why 2 Lightrooms? How to sync them

How to make Lightroom Classic sync with Lightroom. Colin Smith shows you how to sync and edit your images from Lightroom Classic to all devices on the Lightroom eco system.

0:00 What you will learn
0:28 Why 2 versions of Lightroom? Quick story.
01:05 4 parts of Lightroom
01:27 Syncing in the cloud
01:58 Where does Lightroom Classic fit in?
02:09 Building a bridge between Lightroom and Lightroom Classic
04:14 Syncing adjustments
05:32 mobile versions
06:42 How to automatically upload photos to entire system by just dropping into a folder
07:57 Auto Import in action
08:32 Getting Photos from Lightroom Cloud to Lightroom Classic

#Lightroom #lightroom Classic #sync #mobile

[b.s.photography]

I do something similar to keep full-sized images on both LR & LRC and sync changes from both. Here is my flow.

- In LR, import photos and allow them to all upload
- In LRC, use Lightroom sync to download all photos from the cloud
- In LRC, create a folder using the naming structure of your choice
- In LRC, right-click on the folder you created and select "create collection" & sync that with LR
- In LR, you will see the collection appear. You can move it wherever you want it for organization purposes

Using this method ensure that you have full-size images on both LR & LRC and that changes you make using either one will be synced. You can also export from either and it will export the full-size image.

I also store everything on an external drive that I can just move from my Mac or PC as needed.

I've considered making a video to cover since I don't see my exact use case shown anywhere else.

[bobmeeks]

Thanks, Colin. One caveat to point out. If you import into LR (cloud) the full size image is sync'd down to your LRC catalog. At that point you have two copies of the full sized photo (local catalog and adobe cloud). But if you go the other way around and import a photo into LRC, then only a smart preview is sync'd UP to the cloud. You can still do everything you described on the smart preview, but some people may think they now have a cloud backup of the original file which is incorrect. The cloud contains a smaller version of the original file. In other words, syncing UP to LR from LRC is not a valid backup strategy if you want to archive your photos at full resolution.

[dianeris]

HI!! And if I don't have the options to activate Sync with Lightroom?

[ВПоискахПравды-ьэ]

This is very useful info. Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for.
It was a little bit confusing at the beginning.

[richardsanderson]

Thanks for some more Lightroom tips and tricks. Having more Lightroom Cafe topics get my vote

[KaseeSmith]

For some reason I don't have the option to sync with LR when in "Create a Collection" dialogue

[vc]

I don't have that sync option in the collections box?

[tpmarkham]

When creating a new collection, I don't have the Sync with Lightroom option.

[gregoryowain]

Amazing! I was trying to work out how I could effectively edit photos on my new iPad without having to buy more Adobe cloud storage and this is it! Glad to be able to make more use out of my Adobe CC membership.

[peterc]

Very useful. I've always avoided the mobile versions of Lightroom but now I'll take a better look. Cheers

[rogalaphotography]

I mentioned this to another YouTuber who introduced me to Lightroom sync and I do not have the option when creating a new collection to Sync to Lightroom? It’s left out of the option window. Do you know how to get that option like you have?

[theodoresipes]

This was very helpful! Thank you. Smart and clear.

[kaushalkumar]

Very simple and concise explanation 👏🏻👏🏻

[jtinoco]

You’ve read my mind. I’ve been looking for a simple straight to the point tutorial on how to sync my photos in LRC and LR. Thank you!!

[nfrey]

Brilliant. Thanks for a clear understandable method!

[ianbraithwaite]

Thanks for the tutorial is great information to sync the photos you want and not everything. Cheers!

[LesFenter]

I’ve been looking for a way to do this for a long time. Very helpful!

[ricardoramirez]

Hello. I tried doing this yesterday on LRCC on my desktop but I don’t have the options to sync. How can i reset this feature?

[spegal]

Thanks for this. Exactly what I needed.

[alanevans]

Very helpful indeed! I will be giving this a try now. Thank you !