Lightroom CC Archives - Lightroom Killer Tips https://lightroomkillertips.com/tag/lightroom-cc/ The Latest Lightroom Tips, Tricks & Techniques Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:24:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 What Version of Lightroom Are You Using? https://lightroomkillertips.com/what-version-of-lightroom-are-you-using/ https://lightroomkillertips.com/what-version-of-lightroom-are-you-using/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2019 08:00:15 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=12274 Answering Lightroom Help Desk questions for KelbyOne has gotten more challenging since Adobe dropped the “CC” from the names of all Lightroom products last month. Just about every conversation I have with fellow Lightroom users involves a bit of back and forth out of the gate to ensure we are on the same page about which product they are using. A good percentage of conversations still begin with the questioner stating something like, “I have LR CC” which has meant a few different things over the years. Evolving Names 2015 is the year Adobe released Lightroom 6, available through a perpetual license, and Lightroom CC 2015, the same product available through a Creative Cloud subscription. Over the next couple of years Lightroom CC 2015 did gain a couple of new features, but on the whole it was the same program as Lightroom 6. During that period of time we also had a product called Lightroom Mobile for iOS and Android which could sync with Lightroom CC 2015. While there were a few different products in the Lightroom family, they each did have a unique name, so it wasn’t too hard to have a discussion about which one you were using. Those were also the good old days when they also displayed the version number on the splash screen (how quaint). Then October of 2017 came along and what we knew as “Lightroom CC 2015” became “Lightroom Classic CC”, and we learned that Lightroom 6 was the last version available through a perpetual license. Oh, and what we knew as “Lightroom Mobile” was now going to be called “Lightroom CC” and we gained Mac and Windows versions to go along with the existing iOS and Android versions, and an “ecosystem” was born. Referring to your Lightroom software as “Lightroom CC” got a bit more complicated. Now, a month after Adobe dropped the “CC” bit from the names of both Lightroom products because there is no longer a perpetual license version to differentiate from, we are left with “Lightroom Classic” and “Lightroom”. However, due to all of this history and product name evolution, just saying “Lightroom” alone begs the further clarifying question of, “which version of Lightroom are you using?” Finding the Version Number The main point of this mini-rant is to help anyone seeking assistance with a Lightroom family product question to get that help as easily as possible. I spend a fair amount of time on various forums, blogs, Facebook groups, and even talking to people face to face, and see the same confusing conversations happen over and over again. So, unless you are one of the few people still using Lightroom CC 2015 because it is the latest version supported by your operating system (or you just like the good old days), the rest of us can simply stop referring to any version of Lightroom as “Lightroom CC” at all. Instead, do yourself and everyone seeking to help you a huge favor and use the complete name and version number of the software you need help with. To find this important nugget of information, go to Help > System Info (same on both Mac and Windows) and you will see the product name and version number right at the top of the System Info window that appears. You can even select that bit of text and copy/paste it right into whatever email, forum, blog comment, Facebook group, etc. that you are asking your question in and you will cut right to the chase and eliminate all confusion over product version. Throw in your operating system version while you are at it and you’ll avoid that question too. Note, if your question is about Lightroom on one of the mobile platforms you can find the version number by going to the Settings screen within the Lightroom app, then tap About Lightroom. You’ll definitely want to include your OS too when asking your question. This way even if the naming saga continues to evolve further (perhaps an unpronounceable symbol is next?) you now know the secret to finding out exactly what version of Lightroom you are using. ps – I had a great time at Photoshop World Orlando, and want to thank everyone who came to my classes or dropped by the Lightroom Help Desk. Already looking forward to doing it all again at Photoshop World Vegas!

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]]> Answering Lightroom Help Desk questions for KelbyOne has gotten more challenging since Adobe dropped the “CC” from the names of all Lightroom products last month. Just about every conversation I have with fellow Lightroom users involves a bit of back and forth out of the gate to ensure we are on the same page about which product they are using. A good percentage of conversations still begin with the questioner stating something like, “I have LR CC” which has meant a few different things over the years.

Evolving Names

2015 is the year Adobe released Lightroom 6, available through a perpetual license, and Lightroom CC 2015, the same product available through a Creative Cloud subscription. Over the next couple of years Lightroom CC 2015 did gain a couple of new features, but on the whole it was the same program as Lightroom 6. During that period of time we also had a product called Lightroom Mobile for iOS and Android which could sync with Lightroom CC 2015. While there were a few different products in the Lightroom family, they each did have a unique name, so it wasn’t too hard to have a discussion about which one you were using. Those were also the good old days when they also displayed the version number on the splash screen (how quaint).

Then October of 2017 came along and what we knew as “Lightroom CC 2015” became “Lightroom Classic CC”, and we learned that Lightroom 6 was the last version available through a perpetual license. Oh, and what we knew as “Lightroom Mobile” was now going to be called “Lightroom CC” and we gained Mac and Windows versions to go along with the existing iOS and Android versions, and an “ecosystem” was born. Referring to your Lightroom software as “Lightroom CC” got a bit more complicated.

Now, a month after Adobe dropped the “CC” bit from the names of both Lightroom products because there is no longer a perpetual license version to differentiate from, we are left with “Lightroom Classic” and “Lightroom”. However, due to all of this history and product name evolution, just saying “Lightroom” alone begs the further clarifying question of, “which version of Lightroom are you using?”

Finding the Version Number

The main point of this mini-rant is to help anyone seeking assistance with a Lightroom family product question to get that help as easily as possible. I spend a fair amount of time on various forums, blogs, Facebook groups, and even talking to people face to face, and see the same confusing conversations happen over and over again. So, unless you are one of the few people still using Lightroom CC 2015 because it is the latest version supported by your operating system (or you just like the good old days), the rest of us can simply stop referring to any version of Lightroom as “Lightroom CC” at all.

Instead, do yourself and everyone seeking to help you a huge favor and use the complete name and version number of the software you need help with. To find this important nugget of information, go to Help > System Info (same on both Mac and Windows) and you will see the product name and version number right at the top of the System Info window that appears.

You can even select that bit of text and copy/paste it right into whatever email, forum, blog comment, Facebook group, etc. that you are asking your question in and you will cut right to the chase and eliminate all confusion over product version. Throw in your operating system version while you are at it and you’ll avoid that question too.

Note, if your question is about Lightroom on one of the mobile platforms you can find the version number by going to the Settings screen within the Lightroom app, then tap About Lightroom. You’ll definitely want to include your OS too when asking your question.

This way even if the naming saga continues to evolve further (perhaps an unpronounceable symbol is next?) you now know the secret to finding out exactly what version of Lightroom you are using.

ps – I had a great time at Photoshop World Orlando, and want to thank everyone who came to my classes or dropped by the Lightroom Help Desk. Already looking forward to doing it all again at Photoshop World Vegas!

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]]> https://lightroomkillertips.com/what-version-of-lightroom-are-you-using/feed/ 19 All Synced Photographs https://lightroomkillertips.com/all-synced-photographs/ https://lightroomkillertips.com/all-synced-photographs/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2019 13:10:28 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=12091 This special collection located in the Catalog panel of Lightroom Classic is very useful for helping us view and manage the photos synced with the cloud-based Lightroom ecosystem, but it can also be an opportunity for self-inflicted injury. Every photo that is synced with the cloud-based Lightroom, whether the photo originated in Lightroom Classic via a synced collection or originated in one of the cloud-based Lightroom apps, will show up in All Synced Photographs. Note, if you import a video file into a cloud-based Lightroom app that video will be synced within the Lightroom ecosystem, and it will even download to the computer running Lightroom Classic, but it will not show up in All Synced Photographs. Keep in mind that it isn’t possible to initiate a sync of a video file from Lightroom Classic because Lightroom Classic can only upload a smart preview of a photo to the cloud. I don’t import video into the Lightroom ecosystem for this reason. It just keeps things simpler for me. It used to be that all of the photos that were synced belonged to a collection (album), but that may no longer be the case. For example, photos you take with the Lightroom for mobile camera are not automatically added to a collection, but are still part of the cloud-based Lightroom ecosystem. Additionally, if you delete a photo from a synced collection the default behavior is to remove the photo from that collection (album in Lightroom ecosystem lingo), but to leave it in the cloud. So it is possible that All Synced Photographs contains photos that are in synced collections and photos that are simply synced and not part of a collection/album. What to Watch Out For The opportunity for self-inflicted injury arises when someone selects photos in All Synced Photographs and presses Delete/Backspace without realizing the consequences of that action. I have written previously about how to manage cloud storage as Lightroom Classic users, but I want to make a special point about what happens if you delete photos from All Synced Photographs. At its core, removing photos from All Synced Photographs removes the selected photos from being synced. However, a potential larger consequence of that action is that all selected photos will also be removed from any and all synced collections that it may belong to as part of that removal. This is where things can go wrong. Just recently I received a Help Desk question from someone who didn’t understand this functionality and inadvertently removed a large number of photos from other collections without realizing what had happened. Don’t do this. Lightroom Classic does try to warn us, but perhaps we’ve grown weary of reading all of the text in popup messages or perhaps this whole syncing thing can be confusing and people are not taking the warning to heart. Here’s what happens (don’t just do this), you select any number of photos in All Synced Photographs and press Delete/Backspace, and you’ll see a warning that says, “[n] photo(s) will be removed from all synced collections and from Lightroom CC, but will not be deleted from the desktop catalog.” The key part of that phrase is “be removed from all synced collections” and that’s no joke. Due to the nature of collections it is easy and desirable to have a single photo belong to any number of collections. You just need to be cognizant of this fact if you are working within All Synced Photographs. There’s an easy way to tell if a photo you are looking at in All Synced Photographs is in a collection, and even what collection or collections that might be. All you need to do is be viewing the thumbnails in Grid view with thumbnail badges showing (check out my post on customizing Grid view to learn how to choose what is displayed on thumbnails). There is a thumbnail badge for belonging to a collection. It looks like a small set of overlapping squares (see below). Clicking that thumbnail badge will reveal all of the collections that photo is in. If the collections that are revealed when you click that that are synced collections, then removing that photo from All Synced Photographs will not only remove it from being synced, but it will also remove it from that synced collection. How do you know if that collection is synced or not? Just click the name of the collection that appears when you click the thumbnail badge and the view will switch to that collection. Then look to the left of the collection name for the sync icon and see if it is synced or not. In this example that photo was only a member in a single collection, but you might have a photo in multiple collections, so you’d want to check each one. Removing a photo from All Synced Photographs will not remove it from collections that are not synced with the Lightroom ecosystem. Just the synced collections. I am a big fan of syncing Lightroom Classic with the cloud-based Lightroom ecosystem, but it does require a bit more conscious effort to avoid creating problems for ourselves. I hope this helps!

