Lightroom Cloud Archives - Lightroom Killer Tips https://lightroomkillertips.com/lightroom-cloud/ The Latest Lightroom Tips, Tricks & Techniques Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:25:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 Creating Smart Albums in Lightroom https://lightroomkillertips.com/creating-smart-albums-in-lightroom/ https://lightroomkillertips.com/creating-smart-albums-in-lightroom/#respond Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:25:09 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=18304 One of the new additions to the Lightroom app for Windows and Mac is the ability to create what they are calling smart albums which you should think of as saved searches (just like smart collections in Lightroom Classic). A smart album is simply a set of customized search criteria that you employ to automatically (and continuously) gather photos and videos that meet those criteria. The first method of creation is to click the + sign at the top of the Albums section and choose Create Smart album from the contextual menu. This opens the dialog for giving your smart album a descriptive name, placing it within a folder to stay organized, and adding the rules to be followed for gathering the files you want to see. Note, you’ll want to create the parent folder first, as there is not a way to create a new folder from within the Create Smart album dialog at this time. Then, click the +Add New Rule button at the bottom of the dialog to access the list of available criteria. Currently, you can create a smart album based on any combination of the following: For example, I wanted to monitor all of the videos I have imported into Lightroom as those will always be stored full resolution in the cloud and counting against storage quota (unlike smart previews synced from Lightroom Classic). So, I chose Type as the criteria, and then chose Video from the list of possible Types. Once you’ve added all of the desired criteria, entered a name, and (optionally) put it in a folder (you can always drag and drop it into a folder later), click Create to exit the dialog and put that smart album to work. It will appear in the left panel within the chosen folder. Over time, it continually updates to add any new files that match the criteria and remove any files that no longer meet the criteria. Another way to create a smart album is to use the filter next to the search field at the top. Clicking that filter icon reveals all of the criteria you can filter your library against, and for the most part it is the same as the list of criteria you can find within the Create Smart album dialog box except for Sync Status (which is not something you can use in a smart album). Note, if you want to have your smart album search your entire library, click All Photographs first, then use the filter. If you want to filter within a specific album or folder, click that album/folder first, then open the filter to add the criteria for the smart album. For example, to create a filter on the photos with a rating equal to or greater than 1 within the folder containing all of my family albums, I’ll click on the Family folder first to view the content of all the albums within it, then engage the filter at the top. With the filter open, I’ll click the 1 star and choose the greater than or equal icon, and a blue Create Smart Album button appears. Click that blue button to complete the creation of the smart album, where you can give it a name, choose to put it in a folder, verify the criteria you’ve chosen, and even edit the criteria further if desired. Once named, click the Create button to complete the process. This is still early in the development of this feature, so I’m sure there will be refinements in the future. For now, you’ll need to keep in mind that these smart albums on exist in the Windows/Mac version of Lightroom. They do not sync across to other Lightroom apps on mobile or web, and they do not sync to Lightroom Classic. So while limited, it is a welcome addition to the Lightroom feature set.

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]]> One of the new additions to the Lightroom app for Windows and Mac is the ability to create what they are calling smart albums which you should think of as saved searches (just like smart collections in Lightroom Classic).

A smart album is simply a set of customized search criteria that you employ to automatically (and continuously) gather photos and videos that meet those criteria. The first method of creation is to click the + sign at the top of the Albums section and choose Create Smart album from the contextual menu.

This opens the dialog for giving your smart album a descriptive name, placing it within a folder to stay organized, and adding the rules to be followed for gathering the files you want to see. Note, you’ll want to create the parent folder first, as there is not a way to create a new folder from within the Create Smart album dialog at this time.

