incentive to purchase LR 7 when released or just buy CC. I am certainly glad that I am a CC user. I am most impressed with the dehazing tool.
Not to split hairs, but how does this revenue recognition issue that prevents them from including features in "unpaid for releases" distinguish between these two scenarios?
- in the product but not accessible from the UI
- in the product but accessible from the UI
And later Jim wroteI'm not a CPA, so I may have phrased it badly.....but trust me, there are some rules somewhere that govern this issue. I'll try to get you the reference.
Check out the Sarbanes-Oxley act.
Hi, welcome to the forum.
The new Dehaze feature is only available to the CC subscription users, so if you're running the perpetual license version then you won't see that slider.
Hi Tobieo, welcome to the forum! If you look in Help menu > System Info, does it say Perpetual or Subscription? And are you on a photo that's set to Process Version 2012?
I am a CC user and all up to date. It just disappeared when I restarted it. So.....?Hi, welcome to the forum.
The new Dehaze feature is only available to the CC subscription users, so if you're running the perpetual license version then you won't see that slider.