So anyway, that restriction to Collections only is annoying, but the rest is easy, and there are two ways to set up a Collection for syncing. They are synced in an optimised DNG format, by the way, which is capable of storing and synchronising Lightroom’s non-destructive editing tools across platforms. This also means that you can’t yet make your whole Lightroom library available everywhere, though I’m suggesting this is a practical/workflow limitation rather than a storage limit – currently Adobe is saying you can synchronise as many images as you like. If you’re in the habit of curating your Collections manually it won’t be too much of an issue, but if you’re not a big fan of Collections, or you use Smart Collections a lot, you might have to change your habits and your Lightroom organisation. You can’t synchronise Folders and and you can’t synchronise Smart Collections. At the moment, you can only synchronise Lightroom Collections.

What you can sync, and what you can’tīut this is where it gets a little toooo simple. Once you’re logged in, your name is displayed and you’re ready to sync. You log in to your Creative Cloud account via the Activity Centre in the top left of the screen. You need to click the ‘Sign In’ link, and once you’ve done this successfully you should see your name appear in the top left corner to show that you’re signed in. If you click here you’ll see a drop-down menu where you can ‘Sync with Lightroom Mobile’. For this you need the ‘Activity Centre’ in the top left corner of the screen, just to the right of the ‘Lr’ logo. The first thing you have to do is hook up Lightroom with your Creative Cloud account. How to get Lightroom/Adobe Photography Plans.There are still some limits, though, so here’s a guide to what you can and can’t synchronise via the Adobe Creative Cloud with the Lightroom desktop app. You can manage photos on your laptop, add to them via a browser, edit them on your tablet and access them pretty much anywhere. A lot of us are still getting used to the idea of subscription-based software, but one of the strongest reasons for choosing Lightroom Classic CC over Lightroom 6 (the ‘perpetual licence’ version) is its integration with Adobe’s Creative Cloud.

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