Drake
TPF Noob!
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- Can others edit my Photos
- Photos NOT OK to edit
I don't think it would be any more legal than just simply cracking the software.My idea, although probably illegal, find a student in the US who you trust. Paypal them some money and have them buy it for $100 and ship it to you.
As for non-destructive editing - you open your original files without making any copies and mess around with some sliders etc. to make it look the way you want. The changes are stored in the metadata of the file (or in some additional file, not exactly sure in case of Lightroom), so if you open the original in any other software, it's untouched, but you can always come back to LR, where the changes are visible, and mess around with it some more.