Just as you can't get into a house without a key at home, you can't install without a serial key. There is no actual trial version of Acrobat XI Standard for any platform, but Pro includes all Standard features – so you can try out Pro for free and then decide which version you want at the time of purchase.

For Windows, the Acrobat XI download below is in the form of a file, and for Mac OS it’s a file.

But given Adobe's tactics, instead of the cloud version I'll be seriously looking at alternatives like Darktable rather than giving them more money.īottom line, make sure you hang on to your Lightroom Classic install file. I had considered a few times going to the subscription but just can't justify it with the little photography I'm doing now, but that may change. I get the desire for a company to move from perpetual license to subscription, but it is pretty low to remove the ability to download something you've bought a perpetual license for. Through pure luck, the Downloads folder on OneDrive still had the install file for Lightroom 5.7 and it installed fine. I found this really annoying since it was originally an electronic copy I bought directly from Adobe so there is no media here that I would have had. I just had to rebuild my Surface from scratch and when I went to install Lightroom, I logged intoĪdobe and found that they no longer will let you download it even though they show my serial numbers and such. In the past I've reloaded it a few times when changing computers and such.

It does what I need and don't need another subscription at this point. I have and use Lightroom Classic V5 from years ago.

I am sure this has been discussed before but didn't see in a quick search so adding here as a reminder.

Adobe lightroom serial number revoked