Changing from trial to paid version of LR4

     I'm currently using the trial version of Lightroom 4. Do I need to Re-install the software when I get my paid copy in the mail?

No. It is the same program. And, if you have done the updates so that you are now using version 4.2, you have a newer version installed than will be on the disk. When you start Lightroom and the first screen appears, just indicate that you have a serial number. You will be presented with dialog that will allow you to enter the serial number that will be part of the package you are expecting to receive. Once you have entered the number you will have a fully registered legal copy of the program.

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    I've been using the trial version for several days. I purchased Audition at the University where I work and where we have volume licensing.
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    Uninstallation is required, I believe, but just make sure that you select the uninstall option that allows you to keep your user preferences. They'll be found again when the permanent copy is installed.

  • Change from trial to full version

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    You will find best advice over on the video forum. Most of us here are photographers.
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  • Upgrading from trial to paid

    Hi,
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    so I opened it, searched and bought)
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    Your existing Projects and Events will still be there when the paid version is installed and you can carry on editing them if you wish.
    As far as I know, you have to wait for it to reinstall - which is curious because Apple claim the versions are identical.
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    According to what app is ranked when it is changed from free to paid?

    An app moves from free to paid when the developer decides to charge for the app. Updates to even paid apps are free. A major upgrade for a paid app requires you to pay.

  • Switch from trial to paid account

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    After that, I gave the account data to the guy in the company which has to do the actual job with Illustrator on his PC.
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    2- or, maybe, even if he logs with the "paid" account on CC, his illustrator is somehow bound to his former personal account, in which the trial has expired
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  • Lightroom: upgrade from trial to full version, how to enter license key?

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    If I uninstall trial version, will I be able to install LR 5.6 download and apply license key?
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    You should just uninstall what you have installed for LR 5.x, now, then download and install the LR 5.6 update from the Adobe Updates page, and enter your standalone serial number, and things should pick up where you left off. 
    You might want to go into LR’s preferences (if LR is still opening for you) and see where the catalog (.lrcat) file actually resides on your computer in case you have a problem and have to double-click on that .lrcat file to open your catalog, but my experience is that nothing will seem different after you’ve installed the new version other than the version number will be newer.  The preferences, catalog, and pictures are somewhere different than where the program is installed so uninstalling and reinstalling shouldn’t affect any of it.
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  • Move from Trial to Full version

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  • Moving from flash CC trial to paid version

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    -http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1398961?tstart=0
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  • I have subscribed to the 11 a month Photoshop CC, yet have not gotten a registration number to change the product from trial to registered version. Help?

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  • From trial to full version?

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