I see lots of “How to” Import from Lightroom Classic into Lightroom CC, but not in the opposite direction. That is what I have done with some film images that were scanned to a CD, and the location was simply my bedroom as I was a bit lazy this morning and did not want to use my Main Desktop computer and its Lightroom Classic and import them there. As you have mentioned you could use Lightroom CC to import images while on Location. I am most likely going to have the bulk of my images stored in my extensive and very organized Lightroom Classic Library and catalog. In this separate article I list every feature of Lightroom Classic that isn’t in Lightroom CC. Share albums of photos on the web, where viewers can comment on and like them and play a slideshow.Export a full size copy in your original file format.Export JPEG copies of any size (specified with long edge=x pixels), but Quality is fixed at 80 – this is not suitable for making large prints (or even some medium size ones.).It has no output creation capabilities – no printing, book making, slideshow designing and playing, or web gallery design and upload no publish services to manage exports to Flickr, SmugMug, etc., and limited export abilities. Update January 2019: In terms of editing groups of photos together, its Copy/Paste feature is approaching parity with Lightroom Classic’s sync feature.
Many Lightroom Classic features that aid one in editing are not available (such as Reference view, Before/After side by side, step-by-step history, soft proofing).
UPDATE January 2019: at this point it’s just missing green and purple fringe removal tools and range mask in the local adjustment tools. Adobe’s goal is to achieve parity on this. It has most tools that Lightroom Classic has for editing photos. Whether you care about features that are in Classic but not in Lightroom CC will be a big determinant of whether Lightroom CC is for you in the short term. Lightroom CC will get more features and capabilities over time, but right now it is light. It is missing many, many features that Lightroom Classic has. some work done in Lightroom mobile, web and Lightroom CC will not sync to Lightroom Classic – keywords and folders at this point, but more will follow since Adobe does not plan to invest any more resources in syncing to/from Classic.īeginners: click here to go to a video introduction to Lightroom Classic.some Classic work will not sync to the rest of the ecosystem – for example, keywords, collection sets, color labels, snapshots.the full size original files never go beyond your desktop computer – only smaller versions of your files (smart previews) get “synced” to the cloud and Lightroom mobile, web and Lightroom CC Desktop.all your photos are not automatically synced to this ecosystem.You can “sync” (upload) specific collections of photos from Lightroom Classic to this ecosystem (just as before), but: to Lightroom mobile on your mobile devices, web, and now Lightroom CC Desktop. Photos in Lightroom Classic have a limited connection to the new “Lightroom CC ecosystem” – i.e. It’s left completely up to you to back up your catalog using Lightroom’s utility, and your photos using some program other than Lightroom. Understanding the relationship between your files and Lightroom’s catalog is critical to using this program successfully, as otherwise you will encounter missing file and folder issues, lost work, etc. Lightroom Classic is a desktop-centric solution – your photos reside on your computer, and you manage where they reside, what folder structure they reside in, what the file names are, etc. Nevertheless, some users have found themselves confused by and overwhelmed with Lightroom Classic’s file management and catalog approach and have struggled with missing files, lost work and other catalog issues. For a decade it has been the choice of professional photographers and amateurs who are serious enough about their photography that they don’t mind climbing a learning curve (though not nearly as steep as Photoshop’s) in exchange for powerful file management, editing and output capabilities. Lightroom Classic (aka Lightroom Classic CC) is the new name for Lightroom as we used to know it – a very powerful program for managing and editing your photos, and for creating lots of different types of output with (prints, books, slideshows, web galleries, publish services).