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]]> This special collection located in the Catalog panel of Lightroom Classic is very useful for helping us view and manage the photos synced with the cloud-based Lightroom ecosystem, but it can also be an opportunity for self-inflicted injury.

Every photo that is synced with the cloud-based Lightroom, whether the photo originated in Lightroom Classic via a synced collection or originated in one of the cloud-based Lightroom apps, will show up in All Synced Photographs.

Note, if you import a video file into a cloud-based Lightroom app that video will be synced within the Lightroom ecosystem, and it will even download to the computer running Lightroom Classic, but it will not show up in All Synced Photographs. Keep in mind that it isn’t possible to initiate a sync of a video file from Lightroom Classic because Lightroom Classic can only upload a smart preview of a photo to the cloud. I don’t import video into the Lightroom ecosystem for this reason. It just keeps things simpler for me.

It used to be that all of the photos that were synced belonged to a collection (album), but that may no longer be the case. For example, photos you take with the Lightroom for mobile camera are not automatically added to a collection, but are still part of the cloud-based Lightroom ecosystem. Additionally, if you delete a photo from a synced collection the default behavior is to remove the photo from that collection (album in Lightroom ecosystem lingo), but to leave it in the cloud. So it is possible that All Synced Photographs contains photos that are in synced collections and photos that are simply synced and not part of a collection/album.

What to Watch Out For

The opportunity for self-inflicted injury arises when someone selects photos in All Synced Photographs and presses Delete/Backspace without realizing the consequences of that action. I have written previously about how to manage cloud storage as Lightroom Classic users, but I want to make a special point about what happens if you delete photos from All Synced Photographs.

At its core, removing photos from All Synced Photographs removes the selected photos from being synced. However, a potential larger consequence of that action is that all selected photos will also be removed from any and all synced collections that it may belong to as part of that removal. This is where things can go wrong. Just recently I received a Help Desk question from someone who didn’t understand this functionality and inadvertently removed a large number of photos from other collections without realizing what had happened. Don’t do this.

Lightroom Classic does try to warn us, but perhaps we’ve grown weary of reading all of the text in popup messages or perhaps this whole syncing thing can be confusing and people are not taking the warning to heart.

Here’s what happens (don’t just do this), you select any number of photos in All Synced Photographs and press Delete/Backspace, and you’ll see a warning that says, “[n] photo(s) will be removed from all synced collections and from Lightroom CC, but will not be deleted from the desktop catalog.”

The key part of that phrase is “be removed from all synced collections” and that’s no joke. Due to the nature of collections it is easy and desirable to have a single photo belong to any number of collections. You just need to be cognizant of this fact if you are working within All Synced Photographs.

There’s an easy way to tell if a photo you are looking at in All Synced Photographs is in a collection, and even what collection or collections that might be. All you need to do is be viewing the thumbnails in Grid view with thumbnail badges showing (check out my post on customizing Grid view to learn how to choose what is displayed on thumbnails). There is a thumbnail badge for belonging to a collection. It looks like a small set of overlapping squares (see below).

Clicking that thumbnail badge will reveal all of the collections that photo is in.

If the collections that are revealed when you click that that are synced collections, then removing that photo from All Synced Photographs will not only remove it from being synced, but it will also remove it from that synced collection.

How do you know if that collection is synced or not? Just click the name of the collection that appears when you click the thumbnail badge and the view will switch to that collection. Then look to the left of the collection name for the sync icon and see if it is synced or not.

In this example that photo was only a member in a single collection, but you might have a photo in multiple collections, so you’d want to check each one.

Removing a photo from All Synced Photographs will not remove it from collections that are not synced with the Lightroom ecosystem. Just the synced collections.

I am a big fan of syncing Lightroom Classic with the cloud-based Lightroom ecosystem, but it does require a bit more conscious effort to avoid creating problems for ourselves. I hope this helps!

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]]> https://lightroomkillertips.com/all-synced-photographs/feed/ 7 Tips for Syncing Lightroom Classic with Lightroom for Mobile https://lightroomkillertips.com/tips-for-syncing-lightroom-classic-with-lightroom-for-mobile/ https://lightroomkillertips.com/tips-for-syncing-lightroom-classic-with-lightroom-for-mobile/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:33:27 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=12077 There are a few important, but really easy to miss settings in both Lightroom Classic and Lightroom for mobile that make using them together much more successful. Let’s take a look. Auto Import The first setting I use is located within the Lightroom for mobile app. I’m using it on an iPhone, but this works on both mobile platforms. Within the Lightroom for mobile app I designated one album (collection on Lightroom Classic) to be my “camera roll” that collects all of the photos I take with other camera apps on my mobile device. The goal for me in this situation is to configure this album to automatically add any new photo that hits my device’s camera roll to Lightroom for mobile. This way all photos taken on my mobile device eventually, and automatically, make their way back to my Lightroom Classic catalog (and the computer running Classic). The key to setting this up is to enable Auto Add from Camera Roll on that album. To do that, simply tap the 3-dot menu next to that album and toggle the switch to the on position. From that point forward, any newly added photos to my device’s camera roll will automatically appear in the Lightroom for mobile app. Lightroom Sync Preferences Going hand in hand with that option is a preference setting back in Lightroom Classic. Head over to Lightroom > Preferences > Lightroom Sync (Edit > Preferences on Windows). Then head down to the Location section and configure the location on your system where you want photos synced from the Lightroom ecosystem to be stored locally. Because any full resolution photos you import into Lightroom for mobile are uploaded to the cloud and then downloaded through Lightroom Classic, it helps to be in the driver’s seat for where you want them to go. In my case, while I store the bulk of my photo library on an external drive, I designate a folder on my internal drive for these synced photos because my external drive is not always connected. Then I periodically use Lightroom Classic to move the newly synced photos to my external drive, which both moves them and retains the connection between the photos and the catalog. Filter Synced Collections The last tip is about finding all of the collections (albums in Lightroom for mobile) that are currently being synced from Lightroom Classic. Because collection sets (folders in Lightroom for mobile) are not synced, it is easy to end up with synced collections spread out amongst your various collection sets, and just looking at the parent collection set doesn’t indicate if it contains synced collections. Luckily there is a simple filter that will reveal all of your synced collections regardless of what collection set they may be located within. You just have to find that filter, and it is well hidden. If you look closely at the Filter Collections field at the top of the Collections panel you may notice there is a magnifying glass icon hiding in there (you may need a magnifying glass to see the icon). If you click that magnifying glass icon it will reveal two options: All and Synced Collections. All is checked by default, which means all of your collections and collection sets are visible. If you click Synced Collections you will reveal all of the collections that are marked to sync, which can make it much easier for you to manage them over time. Happy syncing!

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]]> There are a few important, but really easy to miss settings in both Lightroom Classic and Lightroom for mobile that make using them together much more successful. Let’s take a look.

Auto Import

The first setting I use is located within the Lightroom for mobile app. I’m using it on an iPhone, but this works on both mobile platforms. Within the Lightroom for mobile app I designated one album (collection on Lightroom Classic) to be my “camera roll” that collects all of the photos I take with other camera apps on my mobile device. The goal for me in this situation is to configure this album to automatically add any new photo that hits my device’s camera roll to Lightroom for mobile.

This way all photos taken on my mobile device eventually, and automatically, make their way back to my Lightroom Classic catalog (and the computer running Classic).

The key to setting this up is to enable Auto Add from Camera Roll on that album. To do that, simply tap the 3-dot menu next to that album and toggle the switch to the on position.

From that point forward, any newly added photos to my device’s camera roll will automatically appear in the Lightroom for mobile app.

Lightroom Sync Preferences

Going hand in hand with that option is a preference setting back in Lightroom Classic. Head over to Lightroom > Preferences > Lightroom Sync (Edit > Preferences on Windows).

Then head down to the Location section and configure the location on your system where you want photos synced from the Lightroom ecosystem to be stored locally. Because any full resolution photos you import into Lightroom for mobile are uploaded to the cloud and then downloaded through Lightroom Classic, it helps to be in the driver’s seat for where you want them to go.

In my case, while I store the bulk of my photo library on an external drive, I designate a folder on my internal drive for these synced photos because my external drive is not always connected. Then I periodically use Lightroom Classic to move the newly synced photos to my external drive, which both moves them and retains the connection between the photos and the catalog.

Filter Synced Collections

The last tip is about finding all of the collections (albums in Lightroom for mobile) that are currently being synced from Lightroom Classic. Because collection sets (folders in Lightroom for mobile) are not synced, it is easy to end up with synced collections spread out amongst your various collection sets, and just looking at the parent collection set doesn’t indicate if it contains synced collections.

