MY FAVORITE WAY To Sync Edits Between Lightroom & Lightroom Classic

[@longboardfella5306]

Thanks. There’s a keyboard shortcut for the metadata saves. Command or Ctrl S - way quicker than going to the menu each time. It’s the same Save shortcut for all file system usage as well as including PS, Word, Excel etc so should be intuitive and simple for most folk

[@scottfwalter]

Are smart collections coming to Lightroom?

[@branchau]

And what about Color Labels?

[@thecherishedlife]

Thank you so much. I have been sooo hesitant to learn how to use LR because I HATE change lol, but I really need to figure it out. Right now I just keep my catalog on my hard drive and always work off of that in LrC so I can switch between my laptop and desktop. I know it will be so much better when I quit being stubborn and just learn LR! Thanks, again!

[@branchau]

In my view going from Lightroom Classic to Lightroom and vice versa ought to be completely automatic and transparent, not requiring manual interventions ably described and demonstrated here.

[@TC_Conner]

Agree.

[@MikeRamsay]

It is for all cloud synced images. Brian was demonstrating a workaround for syncing local files for those who do not choose to use the cloud function.

[@TC_Conner]

@@MikeRamsay I Understood what he was doing.

[@bruceatkinson932]

Hi Brian, it might be useful to add an addendum to this video showing how to deal with photos first edited in e.g., Photoshop in LR an LrC (tiff or psd files created) then transferred between LrC and LR.

[@eanderson1956]

Hey Brian. This is great. I've been curious about using LR, but was hesitant to do so because I thought that it would be an 'all or nothing' sort of switch. Now that you've demonstrated that we can continue to use both (until I'm ready to make the switch) and become more familiar with LR while I'm still using LRc is fantastic news. Thanks.

[@JimEmbury]

Nice. My pre editing on my ipad can now be seen in LRC. This was a missing step.

[@charlesputnam6496]

This is the information I was looking for. I use a 13" MBA for travel and initial editing, and a 15" MBA as a main computer. with Photoshop an plugins for final editing.

[@keithsimpson8676]

In your video, are you using Lightroom and LRC on the same computer?

[@ianthompson1155]

Thanks Brian. That 15min just made up for all the time I "wasted" experimenting between LR & LRC edits. You're a Champ.

[@rogergranquist]

Same here!

[@ChristianRouLund]

Hi Brian, thanks for sharing this video 👍 I think you have to explain that when you are importing your files the downsides when doing this when you have LR on fx an IPad, iPhone together with a macbook and a windows pc. If you use fx your windows pc as a Master for LRC you you will save a lot of space as LRC make small files - Smart previews. You will only have to greater a Collection and the sync the "folder". If you are doing the uppersite way LR on fx an IPad will very fast ran out ofspace very fast.

[@StephenEhrlichPhotos]

Having watched your previous tutorials, I have mostly switched to Lightroom Desktop. I love not having to worry about my catalog file. Only problem I have hit is that when I send a n image to Photoshop, and I need to save as a .psb file, Lightroom Desktop cannot display the image.

[@bruceatkinson932]

Do you need to save as .psb or would .psd work? LR desktop can work with the .psd file format I believe.

[@StephenEhrlichPhotos]

@@bruceatkinson932 I did try to save as a .psd first. Photoshop after trying to save the file, reported the file was too large and needed to be saved as a .psb. And yes, I also tried to save as .tiff file, and that also failed due to file size.

[@bruceatkinson932]

@@StephenEhrlichPhotos aha. I guess Adobe isn’t expecting people with large file sizes to be using Lightroom, just Classic.

[@UrbexUS]

I must be missing something, because everyone seems so excited about this. This just seems like it adds extra steps to do something not necessary. Why wouldn't you just edit in one or the other? Why hop back and forth between the two? I seriously want to know what I'm not getting/what I'm missing.

[@newjersey1029]

Thanks B for this tutorial , because i always wonder if that sync can be done, and you are the master who really got it done.. Thanks Mister "B"

[@keithpinn152]

Video Brian; I use LrC extensively because I like using Linear Profiles for my Sony camera. Does LR have this capability as well? I haven’t seen it there. Thanks, Keith

[@teresababer5310]

OMG this was so incredibly helpful!!! Thanks so much!! Wondering why Adobe doesn’t recommend working in both LrC and LR desktop 🤨

[@TommysFolk]

Hello Brian! I have been using Lr mobile on my iPad for quite a while during trips. Back home I use Lr classic for the sync of my pictures. Previously also the edits made in Lr mobile was synced, but not anymore. I think that it stopped sometime this year. Do you know a way to solve this problem? Best regards and thank you for great Lr videos! Tommy

[@larrymulmed2081]

Thanks. When going from Classic to Desktop, wouldn't "automatically write changes to XMP file" under catalog settings in Classic take care of the edits showing up in Desktop (except for color ratings etc.)? Also, if going the other direction, since desktop writes to XMP but the changes aren't yet in the catalog, wouldn't opening a file in classic without using the method you showed cause a conflict between the catalog data and the XMP data?

