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Forgive me, but is this the forum for what was formerly Lightroom CC, nicknamed "Cloudy"?
If so, I'm wondering what I'm doing "syncing" my LR Classic photos? I just read a long (and interesting) thread explaining that syncing LR Classic to Cloudy just puts lower Rez pictures in my 1 TB of Adobe Cloud space. Is this still correct?
And if I edit a photo in Cloudy then is it automatically synced down to LR Classic as a full resolution version?
Or does it, perish the thought, REPLACE the full-size version on my Mac with the lower Rez version from Adobe cloud?
My overriding interest is to try out the Cloudy version of LR used on my Mac to see if I prefer it to LR Classic, which I have been using for years.
Also, what is difference between Cloudy (Lightroom Cloud) and Lightroom Mobile?
My LR Classic is: Lightroom Classic version: 9.2.1 [ 202004070813-7699d98a ]
Thanks for any help--
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And if I edit a photo in Cloudy then is it automatically synced down to LR Classic as a full resolution version?
Or does it, perish the thought, REPLACE the full-size version on my Mac with the lower Rez version from Adobe cloud?
My overriding interest is to try out the Cloudy version of LR used on my Mac to see if I prefer it to LR Classic, which I have been using for years.
Also, what is difference between Cloudy (Lightroom Cloud) and Lightroom Mobile?
My LR Classic is: Lightroom Classic version: 9.2.1 [ 202004070813-7699d98a ]
Thanks for any help--
fbx
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Just_Shoot_Me
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There are 2 versions of LR for the Desktop Computer (A computer running a Desktop Operating system like Windows 10 or Apple Mac OS X).
Lightroom Classic which is the Traditional version of LR that has been around since 2007.
Then the newer one called just Lightroom which is a Cloud Centric version. Every image imported to this version is uploaded to the Adobe Cloud servers.
Then there is a Mobile Lightroom version for iOS and Android.
So I have no idea which version you are asking about but to my knowledge None of them have every been called Cloudy. At least not by anyone I know or have conversed with on any Adobe forum system.
Other than you.
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frank_littmann_j684y1tz7ys6z
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dan_hartford
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When you sync from Classic to Cloudy you are indeed copying a "smart Preview" (a type of reduced size RAW file) to the cloud for use by full suite of Cloudy apps. However those do not count against your 29gb or 1tb of storage
The Smart Preview is usually adequate for editing on a phone or tablet and in most cases the desktop client for LR/Cloudy. The changes you make in any of the Cloudy apps come back to Classic as a list of changes that get added to the Classic history file.. Note: Keywords and Collections do not sync back and forth.
Your full size RAW file is not altered by syncing. it is still the wonderful, full resolution file it always was, just with a few more edits applied.
Mark a few collections as "sync" in LR/Classic. Those collections will show up shortly in the LR/Cloudy apps as Albums. Give it a try. You may have to turn on syncing in Classic and supply your Adobe id and PW.
LR Mobile is the old name for what is now just "Lightroom", or as many of us call it LR/Cloudy. However, sometimes the only refers to the phone/tablet based versions of the LR/Cloudy set of apps. But, if you used LR/Mobile in the past, what you'll see in the Ios or Andoroid LR/Cloudy apps will be quite familiar.
Hoe that helps.
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david_clauss
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dan_hartford
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And, yes, we all know that Adobe is a for profit company who's purpose is to make money. To that end they make decisions. Sometimes I question those decisions, but I do understand that "in general" the better they make the product, the more money they will make and trust that they understand that. Having said that I think that at times they go down a path contrary to enticing more profit and also contrary to product improvement. A prime example is refusing so far to deal with syncing keywords between the systems and just giving a flippant excuse with no explanation.
Yes, it would be "nice" to have an option to store full RAW files from Classic on the Cloud for those who want it (I wouldn't use it as it would not provide any improvement or value to me) but then they'd have to charge for that excess storage and that cost would probably discourage most people from using that option.
But, the bottom line is this. If you don't think smart previews in the cloud apps is good enough you can use the "Migrate" function to move all your Original files in their original formats to the cloud and just go from there. But, please read up on this before you take that decision as there are ramifications.
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