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A D O B E PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM MOBILE 1THE MISSING FAQ

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom mobile 1—The Missing FAQ—Android version 1.0

Publication Date 14 January 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 3

INTRODUCTION 6

TOUCH GESTURES 9

THE CREATIVE CLOUD SUBSCRIPTION 10

DESKTOP SETUP & SYNCING COLLECTIONS 14

MOBILE SETUP & INITIAL SYNC 26

VIEWING & RANKING PHOTOS 30

EDITING YOUR PHOTOS 39

SHARING YOUR PHOTOS 51

MANAGING COLLECTIONS & PHOTOS 57

ADDING PHOTOS ON THE PHONE 67

PREFERENCES & SETTINGS 70

BACK ON THE DESKTOP 73

LIGHTROOM ON THE WEB 79

INDEX 89

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INDEX OF CHEAT SHEETSCHEAT SHEET—THE CATALOG & COLLECTIONS PANELS 19

CHEAT SHEET—THE SYNC ACTIVITY CENTER 22

CHEAT SHEET—GRID VIEW 32

CHEAT SHEET—LOUPE VIEW 35

CHEAT SHEET—DEVELOP SLIDERS VIEW 40

CHEAT SHEET—DEVELOP PRESETS VIEW 47

CHEAT SHEET—CROP VIEW 49

CHEAT SHEET—SLIDESHOW 53

CHEAT SHEET—SHARING PHOTOS 55

CHEAT SHEET—COLLECTIONS VIEW 58

CHEAT SHEET—COPYING/MOVING PHOTOS 63

CHEAT SHEET—MOBILE PREFERENCES 71

CHEAT SHEET—DESKTOP PREFERENCES 72

CHEAT SHEET—WEB COLLECTIONS VIEW 81

CHEAT SHEET—WEB GRID VIEW 82

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CHEAT SHEET—WEB LOUPE VIEW 83

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On the 19th February 2007, Lightroom 1.0 was officially released for Windows and Mac. Just over 7 years later, Lightroom took another huge step forward, this time introducing Lightroom 1.0 for mobile devices.

Initially released for the iPad, then the iPhone, and now for Android phones, it allows you to sync your photos from Lightroom on your desktop to the Lightroom Sync cloud, and back down to your mobile devices. Using the Smart Preview technology introduced in Lightroom 5, smaller versions of your photos, including raw files, can be synced to your mobile device without taking up too much bandwidth or space.

Once the photos have downloaded to your phone, you can browse through them while relaxing on the sofa, traveling on the train, or even sitting on the beach (although you might want to be careful about getting sand in your phone!)

Unlike many other apps, however, you’re not just limited to browsing. Lightroom allows you to refine your photos, marking them with flags and star ratings, and those changes are automatically synced back to your desktop Lightroom catalog.

It can be difficult to decide whether a photo’s worth keeping without first making some basic Develop adjustments, so Lightroom goes further, allowing you to edit the photos on your phone. And like the flags and stars, these non-destructive Develop settings are also synced back to the desktop.

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Then you can organize the photos, copying or moving them into different collections. These groups of photos appear in the Collections panel when you return to the desktop.

Finally, you can share your edited photos with others directly from your phone, displaying a slideshow, sharing via Facebook, Twitter or email, or by sending them to another app of your choice.

But what if you’ve shot some photos using your phone? Lightroom can import any JPEG or PNG files and upload them to your Lightroom catalog automatically, so you don’t even have to wait until you get home to start editing them.

Before you get too excited, Lightroom mobile doesn’t offer the same feature-set as Lightroom for desktop. Mobile apps are better for their simplicity, and some tasks are better suited to a touch environment than others.

There are a number of features I’d like to see introduced to the mobile app, and I’m sure you already have a list too. It’s early days, and the mobile app will grow over time, just like its desktop companion. The first Lightroom public beta for the desktop didn’t even have a crop tool, but look at it now!

Like the desktop app, you have the opportunity to help shape the future of Lightroom mobile.

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THIS EBOOK

There are plenty of hidden features in Lightroom mobile. You could discover most of them on your own, but allow me to save you some time and share some of the insider secrets and power user tips with you.

In addition to a whole host of questions that have been asked by users before release, there are Cheat Sheets scattered throughout this eBook for quick reference. You’ll also find a full index at the end.