Luckily there is a simple filter that will reveal all of your synced collections regardless of what collection set they may be located within. You just have to find that filter, and it is well hidden.

If you look closely at the Filter Collections field at the top of the Collections panel you may notice there is a magnifying glass icon hiding in there (you may need a magnifying glass to see the icon). If you click that magnifying glass icon it will reveal two options: All and Synced Collections.

All is checked by default, which means all of your collections and collection sets are visible. If you click Synced Collections you will reveal all of the collections that are marked to sync, which can make it much easier for you to manage them over time.

Happy syncing!

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]]> https://lightroomkillertips.com/tips-for-syncing-lightroom-classic-with-lightroom-for-mobile/feed/ 27 February Update for Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC https://lightroomkillertips.com/february-update-for-lightroom-classic-and-lightroom-cc/ https://lightroomkillertips.com/february-update-for-lightroom-classic-and-lightroom-cc/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:00:54 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=11780 Adobe has just released the first update to Lightroom Classic, Lightroom CC, and Adobe Camera Raw for 2019. There are always the anticipated updates for new cameras and lenses (as well as some bug fixes), but let’s take a closer look at the main item included in this release first. Enhanced Details This is a new featured that was added to Lightroom Classic, Lightroom CC for Mac and Win, and Adobe Camera Raw. As I primarily use it in Lightroom Classic, that’s where my examples were made. In a nutshell, Enhanced Details is a new algorithm for demosaicing raw files into pixels with the goal of producing even better detail with fewer artifacts. I’ve found this to be especially true along edges with high color contrast. Enhanced Details only works with mosaic raw files, whether from cameras with a Bayer array sensor (like Nikon, Canon, Sony, etc.) or X-Trans (Fuji). The key to this new demosaicing method is the inclusion of Adobe Sensei-powered machine learning. I encourage you to read the Enhanced Details white paper that goes into the technical details behind the feature, and the Help Doc that covers the minimum requirements for use, unsupported files, and other details. Let’s look at some examples. Putting it to use One thing you need to understand from the start is that this process is not required or needed to be run on every photo in your library. In my experience (so far), I have found a limited number of photos where I can really see a noticeable difference. Your milage may vary, but I would suggest finding raw photos that have one (or more) of the following to test the feature: Visible artifacts resulting from the initial rendering A lot of fine detail High contrast color edges Photos you are planning to print at large sizes Once you’ve found and selected a good candidate (in either Library or Develop) do either of the following: go to Photo > Enhanced Details right-click the selected photo and choose Enhanced Details from the contextual menu This will bring up a preview window allowing you to compare the before and after of the Enhanced Details rendering at 400%. Click and hold within that preview to see the Before, and release the mouse to see if Enhanced Details offers any improvement. You can pan and zoom within that preview to visit other areas of the selected photo. My experience has been that the preview tends to show a greater difference between the before and after than the actual results show, but if you don’t see any difference in the preview you won’t see it in the output either. Note, you can run Enhanced Details on a batch of selected photos, but no preview will be shown. If it looks like an improvement is possible, click Enhance to run it through the new algorithm. This will create a new DNG version of the original photo with the word -Enhanced appended to the end. Note, in my testing the resulting enhanced DNG file has been as much as 3 to 5 times larger in file size than the source photo. This (and the time to render) is the price to pay for the improved rendering. The new DNG will appear in the same folder as the source photo when done. For comparison purposes, I’ve found that selecting both the original and enhanced versions in Grid view, then using the Photo > Edit > Open as layers command to be a good way to compare the results (zoomed into 400%). This way you can just show/hide the enhanced layer to see the differences.  In the above example you can see the jaggedness along the edges of the leaves and stems has been greatly smoothed out in the Enhanced version. Here’s another example. I’m excited at this first iteration of this new feature, and I’m very interested to see what the further inclusion of machine learning and AI can do to eek out every last bit of detail in our photos. I’m glad to have this feature in my kit, and will absolutely consider using it when printing photos at large sizes or if noticeable improvements are visible. I don’t see using it for every photo though. Time will tell. Lightroom Classic Aside from the Enhanced Details feature, Adobe has also brought the Nikon tethering up to par with the upgrade that was released for Canon last December. As a result, there is only one menu command for tethering under the file menu now, and Lightroom automatically detects which camera you are using. In addition to a faster and more stable tethering experience we can also control (depending on what mode you are shooting in) aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and white balance from the tether bar. Tethering support was also expanded to include the Nikon Z6 and Z7. Here’s the complete list of supported cameras. Lightroom CC for Win and Mac The desktop version of Lightroom CC has taken a few more steps closer to feature parity with Lightroom Classic with the addition of Merge to HDR, Merge to Pano, and Merge to HDR Pano. All three options can be found under the Photo > Photo Merge menu, or via the right-click contextual menu. Although the interface has a more modern feel in keeping with Lightroom CC, the dialogs for each operation contain the same options as we’ve come to know in Lightroom Classic and ACR. I know this has been a feature set that has been in high demand by folks wanting to make the move to Lightroom CC from Classic, or who have already made the leap. To sweeten the pot a little more, Adobe has also added the Targeted Adjustment Tool (TAT) to the Color Mixer and Tone Curve panels. Highlight and shadow clipping indicators have also been added to the histogram. Camera and Lenses For new camera owners, the most important part of any update is support for their new babies. You can access the updated list of […]

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]]> Adobe has just released the first update to Lightroom Classic, Lightroom CC, and Adobe Camera Raw for 2019. There are always the anticipated updates for new cameras and lenses (as well as some bug fixes), but let’s take a closer look at the main item included in this release first.

Enhanced Details

This is a new featured that was added to Lightroom Classic, Lightroom CC for Mac and Win, and Adobe Camera Raw. As I primarily use it in Lightroom Classic, that’s where my examples were made. In a nutshell, Enhanced Details is a new algorithm for demosaicing raw files into pixels with the goal of producing even better detail with fewer artifacts. I’ve found this to be especially true along edges with high color contrast. Enhanced Details only works with mosaic raw files, whether from cameras with a Bayer array sensor (like Nikon, Canon, Sony, etc.) or X-Trans (Fuji).

The key to this new demosaicing method is the inclusion of Adobe Sensei-powered machine learning. I encourage you to read the Enhanced Details white paper that goes into the technical details behind the feature, and the Help Doc that covers the minimum requirements for use, unsupported files, and other details. Let’s look at some examples.

Putting it to use

One thing you need to understand from the start is that this process is not required or needed to be run on every photo in your library. In my experience (so far), I have found a limited number of photos where I can really see a noticeable difference. Your milage may vary, but I would suggest finding raw photos that have one (or more) of the following to test the feature:

  • Visible artifacts resulting from the initial rendering
  • A lot of fine detail
  • High contrast color edges
  • Photos you are planning to print at large sizes

Once you’ve found and selected a good candidate (in either Library or Develop) do either of the following:

  • go to Photo > Enhanced Details
  • right-click the selected photo and choose Enhanced Details from the contextual menu

This will bring up a preview window allowing you to compare the before and after of the Enhanced Details rendering at 400%. Click and hold within that preview to see the Before, and release the mouse to see if Enhanced Details offers any improvement. You can pan and zoom within that preview to visit other areas of the selected photo. My experience has been that the preview tends to show a greater difference between the before and after than the actual results show, but if you don’t see any difference in the preview you won’t see it in the output either. Note, you can run Enhanced Details on a batch of selected photos, but no preview will be shown.

If it looks like an improvement is possible, click Enhance to run it through the new algorithm. This will create a new DNG version of the original photo with the word -Enhanced appended to the end. Note, in my testing the resulting enhanced DNG file has been as much as 3 to 5 times larger in file size than the source photo. This (and the time to render) is the price to pay for the improved rendering. The new DNG will appear in the same folder as the source photo when done.

For comparison purposes, I’ve found that selecting both the original and enhanced versions in Grid view, then using the Photo > Edit > Open as layers command to be a good way to compare the results (zoomed into 400%). This way you can just show/hide the enhanced layer to see the differences. 

In the above example you can see the jaggedness along the edges of the leaves and stems has been greatly smoothed out in the Enhanced version. Here’s another example.

I’m excited at this first iteration of this new feature, and I’m very interested to see what the further inclusion of machine learning and AI can do to eek out every last bit of detail in our photos. I’m glad to have this feature in my kit, and will absolutely consider using it when printing photos at large sizes or if noticeable improvements are visible. I don’t see using it for every photo though. Time will tell.

Lightroom Classic

Aside from the Enhanced Details feature, Adobe has also brought the Nikon tethering up to par with the upgrade that was released for Canon last December. As a result, there is only one menu command for tethering under the file menu now, and Lightroom automatically detects which camera you are using. In addition to a faster and more stable tethering experience we can also control (depending on what mode you are shooting in) aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and white balance from the tether bar.

Tethering support was also expanded to include the Nikon Z6 and Z7. Here’s the complete list of supported cameras.

Lightroom CC for Win and Mac

The desktop version of Lightroom CC has taken a few more steps closer to feature parity with Lightroom Classic with the addition of Merge to HDR, Merge to Pano, and Merge to HDR Pano. All three options can be found under the Photo > Photo Merge menu, or via the right-click contextual menu.

Although the interface has a more modern feel in keeping with Lightroom CC, the dialogs for each operation contain the same options as we’ve come to know in Lightroom Classic and ACR. I know this has been a feature set that has been in high demand by folks wanting to make the move to Lightroom CC from Classic, or who have already made the leap.

To sweeten the pot a little more, Adobe has also added the Targeted Adjustment Tool (TAT) to the Color Mixer and Tone Curve panels.