Then, click the +Add New Rule button at the bottom of the dialog to access the list of available criteria. Currently, you can create a smart album based on any combination of the following:

  • Album
  • Camera
  • Capture Date
  • Commented
  • Contributors
  • Depth Map
  • Edited
  • Extension
  • F-Stop
  • Favorited
  • Flag
  • Flash
  • Focal Length
  • ISO
  • Keyword
  • Lens
  • Location
  • Orientation
  • People
  • Rating
  • Search
  • Shutter Speed
  • Type

For example, I wanted to monitor all of the videos I have imported into Lightroom as those will always be stored full resolution in the cloud and counting against storage quota (unlike smart previews synced from Lightroom Classic). So, I chose Type as the criteria, and then chose Video from the list of possible Types.

Once you’ve added all of the desired criteria, entered a name, and (optionally) put it in a folder (you can always drag and drop it into a folder later), click Create to exit the dialog and put that smart album to work. It will appear in the left panel within the chosen folder.

Over time, it continually updates to add any new files that match the criteria and remove any files that no longer meet the criteria.

Another way to create a smart album is to use the filter next to the search field at the top. Clicking that filter icon reveals all of the criteria you can filter your library against, and for the most part it is the same as the list of criteria you can find within the Create Smart album dialog box except for Sync Status (which is not something you can use in a smart album). Note, if you want to have your smart album search your entire library, click All Photographs first, then use the filter. If you want to filter within a specific album or folder, click that album/folder first, then open the filter to add the criteria for the smart album. For example, to create a filter on the photos with a rating equal to or greater than 1 within the folder containing all of my family albums, I’ll click on the Family folder first to view the content of all the albums within it, then engage the filter at the top.

With the filter open, I’ll click the 1 star and choose the greater than or equal icon, and a blue Create Smart Album button appears. Click that blue button to complete the creation of the smart album, where you can give it a name, choose to put it in a folder, verify the criteria you’ve chosen, and even edit the criteria further if desired. Once named, click the Create button to complete the process.

This is still early in the development of this feature, so I’m sure there will be refinements in the future. For now, you’ll need to keep in mind that these smart albums on exist in the Windows/Mac version of Lightroom. They do not sync across to other Lightroom apps on mobile or web, and they do not sync to Lightroom Classic. So while limited, it is a welcome addition to the Lightroom feature set.

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]]> https://lightroomkillertips.com/creating-smart-albums-in-lightroom/feed/ 0 Adaptive Presets on Lightroom Web https://lightroomkillertips.com/adaptive-presets-on-lightroom-for-web/ https://lightroomkillertips.com/adaptive-presets-on-lightroom-for-web/#respond Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:16:00 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=18250 While exploring the Quick Actions on Lightroom web I also played around with the newly added adaptive presets you can access while editing in your web browser. Anyone needing to make quick edits can take advantage of these to leverage the power of subject detection to make adjustments in a single click. Open a photo into the editing space by clicking on it, then click the Presets icon to open the Presets panel. Among all the Premium (subscription required to access) presets, you’ll find the adaptive presets for portrait, sky, subject, and now blur background. Each of those represents a group of presets to achieve certain looks or starting points. The newest take advantage of the new Lens Blur panel (also accessible in Lightroom web), so let’s explore those. Click each preset to see how it affects your photo, and note there is a Reset Blur preset at the bottom to clear those adjustments. Also, you can click the undo arrow icon at the top of the panel to undo any change. You also need to click the Save button at the top to apply the settings in the preset and move on. Once you click a preset you’ll see an Amount slider allowing you to dial in the intensity of the settings. Once you are happy with the amount, click Save, then click the Edit icon to access all of the editing tool panels and fine tune the results. In the case of Lens Blur, you can further refine the Amount, Bokeh, and Focus Range to get the photo looking just the way you want. Click Save to finalize your settings, which will be synced across all other Lightroom apps, and you’re ready to move on to the next photo. Give it a spin! Photoshop World is fast approaching (September 24-26), and I hope you’ll join me and about 30 world-class instructors for multiple days of learning on Lightroom, Photoshop, and photography! The best part of it being virtual is that you get access to the recordings of all classes you can access for one year after the conference! You can get all the details, schedule, and register here: https://photoshopworld.com

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]]> While exploring the Quick Actions on Lightroom web I also played around with the newly added adaptive presets you can access while editing in your web browser. Anyone needing to make quick edits can take advantage of these to leverage the power of subject detection to make adjustments in a single click. Open a photo into the editing space by clicking on it, then click the Presets icon to open the Presets panel.