[@aaronbecker6646]

What about editing in lrc and sending to the cloud Lightroom automatically

[@timcorso6337]

Technically speaking what you are saying about changes being saved to the JPEG in Lightroom and Lightroom Classic is not correct.. Lightroom is a non destructive editor. The image files of whatever type are never touched. What you are doing is saving edits to a Lr catalogue with reference to the original image. Therefore I believe when you are syncing the images what you are actually doing is syncing the catalogues Lr and Arc or vice versa. However what I don't get is why there are two versions of the same app (Lr and Lrc)? Is it just Lr has a cloud save option? I guess it allows Adobe to sync between devices like Apple photos, but is this the only reason?

[@DancesWithFlies]

Brian: Thanks again for moving the bar upward! It appears that the processes you demo in this video have all used LR in Local mode. Accordingly, I was able to replicate your examples doing likewise. For further experimentation I uploaded an image to the cloud and then processed it in LR. I couldn’t get the exits to show up in LRC. Did I miss something or does that workflow not function like the LR Local one does?

[@bevrendall1974]

I’ve just tried copying a photo I edited in lightroom classic to lightroom but it hasn’t picked up any of the edits. Did as you explained on a raw file, I can see the xmp file but photo in lightroom hasn’t changed?

[@isaacmeyerodell5214]

How is this a more efficient workflow than having LRC files in a collection that syncs automatically to LR? I see the benefit of being able to manually trigger the synchronization but having it automatically occur as I edit via syncing collections and albums seems somewhat more efficient. I’m predominantly an LRC user but I use LR mobile to edit on my iPad. The key feature that seems to be missing in LR is the ability to create virtual copies of images. Does the desktop version of LR cloud have that feature now?

[@MikeRamsay]

Cloud does not have virtual copies, but does have the ability to create named versions, which is more like the LrClassic snapshots functionality.

[@twigsdigiart1]

Can we sync the edited Photoshop files that came from Classic or LR?

[@longboardfella5306]

The changes don’t get pushed back up to the cloud though - so your iPad won’t see the changes I believe. So the workflow is from mobile to the desktop and then syncing changes between LR and LRC on the desktop. I can’t see why Adobe hasn’t created an automated flow for changes right along the chain from mobile to LR AND LRC and back again. The metadata is transferable. It’s a bit tedious in my view

[@MikeRamsay]

You seem to be missing the point Brian is trying to make here. He is showing people how to ride both horses at the same time, without using Adobe cloud storage. Adobe has already implemented the fully automatic sync you want for all LrC images in collections synced to the cloud. Brian is showing you how to force syncing between local files not using LrC synced collections for users who cannot or choose not to afford to pay Adobe for cloud storage.

[@longboardfella5306]

@@MikeRamsay ok thanks. That helps

[@TC_Conner]

Interesting, but it’s not automatic. Correct? You have to do those other steps before one recognizes the other.

[@allancruickshanks6597]

Great video - well explained!

[@twigsdigiart1]

What about edited PSD files?

[@dlatouro]

Great stuff as always. If you want this to be done do you not have to import to Lightroom Classic first so that it can talk to Lightroom?

[@dtcb400]

Good Stuff, great info!! Thanks

[@robertcox3315]

Hi Brian, I'm looking to move over to Lightroom from Lightroom Classic. I have a cat with 45,000 photos, is it possible to sync all the info so they will appear in Lightroom? Maybe select all and use the option to trans info.

[@brianmatiash]

Absolutely. You can either do an LR Classic catalog migration, which would move your files over and sync them to the cloud automatically. Or you could just use the Local tab to manage your library without doing anything else.

[@robertcox3315]

@@brianmatiash thanks

[@Jonathantuba]

I am someone who is considering moving to Lightroom Cloud, but the lack of Map module is holding me back, as I geotag all my images in LRC. Is there a way you would recommend using LR for that purpose while storing the images in Lightroom Cloud to use anywhere?

[@ScottBaker1]

Good video. So I'm been doing more on LR vs LRC. But I still keep my LRC catalog on an external HD for now as Im transitioning. I havent tried it yet, but assuming you can import from an SD card right into LR, there really is no need to continue backing up that catalog to the external, as the files are in the cloud. Am I right in thinking that? Or am better to every so often open LRC and sync everything/save the metadata. Does that make sense?

[@irisjaii]

Did it work for you by storing files on the external HD? Brian was showing the way on using local browse and I wonder if external HD works