![]() ![]() Lr and LrM (Lightroom Mobile, companion app to Lr, for iPhones and iPads) sync directly with the same Adobe Cloud Library. ![]() eg Using Lightroom and Lightroom Classic together in a workflow for professional photographers The main tandem use I read about pros using is using LrM on an iPad to cull a days shoot and syncing to their LrC. Yes Adobe advise against LrC and Lr on same machine, although there really isn't a conflict unless LrC sync is turned on. The only thing I'm using out on if I did since collections I could download those to Portfolio. I haven't even synced to the cloud which only sends Smart Previews, not the actual files. That being said people have found workarounds. The simplest explanation is both want to be the boss. LrC and Lr were never meant to be installed on the same device. For home use Cloudy meets my needs better than Classic. I don't think anyone would recommend Cloudy on its own for professional use but many pros use Classic and Cloudy in tandem.but as I said earlier you really need to know what you are doing. ![]() When I was a working pro I only used Classic, and wouldn't have used Cloudy even if it had existed. Now i use one ssd per client/shoot and when i get home i just plug that into the desktop and work from there. That would also clog up my main drive and prevent me from easy switching between laptop and desktop. If you keep local Smart Previews (as I do) or a local copy of Originals you can work completely off line and everything will sync next time you are on-line.Įven then, syncing would take several days since the average shoot yields over 100GB of raw data. The fact that you need super fast internet everywhere you work is one big dealbreaker. One SSD moved between two machines will work for Classic and is a very common way. You have to really know what you are doing. You can turn Classic syncing on and there are powerful workflows using them in tandem, BUT the syncing rules are complicated and it is easy to get into trouble. ![]() However I did not have Classic syncing turned on, so they did not interact at all. I keep an independent copy of my masters with my own organisation.Īdobe say it is best to only have either Classic or Cloudy, not both on one machine, but I did for a long time without problems. To me the value of the local copy of the originals is diminished because it is organised solely by exif dates, and many of my pics doesn't have exif dates. With Smart Previews you can edit offline and it speeds things up. I do have local Smart Previews which fit on the internal and are about 100GB in size for my 600GB full size library. Personally I do not keep a local copy of the originals. (I haven't tested this for a while, it may have changed). If it finds it is missing it starts moving things around. If you do keep a local copy on an external it needs to be attached all the time. But with Cloudy you can keep a local copy of your masters on an external, but these are not the masters, which are on Adobe Cloud. Adobe wants the Cloudy Library to be in ~/Pictures. Many Classic users are not satisfied with Cloudy editing, but it is improving all the time.Īdobe does not support having the Cloudy library on an external, but you can (as I did for a while) symlink it to an external. I moved from Classic to Lightroom Cloudy mainly because of the superior syncing between devices with Cloudy, but they are very different animals. Since I want to use an external SSD between the two machines, if I go with Lightroom Classic, should I put it on the SSD instead of the computers themselves? I plan on using an external SSD between both devices.Ĭan I use the cloud version on the new Macbook and Classic on the iMac or would it be best to choose one and go with that? The iMac is over 10 years old and is not powerful enough any more. I will get a new Macbook Pro this week and wonder if I should/could use Lightroom CC instead of Lightroom Classic like I am on my current iMac. ![]()
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