Among all the Premium (subscription required to access) presets, you’ll find the adaptive presets for portrait, sky, subject, and now blur background. Each of those represents a group of presets to achieve certain looks or starting points. The newest take advantage of the new Lens Blur panel (also accessible in Lightroom web), so let’s explore those.

Click each preset to see how it affects your photo, and note there is a Reset Blur preset at the bottom to clear those adjustments. Also, you can click the undo arrow icon at the top of the panel to undo any change. You also need to click the Save button at the top to apply the settings in the preset and move on. Once you click a preset you’ll see an Amount slider allowing you to dial in the intensity of the settings. Once you are happy with the amount, click Save, then click the Edit icon to access all of the editing tool panels and fine tune the results.

In the case of Lens Blur, you can further refine the Amount, Bokeh, and Focus Range to get the photo looking just the way you want. Click Save to finalize your settings, which will be synced across all other Lightroom apps, and you’re ready to move on to the next photo. Give it a spin!

Photoshop World is fast approaching (September 24-26), and I hope you’ll join me and about 30 world-class instructors for multiple days of learning on Lightroom, Photoshop, and photography! The best part of it being virtual is that you get access to the recordings of all classes you can access for one year after the conference! You can get all the details, schedule, and register here: https://photoshopworld.com

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]]> https://lightroomkillertips.com/adaptive-presets-on-lightroom-for-web/feed/ 0 How To Use Lightroom’s “Guided Upright” To Fix Lens Perspective Problems https://lightroomkillertips.com/how-to-use-lightrooms-guided-upright-to-fix-lens-perspective-problems/ https://lightroomkillertips.com/how-to-use-lightrooms-guided-upright-to-fix-lens-perspective-problems/#comments Fri, 21 Jun 2024 08:16:00 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=18138 I’ve been doing a series of in-depth photo guides for travel photographers for KelbyOne, and I’ve done it for locations all over the world (Paris, London, Lisbon, Rome, New York, Tuscany, Venice, and more), where I share the best places to shoot, the GPS coordinates; I show images from each location and give as many insights as I can. I did one for Chicago as well and one of the locations I talked about was a parking garage where you can shoot down on an intersection of the “L” (Elevated trains). When my co-host for the course, Larry Becker, saw the behind-the-scenes shot of me taking the shot (shown above), he asked how I could possibly get the shot straight at the angle I was shooting from. The answer? Lightroom’s Guided Edit. Here’s how I used it to fix the perspective issue: STEP ONE: Here’s the shot, taken at the angle you see in the behind-the-scenes shot. To straighten the photo, go to the Transform panel and click on the Guide Button. When you click on this, nothing happens because there are two other steps. One is to click on the Guided Upright Tool (shown circled above), and then next is to drag it out over areas you want to be straightened (we’ll do that in the next step). STEP TWO: I’m going to click and drag out the tool along the left track (I added a red two-headed arrow here to show you where I’m dragging. The tool itself lays down a white line, but it was hard to see it in this small capture, so I added the red line just as a visual. When you use this tool, the lines will be white. When you drag out the first line, nothing happens yet either. STEP THREE: When you draw the 2nd Guide Edit line out (as seen here, where I dragged along the track on the right of my first line) you can see the image starts to straighten out. Depending on the image, you might only need two lines, but in this case, the image still looks skewed (the tracks look like they’re leaning downward from right to left through the horizontal middle of the image). STEP FOUR: Here’s the third line — right down the tracks in the center. STEP FIVE: I dragged the fourth and final line down the opposite tack, and you can see it’s pretty close now, but look up at the top center track, and you can see that when the fourth Guided Edit line did its thing to straighten out the image, it make the top centerline off by a little. Easily fixed because you can reposition the lines once they’re in place by clicking and dragging. STEP SIX: I dragged the little repositioning dot on the top line (not quite sure that’s its real name) shown circled above in red and dragged it upward so it’s straight along the track again, and the image readjusts (as you can see here) and now it’s nice and straight. Have a great weekend, everybody! –Scott

