I’d be thrilled to use Adobe’s stuff if someone could successfully explain to me how to take advantage of both Lightroom and Lightroom Classic without feeling lost or confused or that I’m going to lose data. Oh, and fix the names so that we all agree on what to call them.
@jack All I know is that Classic lets you keep your photos on your desktop/external HDD but the other one keeps it in the cloud. Not sure if the latter uploads all RAW photos to the cloud.
@pratik I want the library/editing/local features of Classic but the sync-everywhere features of the cloud version. I've tried a few times to use them both in various ways but always end up frustrated and go back to Capture One :)
@jack Well, the only way to do that is to move specific photos you want to work on to the Sync folder to edit it elsewhere. I think the size of your library may affect how expensive it gets to sync-everywhere.
@jokef So you can edit those previews on other devices and they will show up as edits on your RAW image on the desktop? Can you point to a link that shows how you "mirror" your folders?
@pratik Yes, it will the sync the previews, which you can edit in LR Mobile or on the web and the edits will sync back to your original file.
It's a "manual" mirror. I drag a "local" folder onto the collections area (in a folder or subfolder if you wish so) and check the sync mark.
If you have sync enabled, and if the collection is a static collection (smart collections can't be synced), there should be a faint square box in front of the collection name. Clicking in that box should initiate syncing, (the two-way arrow icon will appear). Quick screen capture here: vimeo.com/503216282
@jokef Thanks. I tried that a bit and it works, but it's a bit manual. Not a big deal really. Maybe I'll give it another go. I also struggle with managing the files synced from the phone. They end up in a different place. I can move them in Classic, but again, lots of manual intervention.
@jack yes, same here... I usually let my phone’s photo live in Photos and do a monthly export (originals) to an external storage and my Lightroom catalog.
@jokef So then you don't have the Lightroom mobile app sync (import) from Apple Photos on iOS and just import them manually as if your phone was an SD card. That's how I used to do it but liked the lazy approach. Maybe that was my first mistake
@jack my LR classic library is 160,000+ photos so I will not be migrating everything to LR CC, but have used it for everything for 2 years. All camera/drone/etc. photos/videos go into Apple Photos. Photos on iOS auto syncs with LR CC. Then LR Classic also syncs with LR CC (1of2)
@jack I have LR Classic setup to sync the LR CC media in my Classic library folder structure. That way when I leave Adobe all media will be in the same directory structure: year > year-month > year-month-day-filename.ext. Makes backing up to another drive and Backblaze easy. 2of2
@jack that’s right. I used to do it as well, but these photos are then synced as originals and count against the online storage.
@bbohling This is helpful, thanks! The key might be in keeping the synced CC photos in the same directory structure as the rest of them. I used to copy them over periodically, which I was suprised to find did not break the sync. But eliminating that step would be nice. I'll give it a try.
@jack let me know if you run into issues, have questions or have suggestions. I’ve been tweaking my workflow since my first digital camera, the Olympus 340L. Like my markdown editors...never completely satisfied. :)