Highlight and shadow clipping indicators have also been added to the histogram.

Camera and Lenses

For new camera owners, the most important part of any update is support for their new babies. You can access the updated list of supported cameras and lenses. Adobe has also updated the list of fixes in this release.

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]]> https://lightroomkillertips.com/february-update-for-lightroom-classic-and-lightroom-cc/feed/ 8 October 2018 Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC Release https://lightroomkillertips.com/october-2018-release/ https://lightroomkillertips.com/october-2018-release/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2018 11:00:26 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=11391 It’s just about the one year anniversary of Lightroom’s rebranding to Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC, and today Adobe is releasing the next version of Lightroom Classic (8.0) and Lightroom CC for Mac/Win (2.0), along with updates for Lightroom CC on iOS and Android. whew. Let’s dive in! Lightroom Classic 8.0 Lightroom Classic is still front and center in my workflow (though I do love Lightroom CC on mobile a lot), and I’m glad to see Adobe is maintaining their commitment to keeping it updated with new features, camera support, and bug fixes. I think it is safe to say that the days of splashy new versions packed with new features every 18 months are behind us. Instead we’ve gotten new features, camera support, and bug fixes every two months. This update does come with a new version number, but it is an incremental growth over version 7.5 in keeping with the pattern we’ve seen throughout the year. New Process Version The process version is the secret sauce for processing our photos, and this is something that should continue to evolve and improve. Process Version 5 will be the default for newly imported photos from now on (until it changes), and it brings improvements to image quality in high ISO raw photos and an improvement to the rendering of negative Dehaze. I’m not really one to use negative amounts of Dehaze, but comparing the same amount of Dehaze to a photo using Process Version 4 (top) to the new Process Version 5 (bottom) does show an improvement in retaining color and contrast for the same slider value. You can change process versions via the Camera Calibration panel to test it for yourself. Current photos with older process versions will not be changed by Lightroom. You can change them manually if you wish, but you do not have to do this. You’d only change the process version of a previously edited photo if you want to leverage the new features added to the latest process version. I’ll probably only do this in rare cases to old photos, but I see no problem moving forward with Process Version 5 as the new default. Single Step HDR Pano Ever since we gained the ability to merge to HDR and Pano within Lightroom I’ve shot a lot more HDR and panoramas, often just to create higher resolution images of more typical aspect ratios (as opposed to the true panoramic aspect ratios). If the situation seems to call for it, and I have time, I’ll even shoot for HDR and panorama at the same time. While the merge to HDR and pano functions made it relatively easy to first combine all the brackets into HDR images, and then merge all the HDR images into a pano, it has just gotten so much easier. Now all you need to do is select all the frames from your HDR pano, then right-click one and go to Photo Merge > HDR Panorama (or via the Photo > Photo Merge menu). Classic takes them all into the new HDR Panorama Merge Preview dialog, where you can select a projection, perform boundary warp, auto crop, auto settings, and stack all the images together. Note, if you need to use Deghosting you’ll want to do it the old way and merge each HDR bracket individually so you can control the Deghosting settings (this dialog does not apply any). Clicking merge saves out the final HDR panorama. This will save me a lot of disk space by skipping the individual HDR image stage. New Range Mask Option If you have a dual lens iOS device that can create HEIC photos with embedded depth map data, then you can leverage the new option added to Range Mask in the local adjustments (Graduated Filter, Radial Filter, and Adjustment Brush). The camera in Lightroom CC for iOS gained a new Depth Mode as a tech preview during the last update, which allows you to create those types of photos right in Lightroom CC. Everything created in my Lightroom CC app downloads to my Classic catalog automatically. Selecting one of those photos, I can apply a local adjustment, then choose Depth from the Range Mask drop-down menu. This will reveal the new options associated with this type of mask. Due to the depth information contained in this photo, I can now limit the range of the mask based on that information. This provides a whole new level of control. I’ll have to explore this in a tutorial for another day, but from what I’ve seen so far it is very promising! Note, you’ll only see the new Depth option when a photo with depth information is being edited. Improved Tethering Experience Some much needed attention has been given to the tethering experience for Canon. If you are a Canon shooter and shoot tethered you should see greater overall stability and an increase in transfer speeds. Adobe has stated that similar improvements are coming for Nikon in a future release. Here’s a link to all camera’s currently supported for tethering. The Canon EOS M50 and the Rebel T7 have been added in this release. They’ve also updated the online user guide for tethering to include new options for Canon shooters. Lightroom CC 2.0 (Mac/Win) New things came to Lightroom CC for Mac, Win, iOS, and Android too. Share Tab The new Share tab makes it easier to access all of your shared albums, whether you’ve created them here in Lightroom CC, Lightroom Classic, on mobile, or even within lightroom.adobe.com. The new Connections tool at the top of the Shared tab gives you the ability to create a connection with your Adobe Portfolio, and easily share albums to it. Adobe promises to continue to develop this feature to add connections to other online services (such as printing). People View In the My Photos section of the left panel is a new People view tab. Leveraging the Adobe Sensei powered search, imported/synced photos are now analyzed for faces, and […]

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]]> It’s just about the one year anniversary of Lightroom’s rebranding to Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC, and today Adobe is releasing the next version of Lightroom Classic (8.0) and Lightroom CC for Mac/Win (2.0), along with updates for Lightroom CC on iOS and Android. whew. Let’s dive in!

Lightroom Classic 8.0

Lightroom Classic is still front and center in my workflow (though I do love Lightroom CC on mobile a lot), and I’m glad to see Adobe is maintaining their commitment to keeping it updated with new features, camera support, and bug fixes. I think it is safe to say that the days of splashy new versions packed with new features every 18 months are behind us. Instead we’ve gotten new features, camera support, and bug fixes every two months. This update does come with a new version number, but it is an incremental growth over version 7.5 in keeping with the pattern we’ve seen throughout the year.

New Process Version

The process version is the secret sauce for processing our photos, and this is something that should continue to evolve and improve. Process Version 5 will be the default for newly imported photos from now on (until it changes), and it brings improvements to image quality in high ISO raw photos and an improvement to the rendering of negative Dehaze. I’m not really one to use negative amounts of Dehaze, but comparing the same amount of Dehaze to a photo using Process Version 4 (top) to the new Process Version 5 (bottom) does show an improvement in retaining color and contrast for the same slider value.

You can change process versions via the Camera Calibration panel to test it for yourself. Current photos with older process versions will not be changed by Lightroom. You can change them manually if you wish, but you do not have to do this. You’d only change the process version of a previously edited photo if you want to leverage the new features added to the latest process version. I’ll probably only do this in rare cases to old photos, but I see no problem moving forward with Process Version 5 as the new default.

Single Step HDR Pano

Ever since we gained the ability to merge to HDR and Pano within Lightroom I’ve shot a lot more HDR and panoramas, often just to create higher resolution images of more typical aspect ratios (as opposed to the true panoramic aspect ratios). If the situation seems to call for it, and I have time, I’ll even shoot for HDR and panorama at the same time. While the merge to HDR and pano functions made it relatively easy to first combine all the brackets into HDR images, and then merge all the HDR images into a pano, it has just gotten so much easier. Now all you need to do is select all the frames from your HDR pano, then right-click one and go to Photo Merge > HDR Panorama (or via the Photo > Photo Merge menu).

Classic takes them all into the new HDR Panorama Merge Preview dialog, where you can select a projection, perform boundary warp, auto crop, auto settings, and stack all the images together. Note, if you need to use Deghosting you’ll want to do it the old way and merge each HDR bracket individually so you can control the Deghosting settings (this dialog does not apply any). Clicking merge saves out the final HDR panorama. This will save me a lot of disk space by skipping the individual HDR image stage.

New Range Mask Option

If you have a dual lens iOS device that can create HEIC photos with embedded depth map data, then you can leverage the new option added to Range Mask in the local adjustments (Graduated Filter, Radial Filter, and Adjustment Brush). The camera in Lightroom CC for iOS gained a new Depth Mode as a tech preview during the last update, which allows you to create those types of photos right in Lightroom CC. Everything created in my Lightroom CC app downloads to my Classic catalog automatically. Selecting one of those photos, I can apply a local adjustment, then choose Depth from the Range Mask drop-down menu.

This will reveal the new options associated with this type of mask. Due to the depth information contained in this photo, I can now limit the range of the mask based on that information. This provides a whole new level of control. I’ll have to explore this in a tutorial for another day, but from what I’ve seen so far it is very promising!

Note, you’ll only see the new Depth option when a photo with depth information is being edited.

Improved Tethering Experience

Some much needed attention has been given to the tethering experience for Canon. If you are a Canon shooter and shoot tethered you should see greater overall stability and an increase in transfer speeds. Adobe has stated that similar improvements are coming for Nikon in a future release. Here’s a link to all camera’s currently supported for tethering. The Canon EOS M50 and the Rebel T7 have been added in this release. They’ve also updated the online user guide for tethering to include new options for Canon shooters.

Lightroom CC 2.0 (Mac/Win)

New things came to Lightroom CC for Mac, Win, iOS, and Android too.

Share Tab

The new Share tab makes it easier to access all of your shared albums, whether you’ve created them here in Lightroom CC, Lightroom Classic, on mobile, or even within lightroom.adobe.com.

The new Connections tool at the top of the Shared tab gives you the ability to create a connection with your Adobe Portfolio, and easily share albums to it. Adobe promises to continue to develop this feature to add connections to other online services (such as printing).

People View

In the My Photos section of the left panel is a new People view tab. Leveraging the Adobe Sensei powered search, imported/synced photos are now analyzed for faces, and photos of the same person are grouped together to make them easier to find. At the time of this writing it was still crunching through my photos, so I look forward to test driving this when it is done.