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I’ve been doing a series of in-depth photo guides for travel photographers for KelbyOne, and I’ve done it for locations all over the world (Paris, London, Lisbon, Rome, New York, Tuscany, Venice, and more), where I share the best places to shoot, the GPS coordinates; I show images from each location and give as many insights as I can. I did one for Chicago as well and one of the locations I talked about was a parking garage where you can shoot down on an intersection of the “L” (Elevated trains). When my co-host for the course, Larry Becker, saw the behind-the-scenes shot of me taking the shot (shown above), he asked how I could possibly get the shot straight at the angle I was shooting from. The answer? Lightroom’s Guided Edit. Here’s how I used it to fix the perspective issue:

STEP ONE: Here’s the shot, taken at the angle you see in the behind-the-scenes shot. To straighten the photo, go to the Transform panel and click on the Guide Button. When you click on this, nothing happens because there are two other steps. One is to click on the Guided Upright Tool (shown circled above), and then next is to drag it out over areas you want to be straightened (we’ll do that in the next step).

STEP TWO: I’m going to click and drag out the tool along the left track (I added a red two-headed arrow here to show you where I’m dragging. The tool itself lays down a white line, but it was hard to see it in this small capture, so I added the red line just as a visual. When you use this tool, the lines will be white. When you drag out the first line, nothing happens yet either.

STEP THREE: When you draw the 2nd Guide Edit line out (as seen here, where I dragged along the track on the right of my first line) you can see the image starts to straighten out. Depending on the image, you might only need two lines, but in this case, the image still looks skewed (the tracks look like they’re leaning downward from right to left through the horizontal middle of the image).

STEP FOUR: Here’s the third line — right down the tracks in the center.

STEP FIVE: I dragged the fourth and final line down the opposite tack, and you can see it’s pretty close now, but look up at the top center track, and you can see that when the fourth Guided Edit line did its thing to straighten out the image, it make the top centerline off by a little. Easily fixed because you can reposition the lines once they’re in place by clicking and dragging.

STEP SIX: I dragged the little repositioning dot on the top line (not quite sure that’s its real name) shown circled above in red and dragged it upward so it’s straight along the track again, and the image readjusts (as you can see here) and now it’s nice and straight.

Here’s a before and after the correction.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

–Scott

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]]> https://lightroomkillertips.com/how-to-use-lightrooms-guided-upright-to-fix-lens-perspective-problems/feed/ 1 Only Show in Shared Photos https://lightroomkillertips.com/only-show-in-shared-photos/ Wed, 15 May 2024 15:52:52 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=18085 Here’s a funny thing that happened to me. I guess this option has been in the Lightroom (Lr) app for iOS for a few years, but I only just discovered it by accident, which seems to be the only way anyone ever uses it. As best as I can tell, it isn’t available in Lr on Mac, Win, or Android, but if you are determined, you might be able to find it at lightroom.adobe.com. What I’m referring to is the menu option, Only show in Shared Photos, hidden in the 3-dot menu next to an album that is already enabled for sharing. This is it on an iPhone. What happened is that I didn’t even notice it, and fat-finger hit it when trying to use the Move to command (just below it). As soon as it was tapped, the album I wanted to move just vanished from sight. Fun! Those crazy kids at Adobe wanted me to go on a bit of a goose chase. So, I thought, let’s tap the Shared icon under My Albums and see if it is there. Hmmm … not seeing it … Ok, at the top of this section, above My shared albums, which is where I thought it would be, is an option labeled My shared photos, so I tapped that. Aha! I found it! Right at the top of the list, so I tapped the three dot menu next to that album and found the Show in albums menu and tapped that. This put it right back where it was when I started this little adventure, and now I was able to do what I originally intended, though now I learned about a menu option I had never heard of or needed. My best guess is that it is for folks who want to share an album, but not have that album appear in the list under My albums on the main screen. I guess if you share a lot of albums with other people that you don’t want cluttering up this view? I just never thought of needing such an option, but now we all know in case you need it or you make the same mistake I did.

