Will turning off My Photo Stream also turn off iCloud Photo Sharing?

I don't like the new Photos app in iOS 8.  I was a frequent user of the iPhoto app and am sad to see it go.  It was the best app I found for quick white balance fixes (you could point to skin on a picture and it set the white balance appropriately).  It was also great for seeing EXIF data, location data, and for sending photos to other editing apps.  The Photos app has limited support for sending to other editing apps, actually it doesn't send photos to any of the editing apps.  It also does not readily display photo informations.  The edits in the Photo app leave something to be desired (since it meant the demise of iPhoto).  I am also not a fan of how camera roll and Photo Stream are meshed together.  My family uses the iPhoto desktop app which is tied to my Photo Steam.  In iOS 7 it was easy to just ignore the Photo Stream since it would include everyone's photos and work on my camera roll, but now it's a cluttered mess.
Since I have a subscription to Adobe Lightroom there is no need for the Photo Stream backup, so I am tempted to turn My Photo Stream off.  As indicated in the title, I would like to know if turning off My Photo Stream will also delete photos I've shared in iCloud with other users.  I would like those photos to stay and the ability to share photos going forward.  Since My Photo Stream and sharing on iCloud are two different options in Setting, I assume that turning one off won't affect the other.  Can anyone verify?

Save your photo stream photos to your camera roll by opening your my photo stream album, tapping Select, tapping the photos, tap the share icon (box with upward facing arrow), then tapping Save to Camera Roll.  Then you can delete them from photo stream and the copies in the camera roll will remain on your phone.  Note: deleting them from photo stream will delete them from iCloud and all your devices.

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