[Edited to add: It looks like it is taking a little while for the indexing of people to complete, so have some patience if you are still seeing the screen below – Rob]

Improved Search

The search also gained a new autocomplete feature that can suggest various bits of metadata (keywords, locations, camera, lens, ISO, etc.) based on what you have typed so far.

Color to Local Adjustments

I didn’t even realize this wasn’t already included, but Lightroom CC’s local adjustment tools now have the Color swatch for hand coloring/tinting your photos as part of the adjustment.

Migrate Apple Photos

If you’ve used Apple’s Photos app, and want a way to migrate your photos out of there and into Lightroom CC, you now have that functionality. Located under the File menu.

Lightrom CC for iOS and Android

The same People view and search improvements have been added to Lightroom CC for mobile devices as well. In addition, there are a few new guided tutorials (under Settings). The HDR capture on Android has also been improved.

iOS and Android also gained access to improved display options when sharing your albums to the web. On a shared album, tap the tri-dot menu and tap Share to Web. Under Share to Web tap Display to access options for changing the theme, appearance, entering author info, and filtering what photos appear based on flag or rating.

New camera support and new lens support has also been added across all applications. Adobe Camera Raw is also being updated to version 11, so keep your eye out for that update as well. There’s a lot to absorb, and remember that the apps become available on a rolling basis, so if you don’t see it yet, just give it some time. Updates for mobile can take longer due to App store approval process.

 

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]]> https://lightroomkillertips.com/october-2018-release/feed/ 20 Managing Adobe Cloud Storage Space for Classic Users https://lightroomkillertips.com/managing-adobe-cloud-storage-space-classic-users/ https://lightroomkillertips.com/managing-adobe-cloud-storage-space-classic-users/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2018 08:00:20 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=11263 If you are like me, you are using the Lightroom CC app on your mobile device(s) in partnership with your Lightroom Classic catalog. I’ve been using these two apps this way since Lightroom Mobile (now called Lightroom CC for mobile) first came out and it works great as a vehicle for transferring photos captured with the mobile device to your computer, and as a way to make photos in your Classic catalog available for viewing/editing/sharing on your mobile device. That said, since Lightroom Mobile was rebranded as Lightroom CC and what we knew as just “Lightroom” became Lightroom Classic things got a wee bit confusing (ok, very confusing). I often get questions from Classic users who are trying to figure out how to manage the 20GB of storage space that comes with the Creative Cloud Photography plan (or 100GB if you have the full Creative Cloud subscription). The answer isn’t as clear cut as I think it could be, so bear with me as we dive into this. Note, If you have the Lightroom CC only plan or you’ve paid for additional storage for the purpose of having originals stored in the cloud, then this post doesn’t really apply to you. Background Any photo that is captured with or imported into any of the Lightroom CC apps (Mac, Win, iOS, or Android) are uploaded at full resolution to the cloud. This is the beauty of the Lightroom CC ecosystem which means all your photos are stored in the cloud and accessible from any device. Any photo that is synced to Lightroom CC from a Lightroom Classic catalog is only uploaded to the cloud as a smart preview (basically a compressed DNG version of the original resized to 2560 pixels on the long side). Because smart previews are used, photos synced from Lightroom Classic to Lightroom CC do NOT count against your Creative Cloud storage (check out my follow up post). In Practice So a typical workflow for me is to capture photos in the (very awesome) camera module within Lightroom CC on my phone while out and about. Those photos are eventually uploaded at full resolution to the cloud, and when I open my Classic catalog they are downloaded at full resolution to my laptop where they join all my other photos in permanent storage. Works great. Occasionally I also import photos from my DSLR into Lightroom CC using the camera connection kit while traveling, and those follow the same path as the photos captured in the camera module. That also works great. All of the full resolution photos uploaded to the cloud this way count against my Creative Cloud storage. Left unchecked I would rapidly hit my storage limit of 100GB. The way to manage this is to remove the full resolution photos from being synced with Lightroom CC, which will remove them from the cloud and thereby free up storage space for more photos to pass through this workflow. Here’s what I do: Step One: I have designated a single collection/album in Lightroom CC on my phone that functions as my Camera Roll. This becomes important later on for finding just those newly added photos. Step Two: All photos captured or imported into Lightroom CC are only brought into that collection/album at first. This gives me a convenient place to find, view, and edit those photos until I have a chance to clean up my storage space. Step Three: Open Lightroom Classic and let the sync process complete. This means that all of those newly captured or imported photos from Lightroom CC have fully downloaded to my computer and appear in the folder(s) I’ve designated for Lightroom CC files (Preferences > Lightroom Sync), and Lightroom Classic’s activity monitor no longer displays any messages about syncing files(you can also check Preferences > Lightroom Sync to see that no sync activity is happening). I need to visually confirm they are all in their respective folders before doing anything else because photos that are removed from Lightroom CC before they download to Classic are gone forever. Step Four: Expand the Catalog panel and click on All Synced Photographs (sorted by Capture Time with most recent on top). This view displays all of the photos synced between Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC. Press G for Grid view if not there already. Step Five: Select all the newly imported/created full resolution photos that downloaded from Lightroom CC and press Delete (I know this seems scary). You will see a popup dialog that says, “[N] photo(s) will be removed from all synced collections and from Lightroom CC, but will not be deleted from the desktop catalog.” In other words these photos will be deleted from cloud storage and removed from all synced collections, but they will remain in the Classic catalog and on your hard drive. This is why it is critical that you confirm all photos have fully downloaded to Classic first, and why I don’t bother putting those photos in any additional collections/albums until later (because I’d just have to add them back in). I recommend leaving the Don’t show again box unchecked, as this is a useful warning to have to prevent accidental removals. Step Six: If I want any of those photos to be synced back to Lightroom CC for viewing, editing, etc. but as smart objects I simply drag and drop them from their respective folders in the Folders panel to the desired synced collections. This triggers Classic to create and upload a smart preview of those photos (along with any edits that have been applied at any point in the process). If I have a lot of photos spread across multiple folders I’ll add them to a regular un-synced collection before removing them from being synced as it makes it easier to find them again. To Summarize The whole point of this exercise is to manage the 20GB/100GB of cloud storage that comes with your CC subscription. Photos imported/created in a Lightroom CC app exist as full resolution copies […]

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]]> If you are like me, you are using the Lightroom CC app on your mobile device(s) in partnership with your Lightroom Classic catalog. I’ve been using these two apps this way since Lightroom Mobile (now called Lightroom CC for mobile) first came out and it works great as a vehicle for transferring photos captured with the mobile device to your computer, and as a way to make photos in your Classic catalog available for viewing/editing/sharing on your mobile device.

That said, since Lightroom Mobile was rebranded as Lightroom CC and what we knew as just “Lightroom” became Lightroom Classic things got a wee bit confusing (ok, very confusing).

I often get questions from Classic users who are trying to figure out how to manage the 20GB of storage space that comes with the Creative Cloud Photography plan (or 100GB if you have the full Creative Cloud subscription). The answer isn’t as clear cut as I think it could be, so bear with me as we dive into this.

Note, If you have the Lightroom CC only plan or you’ve paid for additional storage for the purpose of having originals stored in the cloud, then this post doesn’t really apply to you.

Background

Any photo that is captured with or imported into any of the Lightroom CC apps (Mac, Win, iOS, or Android) are uploaded at full resolution to the cloud. This is the beauty of the Lightroom CC ecosystem which means all your photos are stored in the cloud and accessible from any device.

Any photo that is synced to Lightroom CC from a Lightroom Classic catalog is only uploaded to the cloud as a smart preview (basically a compressed DNG version of the original resized to 2560 pixels on the long side). Because smart previews are used, photos synced from Lightroom Classic to Lightroom CC do NOT count against your Creative Cloud storage (check out my follow up post).

In Practice

So a typical workflow for me is to capture photos in the (very awesome) camera module within Lightroom CC on my phone while out and about. Those photos are eventually uploaded at full resolution to the cloud, and when I open my Classic catalog they are downloaded at full resolution to my laptop where they join all my other photos in permanent storage. Works great. Occasionally I also import photos from my DSLR into Lightroom CC using the camera connection kit while traveling, and those follow the same path as the photos captured in the camera module. That also works great. All of the full resolution photos uploaded to the cloud this way count against my Creative Cloud storage. Left unchecked I would rapidly hit my storage limit of 100GB.

The way to manage this is to remove the full resolution photos from being synced with Lightroom CC, which will remove them from the cloud and thereby free up storage space for more photos to pass through this workflow. Here’s what I do:

Step One: I have designated a single collection/album in Lightroom CC on my phone that functions as my Camera Roll. This becomes important later on for finding just those newly added photos.

Step Two: All photos captured or imported into Lightroom CC are only brought into that collection/album at first. This gives me a convenient place to find, view, and edit those photos until I have a chance to clean up my storage space.

Step Three: Open Lightroom Classic and let the sync process complete. This means that all of those newly captured or imported photos from Lightroom CC have fully downloaded to my computer and appear in the folder(s) I’ve designated for Lightroom CC files (Preferences > Lightroom Sync), and Lightroom Classic’s activity monitor no longer displays any messages about syncing files(you can also check Preferences > Lightroom Sync to see that no sync activity is happening).

I need to visually confirm they are all in their respective folders before doing anything else because photos that are removed from Lightroom CC before they download to Classic are gone forever.

Step Four: Expand the Catalog panel and click on All Synced Photographs (sorted by Capture Time with most recent on top). This view displays all of the photos synced between Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC. Press G for Grid view if not there already.