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]]> Here’s a funny thing that happened to me. I guess this option has been in the Lightroom (Lr) app for iOS for a few years, but I only just discovered it by accident, which seems to be the only way anyone ever uses it. As best as I can tell, it isn’t available in Lr on Mac, Win, or Android, but if you are determined, you might be able to find it at lightroom.adobe.com. What I’m referring to is the menu option, Only show in Shared Photos, hidden in the 3-dot menu next to an album that is already enabled for sharing. This is it on an iPhone.

What happened is that I didn’t even notice it, and fat-finger hit it when trying to use the Move to command (just below it). As soon as it was tapped, the album I wanted to move just vanished from sight. Fun! Those crazy kids at Adobe wanted me to go on a bit of a goose chase.

So, I thought, let’s tap the Shared icon under My Albums and see if it is there. Hmmm … not seeing it …

Ok, at the top of this section, above My shared albums, which is where I thought it would be, is an option labeled My shared photos, so I tapped that.

Aha! I found it! Right at the top of the list, so I tapped the three dot menu next to that album and found the Show in albums menu and tapped that.

This put it right back where it was when I started this little adventure, and now I was able to do what I originally intended, though now I learned about a menu option I had never heard of or needed. My best guess is that it is for folks who want to share an album, but not have that album appear in the list under My albums on the main screen. I guess if you share a lot of albums with other people that you don’t want cluttering up this view? I just never thought of needing such an option, but now we all know in case you need it or you make the same mistake I did.

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]]> Adding a Fog Effect in Lightroom https://lightroomkillertips.com/adding-a-fog-effect-in-lightroom/ Mon, 06 May 2024 08:16:00 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=18070 This is a quick video short I did on how to quickly and easily add a fog atmospheric effect to your image: Have a great Monday, everybody! -Scott P.S. I’ll be speaking at the On1 Landscape Photography Conference coming up next month. Some pretty incredible courses at the two-day online conference, including lots of shooting and post-processing sessions. More details at kelbyonelive.com – get your ticket now and save a bunch!

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]]> This is a quick video short I did on how to quickly and easily add a fog atmospheric effect to your image:

There ya go – easy, peasy!

Have a great Monday, everybody!

-Scott

P.S. I’ll be speaking at the On1 Landscape Photography Conference coming up next month. Some pretty incredible courses at the two-day online conference, including lots of shooting and post-processing sessions. More details at kelbyonelive.com – get your ticket now and save a bunch!

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]]> How To Keep From Scrolling Again and Again Through Your Lightroom Panels https://lightroomkillertips.com/how-to-keep-from-scrolling-again-and-again-through-your-lightroom-panels/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 08:16:00 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=18035 This is how to use “Solo Mode” (one of my favorite Lightroom settings) to speed up your workflow. In Solo Mode, only the panel you’re currently working within is visible, while all the rest are collapsed out of sight but always just one click away. Check out the short tip below: Give that a try – you’ll love it! 🙂 Here’s wishing you a better-than-average Lightroom Tip Tuesday! -Scott

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]]> This is how to use “Solo Mode” (one of my favorite Lightroom settings) to speed up your workflow. In Solo Mode, only the panel you’re currently working within is visible, while all the rest are collapsed out of sight but always just one click away. Check out the short tip below:

Give that a try – you’ll love it! 🙂

Here’s wishing you a better-than-average Lightroom Tip Tuesday!

