You will have the option to do either one time purchase (of the current major version) or monthly subscription.
I may also add an “all versions forever” one-time purchase option if there is any interest.
Yes. A few added features already built-in:
1) The ability to control the color space of the inversion. You can keep the inversion in Melissa RGB (like LrC) or use a RA4 or 2383 Cine inversion space. I may add more spaces (or give users the ability to define their own). It’s really fun to play with, especially with massive speed improvements on the inversion in the standalone. Examples below.
2) Grain-Aware RAW De-Mosaicing. Existing algorithms for raw de-mosaicers can be thrown off by film grain, and this is hard to fix later in the pipeline.
3) Better Color Pickers. The process for this in the current plugin is very clunky, just based on what I can do in the Lightroom SDK, so it’s great to have proper color pickers.
Of course, the flip side is that there will still be some things that Lightroom Classic has that the standalone won’t have (yet).
A few examples of the inversion space option…
Left is “Melissa RGB” (the space used by Lightroom), Right side is a custom inversion space based on RA4
The RA4 inversion space feels much more like print with very true neutrals. That said, I still really like the vibrant look of Melissa here.
Here’s another example…