Step Five: Select all the newly imported/created full resolution photos that downloaded from Lightroom CC and press Delete (I know this seems scary). You will see a popup dialog that says, “[N] photo(s) will be removed from all synced collections and from Lightroom CC, but will not be deleted from the desktop catalog.” In other words these photos will be deleted from cloud storage and removed from all synced collections, but they will remain in the Classic catalog and on your hard drive. This is why it is critical that you confirm all photos have fully downloaded to Classic first, and why I don’t bother putting those photos in any additional collections/albums until later (because I’d just have to add them back in). I recommend leaving the Don’t show again box unchecked, as this is a useful warning to have to prevent accidental removals.

Step Six: If I want any of those photos to be synced back to Lightroom CC for viewing, editing, etc. but as smart objects I simply drag and drop them from their respective folders in the Folders panel to the desired synced collections. This triggers Classic to create and upload a smart preview of those photos (along with any edits that have been applied at any point in the process). If I have a lot of photos spread across multiple folders I’ll add them to a regular un-synced collection before removing them from being synced as it makes it easier to find them again.

To Summarize

The whole point of this exercise is to manage the 20GB/100GB of cloud storage that comes with your CC subscription. Photos imported/created in a Lightroom CC app exist as full resolution copies in the cloud that count against your storage. Photos synced from Lightroom Classic to Lightroom CC only exist as smart previews in the cloud, and do not count against your storage.

I’m sure there are other ways to handle the management of that storage space, but hopefully my approach will help you understand the potential pitfalls as you carve out a solution that works for you. I’d love to hear how other people deal with this as I’m sure the whole system will continue to evolve over time.

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]]> https://lightroomkillertips.com/managing-adobe-cloud-storage-space-classic-users/feed/ 24 The Hidden Control for Shared Slideshows https://lightroomkillertips.com/hidden-control-shared-slideshows/ https://lightroomkillertips.com/hidden-control-shared-slideshows/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2018 08:00:14 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=11237 This is another post inspired by a question on a previous blog post, so thanks to Craig for the idea. If you’ve ever shared a synced collection from Lightroom Classic (or album from Lightroom CC) by giving someone the link that gets generated when you go Public, you’ll see that it sends them to a web gallery of the photos in that collection. At the top of that gallery is a Slideshow button for playing a simple slideshow. Craig’s question was basically, how the heck do you control the speed of that slideshow? Turns out you can, but you’ll need to dig deep to find it. Don’t bother looking in Lightroom Classic or in any of the Lightroom CC apps though. When you share that link it is a link to the gallery on lightroom.adobe.com, which is the address for Lightroom CC on the web. It would be nice if there was an easy link from the gallery itself to lightroom.adobe.com, but there isn’t. You can simply type in the address field of your browser. Once there you’ll need to sign in with your Adobe ID and password to be able to access your synced photos and albums, and the controls for the slideshow. Yes, that means that only the gallery owner can change/set the speed for the transitions in the slideshow. From your Dashboard screen, click the globe icon on the left to view all of your shared collection/albums. From there, scroll down your list of shared albums to find the one you want to configure the slideshow speed for your audience. Click that album to view the contents, and note there is a Photos tab and a Sharing tab above the thumbnails. You might be tempted to click the Sharing tab, since you might think that is where the controls for sharing are located, but that’s not where you want to go. Instead, click the tri-dot menu button on the far-right side where you will discover a Slideshow Settings option in that menu. That’s the one you want. That opens a dialog with a speed control, a checkbox if you want the slideshow to continue looping, and a template control to switch from a single image slideshow to an adaptive template that displays more than one photo at a time. It turns out that the setting you choose here is the setting that is used for the shared gallery viewed by others. Configure your desired settings and click Done. Just keep in mind that now that they know that we know where that control is located it is likely to change again, so stay on your toes!

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]]> This is another post inspired by a question on a previous blog post, so thanks to Craig for the idea. If you’ve ever shared a synced collection from Lightroom Classic (or album from Lightroom CC) by giving someone the link that gets generated when you go Public, you’ll see that it sends them to a web gallery of the photos in that collection. At the top of that gallery is a Slideshow button for playing a simple slideshow. Craig’s question was basically, how the heck do you control the speed of that slideshow?

Turns out you can, but you’ll need to dig deep to find it. Don’t bother looking in Lightroom Classic or in any of the Lightroom CC apps though. When you share that link it is a link to the gallery on lightroom.adobe.com, which is the address for Lightroom CC on the web. It would be nice if there was an easy link from the gallery itself to lightroom.adobe.com, but there isn’t. You can simply type in the address field of your browser. Once there you’ll need to sign in with your Adobe ID and password to be able to access your synced photos and albums, and the controls for the slideshow. Yes, that means that only the gallery owner can change/set the speed for the transitions in the slideshow.

From your Dashboard screen, click the globe icon on the left to view all of your shared collection/albums.

From there, scroll down your list of shared albums to find the one you want to configure the slideshow speed for your audience. Click that album to view the contents, and note there is a Photos tab and a Sharing tab above the thumbnails. You might be tempted to click the Sharing tab, since you might think that is where the controls for sharing are located, but that’s not where you want to go.

Instead, click the tri-dot menu button on the far-right side where you will discover a Slideshow Settings option in that menu. That’s the one you want.

That opens a dialog with a speed control, a checkbox if you want the slideshow to continue looping, and a template control to switch from a single image slideshow to an adaptive template that displays more than one photo at a time.

It turns out that the setting you choose here is the setting that is used for the shared gallery viewed by others. Configure your desired settings and click Done. Just keep in mind that now that they know that we know where that control is located it is likely to change again, so stay on your toes!

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]]> https://lightroomkillertips.com/hidden-control-shared-slideshows/feed/ 11 August 2018 Updates to Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC https://lightroomkillertips.com/august-lightroom-updates/ https://lightroomkillertips.com/august-lightroom-updates/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:00:14 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=11192 Lightroom Classic 7.5 and Lightroom CC 1.5 for Mac and PC started rolling out to Creative Cloud subscribers last night and should be coming to a CC application manager near you (if it’s not there already). This update brings the usual new camera support (and bug fixes), but due to the nature of the subscription model we’re also being provided with new features to enhance the Classic and CC experience. This round of updates features heavily in the Book module for Classic, but there are a couple of other new items to be aware of too. Lightroom CC for desktop has also gained a few new features to discover, and Adobe has even given us a heads up on a few new additions that will be coming to the Lightroom CC mobile apps in a soon to be released update. Check for Updates If you’re not seeing the update yet, don’t worry, they roll out separately to different regions to prevent overloading the system. You should see the red notification appearing on the CC app manager, but if you don’t you can click the 3-dot menu and choose Check for App Updates to manually trigger it to take a look for anything new. If still no update, just give it some more time. As a last resort (for the impatient) you can log out / log in of the app manager to see if that triggers the update notification. Ultimately, you may just need to wait. Let’s dig into what’s new. Custom Cell Sizes We now have the ability to create custom photo and text cell sizes on page in our book layouts! Previously we could only change the padding within the cell, which could only move the photo within the cell, but this new functionality gives us the ability to change the size of the cell too. We can even have one cell overlay another cell in the same way we can with the Custom Package layouts in the Print module. All kinds of new options are opening up with this change. This is most easily done via the Single Page view, but the controls are accessible in the other views too. Move your cursor over a photo to see the resize and move handles appear. The resize handles are around the outside edge, while the center handle is for moving the entire cell around the page. Expand the Guides panel and check the boxes for Page Grid and Guide Lines for aids in placing the cells. You can also hold down the Option key (PC: Alt) to use the arrow keys to nudge the cell into place. Add additional photo or text cells by control-clicking (PC: right-clicking) on the page and using Add Cell from the contextual menu. You can send a cell to the back or front using the contextual menu that appears when right-clicking on a photo. Note the Save as Custom Page option in the contextual menu if you want to save your newly customized page for reuse down the road. New Book Types Two new book types have been added to the Book drop-down menu of the Book Settings panel. The first is the Blurb Magazine, which comes in one size with a softcover and magazine paper. The Book module only supports the Premium Magazine, and you can learn more about the magazine option from the Blurb website. The second new book is called a Trade Book, which is designed to match the style of book you would buy at a book store. Trade Books come in three different sizes and can be printed in color or B&W. You can also learn more about them on the Blurb website. New Paper Type There’s also one new paper type available for photo books, and it is called Layflat. As the name implies, these books are bound in such a way so that they lay flat with a seamless center. These are great for books with large two-page spreads. Improved Page Number Visibility The Page panel has new options for controlling the placement of page numbering within the book. Under the Location drop-down menu we have options for top corner, bottom corner, top, side, and bottom. Using the Display drop-down menu we can control if page numbers appear on all pages, just the left pages or just the right pages. You can also hide page numbers on a page-by-page basis from the contextual menu that appears when you right-click a page. Pause and Resume Upload to Blurb You can now pause and resume the uploads to Blurb within a single Lightroom session. Click the progress bar to open the Activity Center and access the pause/resume button but note that you must complete the upload before quitting your Lightroom session or it won’t complete. That’s it for the Book module, but there are a few more goodies in this release. Import Multiple Develop Presets or Profiles The first thing you’ll notice in the Presets panel of the Develop module is that presets are now grouped into clusters with a separator between each one. You can still hide and show those preset groups from the Manage Presets dialog accessible from the + icon at the top of the Presets panel or by right-clicking within the panel. What isn’t so obvious is that it is now much easier to import a batch of presets or profiles that are compressed into a zip file by simply importing the zip file. For presets, click the + icon at the top of the Presets panel and choose Import Presets. For profiles, open the Profile Browser within the Basic panel and you will see there is now a similar + icon at the top. Click that icon and choose Import Profiles. Navigate to the location of the zip file containing the presets or profiles and select it for import. Once imported, the new files will appear in the panel. HEIC Image File Support on Windows If you are an iPhone owner who […]

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]]> Lightroom Classic 7.5 and Lightroom CC 1.5 for Mac and PC started rolling out to Creative Cloud subscribers last night and should be coming to a CC application manager near you (if it’s not there already). This update brings the usual new camera support (and bug fixes), but due to the nature of the subscription model we’re also being provided with new features to enhance the Classic and CC experience. This round of updates features heavily in the Book module for Classic, but there are a couple of other new items to be aware of too. Lightroom CC for desktop has also gained a few new features to discover, and Adobe has even given us a heads up on a few new additions that will be coming to the Lightroom CC mobile apps in a soon to be released update.