-Scott

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]]> The Little Lightroom Finishing Move That Makes a Big Difference https://lightroomkillertips.com/the-little-lightroom-finishing-move-that-makes-a-big-difference/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 08:16:00 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=18033 This is a simple move – one where I use the same setting every time – and I do this to nearly all of my images as a finishing move after all the rest of my editing is done. Check it out below: Note: I love how the automated close captioning shows my name as “Scott Kelvin.” LOL! Really simple but so effective. 🙂 Here’s wishing you an absolutely kick-butt, awesome Monday! -Scott P.S. Next week we kick off the 2024 Lightroom Conference. Two days, two learning tracks, and tons of really useful new stuff to learn (plus, you get the entire conference archived to stream on demand for an entire year). Don’t miss out – here’s the link to get your ticket.

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]]> This is a simple move – one where I use the same setting every time – and I do this to nearly all of my images as a finishing move after all the rest of my editing is done. Check it out below:

Note: I love how the automated close captioning shows my name as “Scott Kelvin.” LOL!

Really simple but so effective. 🙂

Here’s wishing you an absolutely kick-butt, awesome Monday!

-Scott

P.S. Next week we kick off the 2024 Lightroom Conference. Two days, two learning tracks, and tons of really useful new stuff to learn (plus, you get the entire conference archived to stream on demand for an entire year). Don’t miss out – here’s the link to get your ticket.

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]]> The Quick Trick For Sharpening Women’s or Children’s Skin https://lightroomkillertips.com/the-quick-trick-for-sharpening-womens-or-childrens-skin/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 08:16:00 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=18020 This is how to use one very powerful slider in Lightroom’s Detail panel to apply sharpening just to your subject’s detail areas (eyes, eyebrows, lips, etc.) without making their skin harsh and grainy (it’s okay to make men’s skin sharp, detailed and textured because nobody really cares about how men look). 😉 It’s surprisingly easy, but it really makes a difference and works like a charm. Just a few weeks away from the Lightroom Conference 2024 It’s a two-day, two-track conference (with a pre-conference session the day before included). We’re talking 20+ Lightroom training sessions; an all-star crew of instructors, and you can save a bundle if you sign up right now at kelbyonelive.com – check out the trailer below with more details: Get your ticket right now at kelbyonelive.com Have a great Easter weekend, everybody! -Scott P.S. Our workshop with Joe McNally – the one I talked about earlier in the week, is now sold out. If you want to get on the cancellation waiting list, head to kelbyone.com/workshops

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]]> This is how to use one very powerful slider in Lightroom’s Detail panel to apply sharpening just to your subject’s detail areas (eyes, eyebrows, lips, etc.) without making their skin harsh and grainy (it’s okay to make men’s skin sharp, detailed and textured because nobody really cares about how men look). 😉

It’s surprisingly easy, but it really makes a difference and works like a charm.

Just a few weeks away from the Lightroom Conference 2024

It’s a two-day, two-track conference (with a pre-conference session the day before included). We’re talking 20+ Lightroom training sessions; an all-star crew of instructors, and you can save a bundle if you sign up right now at kelbyonelive.com – check out the trailer below with more details:

Get your ticket right now at kelbyonelive.com

Have a great Easter weekend, everybody!

-Scott

P.S. Our workshop with Joe McNally – the one I talked about earlier in the week, is now sold out. If you want to get on the cancellation waiting list, head to kelbyone.com/workshops

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]]> Lightroom Tip Tuesday: How To Reset One (or a bunch) of Lightroom Sliders Really Fast! https://lightroomkillertips.com/how-to-reset-one-or-a-bunch-of-lightroom-sliders-really-fast/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 08:16:00 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=18013 It’s just a quick, short one on this “Lightroom Tip Tuesday,” but it’s a super helpful one I use every day! Check it out below: Really handy, right? Have a great Lightroom Tip Tuesday! -Scott

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]]> It’s just a quick, short one on this “Lightroom Tip Tuesday,” but it’s a super helpful one I use every day! Check it out below:

Really handy, right?