Check for Updates

If you’re not seeing the update yet, don’t worry, they roll out separately to different regions to prevent overloading the system. You should see the red notification appearing on the CC app manager, but if you don’t you can click the 3-dot menu and choose Check for App Updates to manually trigger it to take a look for anything new.

If still no update, just give it some more time. As a last resort (for the impatient) you can log out / log in of the app manager to see if that triggers the update notification. Ultimately, you may just need to wait. Let’s dig into what’s new.

Custom Cell Sizes

We now have the ability to create custom photo and text cell sizes on page in our book layouts! Previously we could only change the padding within the cell, which could only move the photo within the cell, but this new functionality gives us the ability to change the size of the cell too. We can even have one cell overlay another cell in the same way we can with the Custom Package layouts in the Print module. All kinds of new options are opening up with this change.

This is most easily done via the Single Page view, but the controls are accessible in the other views too. Move your cursor over a photo to see the resize and move handles appear. The resize handles are around the outside edge, while the center handle is for moving the entire cell around the page.

Expand the Guides panel and check the boxes for Page Grid and Guide Lines for aids in placing the cells. You can also hold down the Option key (PC: Alt) to use the arrow keys to nudge the cell into place.

Add additional photo or text cells by control-clicking (PC: right-clicking) on the page and using Add Cell from the contextual menu.

You can send a cell to the back or front using the contextual menu that appears when right-clicking on a photo.

Note the Save as Custom Page option in the contextual menu if you want to save your newly customized page for reuse down the road.

New Book Types

Two new book types have been added to the Book drop-down menu of the Book Settings panel. The first is the Blurb Magazine, which comes in one size with a softcover and magazine paper. The Book module only supports the Premium Magazine, and you can learn more about the magazine option from the Blurb website.

The second new book is called a Trade Book, which is designed to match the style of book you would buy at a book store. Trade Books come in three different sizes and can be printed in color or B&W. You can also learn more about them on the Blurb website.

New Paper Type

There’s also one new paper type available for photo books, and it is called Layflat. As the name implies, these books are bound in such a way so that they lay flat with a seamless center. These are great for books with large two-page spreads.

Improved Page Number Visibility

The Page panel has new options for controlling the placement of page numbering within the book. Under the Location drop-down menu we have options for top corner, bottom corner, top, side, and bottom. Using the Display drop-down menu we can control if page numbers appear on all pages, just the left pages or just the right pages. You can also hide page numbers on a page-by-page basis from the contextual menu that appears when you right-click a page.

Pause and Resume Upload to Blurb

You can now pause and resume the uploads to Blurb within a single Lightroom session. Click the progress bar to open the Activity Center and access the pause/resume button but note that you must complete the upload before quitting your Lightroom session or it won’t complete.

That’s it for the Book module, but there are a few more goodies in this release.

Import Multiple Develop Presets or Profiles

The first thing you’ll notice in the Presets panel of the Develop module is that presets are now grouped into clusters with a separator between each one. You can still hide and show those preset groups from the Manage Presets dialog accessible from the + icon at the top of the Presets panel or by right-clicking within the panel.

What isn’t so obvious is that it is now much easier to import a batch of presets or profiles that are compressed into a zip file by simply importing the zip file. For presets, click the + icon at the top of the Presets panel and choose Import Presets. For profiles, open the Profile Browser within the Basic panel and you will see there is now a similar + icon at the top. Click that icon and choose Import Profiles.

Navigate to the location of the zip file containing the presets or profiles and select it for import. Once imported, the new files will appear in the panel.

HEIC Image File Support on Windows

If you are an iPhone owner who also uses Lightroom Classic on Windows you’ll be glad to know that HEIC image file support has finally arrived.

Publish Services

If you used the Facebook publish service plug-in you’ve likely encountered the fact that Facebook no longer allows uploading from desktop applications like Lightroom. In previous versions of Lightroom Classic the Facebook publish service plug-in was disabled, which prevented access to your collections under that service. The 7.5 update restores access to your collections so that you can re-create them as regular collections outside of Publish Services. Note, you are still not able to upload to Facebook, you just have access to existing collections.

Bug Fixes

You can see the complete list of bug fixes here, but I did want to call out one that is particularly important to touch screen users (such as Microsoft Surface or Wacom Mobile Studio Pro), which is that this update includes a fix for the Touch Workspace that had rendered it useless in the previous version. I took it for a quick spin on my tablet PC and it appears to be working again.

OK, that’s it for new features in Classic. Here’s what’s new in Lightroom CC for desktop.

Store Albums Locally

Lightroom CC for desktop is catching up to the mobile apps with the ability to store the contents of an album locally for editing while offline. This is a great option for anyone using Lightroom CC on the go. Right-click the desired album and choose Store Album Locally from the contextual menu. When you no longer need them stored locally, just access the same contextual menu and uncheck the Store Album Locally option.

Album Membership

A new addition to the Info panel is the Albums pane. Select any photo and you’ll see what albums it belongs to listed in the panel. The album names are actually buttons that will switch the view to that album when clicked. I’d love to see that added to the contextual menu for right-clicking individual photos too.

That’s all for Lightroom CC on the desktop. Let’s wrap up with a look at what is coming to Lightroom CC on mobile and new camera support across the ecosystem.

Lightroom CC for iOS


The first time you launch the app after the update you’ll notice some changes to the layout of the interface. There are two new smart collections at the top that automatically gather up all photos taken with the Lightroom CC camera module, as well as all recently added photos.

At the very top of the interface are new icons for swapping the view between all albums (the icon that looks like three books) and just your shared albums through lightroom.adobe.com (the globe). The best part of this is that the Shared Albums view also provides access to controlling the shared aspects of the album.

A very welcome addition is the ability to easily select multiple photos by first long-pressing on one photo to enter select mode, then single tap every other photo you want to be selected. The previous limit on how many photos can be exported at once has also been removed.

The filter menu gained options for filtering by media, camera, location, keywords, and edited state.

Lastly, there’s a new Technology Preview you can enable from the Settings menu for Depth Map support. This adds a new mode to the Lightroom CC camera, called Depth, and a new depth-aware selective adjustment tool. The Depth capture mode uses the HEIC format to capture photos with depth maps. Those depth maps can be used by the new selection tool to create an editable mask for applying adjustments to specific regions of the photo.

Lightroom CC for Android

The coming update for the Android platform includes the ability to reduce chromatic aberration in the Optics section, and the manual selection of a lens profile. HEIC image file format will also be supported.

A new Guided Tutorial (Settings > Help & Support) for using the watermark feature is coming, as well as a new Technology Preview ported over from lightroom.adobe.com called Best Photos. Best Photos uses Adobe Sensei and changes you’ve made to your photos to quickly pull together what it thinks are your best photos within the current album. Give it a whirl and see what you think.

New Camera Support

The raw formats from the following cameras are now supported across the Adobe ecosystem:

Parrot Anafi
Sony DSC-RX100M5A
Sony DSC-RX100M6

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]]> https://lightroomkillertips.com/august-lightroom-updates/feed/ 28 Technology Previews Come to Lightroom CC on Mobile https://lightroomkillertips.com/technology-previews-come-lightroom-cc-mobile/ https://lightroomkillertips.com/technology-previews-come-lightroom-cc-mobile/#comments Wed, 04 Jul 2018 08:00:25 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=10999 We’ve had the option to enable what Adobe calls, Technology Previews (aka beta testing new features), in Lightroom CC on the web for a while now, but with the June 2018 update for the Lightroom family of apps, tech previews were extended to Lightroom CC on iOS and Android phones. Enable Tech Previews You can enable Technology Previews from the app Settings menu on Android. On iOS, tap the Lr icon, tap Technology Previews down near the bottom to see what is available. Guided Tutorials (iOS and Android) The first new tech preview on iOS is called Guided Tutorials. Once enabled, you’ll find them listed under Help & Support. At the time of this writing there are four tutorials available. Each one is short and sweet, and focused on a single task. These are really geared for new Lightroom CC users, but worth a moment to check out. I can imagine more being added over time. Guided Tutorials are simply a new feature on Android, so you won’t see it listed under Technology Previews. Head over to the Help & Support menu to find them. Long Exposure Mode (iOS) An iOS only tech preview is a new capture mode on the Lightroom CC camera. Once enabled, and if your phone is supported (iPhone 7, 7+, 8, 8+, X), you’ll find the Long option listed along with Auto, Pro, and HDR. This isn’t a true long exposure since an iPhone’s shutter speed can’t go slower than 1/4 second, so this mode would not work in a low light situation like you might try with your DSLR. Instead the app takes a quick burst of exposures and then aligns and blends them together for a long exposure like effect (assuming something in the scene was moving). This is a tech preview, so play around with it and see what’s possible. Adobe wants your feedback and provides a form right on the Technology Preview screen. I’ve played around with it a little and have noticed it does take some juice to run, and my phone heated up (granted, it is summer). I think it has a lot of potential, and look forward to seeing how this gets used. HDR Mode Expanded to More Devices (Android) Adobe has extended the HDR capture mode to more Android devices ( meaning models that have not yet been officially tested and verified). If your Android mobile device meet the following specifications, you should be able to enable HDR mode under  Technology Previews (from the app Settings menu): 3 GB RAM or more Android OS version 6.0 (Marshmallow) or later App version is ‘Arm8’ DNG capture is supported

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]]> We’ve had the option to enable what Adobe calls, Technology Previews (aka beta testing new features), in Lightroom CC on the web for a while now, but with the June 2018 update for the Lightroom family of apps, tech previews were extended to Lightroom CC on iOS and Android phones.