Have a great Lightroom Tip Tuesday!

-Scott

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]]> Are Some of Your Lightroom Photos Stuck in “Syncing Hell?” https://lightroomkillertips.com/are-some-of-your-lightroom-photos-stuck-in-syncing-hell/ https://lightroomkillertips.com/are-some-of-your-lightroom-photos-stuck-in-syncing-hell/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:16:00 +0000 https://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=18015 UPDATE: A very lucky photographer picked up the last ticket to my Santorini, Greece, travel photography workshop this April, so we are officially sold out. Venice/Dolomites and Norway’s Lofoten Islands workshops are still coming up later this year. Get on the early notice list at scottkelbyworkshops.com – OK, on to today’s tip: If you sync images over to Lightroom “mobile,” it’s either happening or going to happen, but some of your photos are going to get stuck in Syncing Hell where they just never sync. It says they’re waiting to sync…but they never do. See that “Syncing 14 photos” notice? Yeah, it’s been like that for about a year or so. They’re stuck. So, there are two options: (1) Just pause syncing and ignore them. It’s not hurting anything; it’s not stopping other photos from synching, but it’s just annoying, so hit Pause until you need to sync something. Or… (2) Go to your Preferences, find out which images are being held up, and see if you can figure out why (it can’t find the high-res original image and needs to be relinked to the original so it can sync), or maybe the file is corrupt, in which case you can delete it, but first you have to find it (see below). If you go to the Preferences and click on the ‘Lightroom Syn’ tab (as seen above), it will list the images that are stuck in Sync Hell (as seen above). If you double-click on any one of those (as I did here), it brings the image in question forward in your filmstrip at the bottom (as seen here), so you know which one it is and you can troubleshoot (relink or delete) it. Hope that helps. Here’s wishing you an escape from “Sync Hell.” -Scott P.S. only two spots are left for Joe McNally’s upcoming “The Complete Photographer” 6-day hands-on workshop in Florida. Check out the video where Joe describes the workshop at this link (the video is pretty amazing and inspiring – give it a quick watch and you’ll see what I mean. ).

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]]> UPDATE: A very lucky photographer picked up the last ticket to my Santorini, Greece, travel photography workshop this April, so we are officially sold out. Venice/Dolomites and Norway’s Lofoten Islands workshops are still coming up later this year. Get on the early notice list at scottkelbyworkshops.com – OK, on to today’s tip:

If you sync images over to Lightroom “mobile,” it’s either happening or going to happen, but some of your photos are going to get stuck in Syncing Hell where they just never sync. It says they’re waiting to sync…but they never do.

See that “Syncing 14 photos” notice? Yeah, it’s been like that for about a year or so. They’re stuck. So, there are two options:

(1) Just pause syncing and ignore them. It’s not hurting anything; it’s not stopping other photos from synching, but it’s just annoying, so hit Pause until you need to sync something. Or…

(2) Go to your Preferences, find out which images are being held up, and see if you can figure out why (it can’t find the high-res original image and needs to be relinked to the original so it can sync), or maybe the file is corrupt, in which case you can delete it, but first you have to find it (see below).

If you go to the Preferences and click on the ‘Lightroom Syn’ tab (as seen above), it will list the images that are stuck in Sync Hell (as seen above). If you double-click on any one of those (as I did here), it brings the image in question forward in your filmstrip at the bottom (as seen here), so you know which one it is and you can troubleshoot (relink or delete) it.

Hope that helps. Here’s wishing you an escape from “Sync Hell.”

-Scott

P.S. only two spots are left for Joe McNally’s upcoming “The Complete Photographer” 6-day hands-on workshop in Florida. Check out the video where Joe describes the workshop at this link (the video is pretty amazing and inspiring – give it a quick watch and you’ll see what I mean. ).

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