Enable Tech Previews

You can enable Technology Previews from the app Settings menu on Android. On iOS, tap the Lr icon, tap Technology Previews down near the bottom to see what is available.

Guided Tutorials (iOS and Android)

The first new tech preview on iOS is called Guided Tutorials. Once enabled, you’ll find them listed under Help & Support.

At the time of this writing there are four tutorials available. Each one is short and sweet, and focused on a single task. These are really geared for new Lightroom CC users, but worth a moment to check out. I can imagine more being added over time.

Guided Tutorials are simply a new feature on Android, so you won’t see it listed under Technology Previews. Head over to the Help & Support menu to find them.

Long Exposure Mode (iOS)

An iOS only tech preview is a new capture mode on the Lightroom CC camera. Once enabled, and if your phone is supported (iPhone 7, 7+, 8, 8+, X), you’ll find the Long option listed along with Auto, Pro, and HDR.

This isn’t a true long exposure since an iPhone’s shutter speed can’t go slower than 1/4 second, so this mode would not work in a low light situation like you might try with your DSLR. Instead the app takes a quick burst of exposures and then aligns and blends them together for a long exposure like effect (assuming something in the scene was moving).

This is a tech preview, so play around with it and see what’s possible. Adobe wants your feedback and provides a form right on the Technology Preview screen. I’ve played around with it a little and have noticed it does take some juice to run, and my phone heated up (granted, it is summer). I think it has a lot of potential, and look forward to seeing how this gets used.

HDR Mode Expanded to More Devices (Android)

Adobe has extended the HDR capture mode to more Android devices ( meaning models that have not yet been officially tested and verified). If your Android mobile device meet the following specifications, you should be able to enable HDR mode under  Technology Previews (from the app Settings menu):

  • 3 GB RAM or more
  • Android OS version 6.0 (Marshmallow) or later
  • App version is ‘Arm8’
  • DNG capture is supported

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]]> https://lightroomkillertips.com/technology-previews-come-lightroom-cc-mobile/feed/ 4 Managing Albums using Lightroom CC on the Web https://lightroomkillertips.com/managing-albums-using-lightroom-cc-web/ https://lightroomkillertips.com/managing-albums-using-lightroom-cc-web/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2018 08:00:52 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=10940 Lightroom Classic vs Lightroom CC Lingo Before we go any further, I want to clarify terms. If you are coming from a Lightroom Classic world, then you are familiar with collections and collection sets. Collections contain your photos, and collection sets can contain other collection sets or collections. In Lightroom CC-land collections are called albums, and collection sets are called folders. In other words, in Lightroom CC you organize your albums by putting them into folders. I’ll refer to them by their Lightroom CC names from here on out when referring to what is in Lightroom CC on the web. Side note, while Classic collections can be synced to CC (where they are called albums), Classic’s collection sets do not sync to CC, nor do Lightroom CC’s folders sync to Classic. You have to manually create them in each respective application if you wish to have the same structure. Organizing with Lightroom CC on the Web Head over to lightroom.adobe.com and log in with your Adobe ID. All the photos you’ve added to synced collections through your Lightroom Classic catalog are here, as well as any you’ve imported directly into Lightroom CC (iOS/Android/Win/Mac) or even Lightroom Web, are visible on the All Photos screen. You can access this from any web browser, so file this away as a handy tip for creating/managing albums (collections) anywhere you have Internet. Along the left you’ll find your Folders and Albums arranged in alphanumeric order and depending on whether you are in Show All view or All Photos view, you’ll see either your Albums (Show All) or your photos (All Photos) in the main area. You can switch between those two views by clicking their respective buttons on the top of the list. I started out in All Photos view (above) but will switch to Show All (below). Below each album in the main area are three icons, and if you hover your cursor over each a tooltip will appear indicating the icon’s function. The plus sign provides the ability to upload new photos directly to a given album (any file type Lightroom supports), the rectangle with the arrow provides direct access to the sharing options, while the gear icon takes you right to the general album settings. Create a New Album and Organize Photos Let’s go through the steps of creating a new Album through Lightroom Web, and then adding existing photos to it. STEP ONE: Click the plus sign at the top of the Albums list or where it says Create Album to see the Create a New Album dialog box, where you can enter a name and click Create. I created a new album I named “Dog Favs.” STEP TWO: When you create a new album, it will appear in the list on the left. You can add photos by dragging and dropping them from the main area to the album. I’ve got some photos I captured on my phone, so I’ll select my phone album to view the synced photos I want to add. Note, I have an exclamation point at the front of my phone’s camera roll album (!RobiPhone) so that it always appears at the top of the list of albums (under the folders) for easier access. STEP THREE: Select the photos you want to add to the new album and drag them over. While viewing the contents of an album you’ll see all the synced photos within, and as you move your cursor over each photo a checkmark appears in the upper right corner. Click that checkmark to select the photo (don’t click the photo or it switches to the editor). This activates the management options for the selected photos along the top (see next figure). You will have the ability to set that photo as the cover for the current album, remove it from the album, delete it from Lightroom CC, copy it to another album, move it from the current album to a different album, or share the selected photos. Go on to select as many photos as you wish to add to the new album. STEP FOUR: Drag the selected photos to the desired album on the left. As you click and drag the selected photos any visible albums on the left will display a faint highlight indicating it as a potential target, but when your desired target album highlights in blue you can release the mouse to add the photos to it. That’s all there is to it. Similarly, you can drag and drop albums into folders to organize them as well. Albums created in Lightroom CC will appear under a catchall collection set from Lightroom CC back in your Classic catalog (if you are synced from Classic). If you are a Lightroom CC only user, then all albums and folders are kept in sync automatically.

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]]> Lightroom Classic vs Lightroom CC Lingo

Before we go any further, I want to clarify terms. If you are coming from a Lightroom Classic world, then you are familiar with collections and collection sets. Collections contain your photos, and collection sets can contain other collection sets or collections. In Lightroom CC-land collections are called albums, and collection sets are called folders. In other words, in Lightroom CC you organize your albums by putting them into folders. I’ll refer to them by their Lightroom CC names from here on out when referring to what is in Lightroom CC on the web.

Side note, while Classic collections can be synced to CC (where they are called albums), Classic’s collection sets do not sync to CC, nor do Lightroom CC’s folders sync to Classic. You have to manually create them in each respective application if you wish to have the same structure.

Organizing with Lightroom CC on the Web

Head over to lightroom.adobe.com and log in with your Adobe ID. All the photos you’ve added to synced collections through your Lightroom Classic catalog are here, as well as any you’ve imported directly into Lightroom CC (iOS/Android/Win/Mac) or even Lightroom Web, are visible on the All Photos screen. You can access this from any web browser, so file this away as a handy tip for creating/managing albums (collections) anywhere you have Internet.

Along the left you’ll find your Folders and Albums arranged in alphanumeric order and depending on whether you are in Show All view or All Photos view, you’ll see either your Albums (Show All) or your photos (All Photos) in the main area. You can switch between those two views by clicking their respective buttons on the top of the list. I started out in All Photos view (above) but will switch to Show All (below).

Below each album in the main area are three icons, and if you hover your cursor over each a tooltip will appear indicating the icon’s function. The plus sign provides the ability to upload new photos directly to a given album (any file type Lightroom supports), the rectangle with the arrow provides direct access to the sharing options, while the gear icon takes you right to the general album settings.

Create a New Album and Organize Photos

Let’s go through the steps of creating a new Album through Lightroom Web, and then adding existing photos to it.

STEP ONE: Click the plus sign at the top of the Albums list or where it says Create Album to see the Create a New Album dialog box, where you can enter a name and click Create. I created a new album I named “Dog Favs.”

STEP TWO: When you create a new album, it will appear in the list on the left. You can add photos by dragging and dropping them from the main area to the album. I’ve got some photos I captured on my phone, so I’ll select my phone album to view the synced photos I want to add.

Note, I have an exclamation point at the front of my phone’s camera roll album (!RobiPhone) so that it always appears at the top of the list of albums (under the folders) for easier access.

STEP THREE: Select the photos you want to add to the new album and drag them over. While viewing the contents of an album you’ll see all the synced photos within, and as you move your cursor over each photo a checkmark appears in the upper right corner. Click that checkmark to select the photo (don’t click the photo or it switches to the editor).

This activates the management options for the selected photos along the top (see next figure). You will have the ability to set that photo as the cover for the current album, remove it from the album, delete it from Lightroom CC, copy it to another album, move it from the current album to a different album, or share the selected photos.

Go on to select as many photos as you wish to add to the new album.

STEP FOUR: Drag the selected photos to the desired album on the left. As you click and drag the selected photos any visible albums on the left will display a faint highlight indicating it as a potential target, but when your desired target album highlights in blue you can release the mouse to add the photos to it.

That’s all there is to it. Similarly, you can drag and drop albums into folders to organize them as well.

Albums created in Lightroom CC will appear under a catchall collection set from Lightroom CC back in your Classic catalog (if you are synced from Classic). If you are a Lightroom CC only user, then all albums and folders are kept in sync automatically.

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