Lightroom mobile will be adding new features on an ongoing basis, so I’ll be updating this eBook continuously. Make sure you retain your download link so you can download the updated version. Version 1 updates of this eBook will be free of charge.

Let’s get started…

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TOUCH GESTURES

TapTouch the screen with one finger.

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Double TapTouch the screen with one finger, twice in quick succession.

HoldHold one finger on the screen.

Swipe Up/DownTouch one finger to the screen and move it up or down the screen before lifting your finger.

Swipe Left/RightTouch one finger to the screen and move it left or right on the screen before lifting your finger.

Two-finger TapTouch the screen with two fingers, twice in quick succession.

SpreadStart with two fingers touching the screen together and drag them apart, without lifting your fingers from the screen.

PinchStart with two fingers touching the screen a distance apart, and drag them together, without lifting your fingers from the screen.

Three-finger HoldHold three fingers on the screen.

Two-finger SwipeTouch two fingers to the screen and move them left or right on the screen before lifting your fingers.

DragTouch one finger to the screen and move it in any direction without lifting your finger.

Flick Up/DownTouch one finger to the screen and move it up or down the screen before lifting your finger, faster than a swipe.

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Lightroom mobile won’t work alone. It’s designed to be used in conjunction with the desktop version of Lightroom, plus a Creative Cloud subscription. The desktop version does most of the processor-intensive work, and the

Lightroom Sync cloud stores the synced metadata and previews, so your photos can be accessed from multiple devices—even those with limited processing power or storage space.

WHAT ARE THE DESKTOP SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS?

On the desktop, the system requirements are quite simple—you need to be running Lightroom 5.4 or later. (5.5 or later is needed for star ratings and custom sort order, and 5.7 or later for social collaboration)

If you’re using an earlier version of Lightroom 5, download the updated version by going to the Help menu and selecting Check for Updates.

If you’re using Lightroom 4 or earlier, you’ll need to download the Lightroom 5 trial from http://www.adobe.com/go/lrdesktop (Warning—if you’re not sure that you’re going to upgrade to Lightroom 5 after the trial, use a new test catalog rather than your main working catalog, as Lightroom 5 catalogs can’t be downgraded to use with earlier Lightroom versions).

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THE LIGHTROOM SYNC SUBSCRIPTION

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WHAT ARE THE MOBILE APP SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS?

The minimum mobile phone specs are:

• Processor: Quad Core CPU with 1.7 GHZ ARMv7 architecture

• RAM: 1 GB

• Internal Storage: 8 GB

• OS: Android Jellybean, KitKat, or Lollipop

LIGHTROOM 5’S MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Windows

• Intel® Pentium® 4, AMD Athlon® 64 processor or newer

• DirectX 10–capable or later graphics card

• Microsoft® Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 or Windows 8

• At least 2GB of RAM (4GB minimum recommended)

• At least 2GB of available hard-disk space

• 1024x768 display or greater

• Internet connection required for Internet-based services, including Lightroom Sync

Mac

• Multicore Intel® processor with 64-bit support (that’s all Intel Macs apart from the original Core Duo)

• Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), 10.8 (Mountain Lion), 10.9 (Mavericks) or 10.10 (Yosemite)

• At least 2GB of RAM (4GB minimum recommended)

• At least 2GB of available hard-disk space

• 1024x768 display or greater

• Internet connection required for Internet-based services, including Lightroom Sync



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The app is currently designed for mobile phones but it may already work on some Android tablets. Tablets are expected to be fully supported in a future release. iPhone and iPad versions are also available.

DO I NEED INTERNET ACCESS?

You need a good web connection to use Lightroom mobile, especially for the initial sync. Lightroom for desktop uploads around 2 MB of data per photo on average, because it’s uploading the catalog metadata, a thumbnail, a standard JPEG preview, plus a Smart Preview for editing. That’s worth remembering if your bandwidth is limited.

You don’t always need to be online to use the mobile app, so a 3G/4G connection isn’t necessary. You can mark specific collections to download and cache on the phone while you have a Wi-Fi internet connection, and then browse those cached photos while you’re offline later. When you next have internet access, the changes are then synced back to the cloud and your desktop computer.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST, AND WHAT’S INCLUDED?

The Creative Cloud Photography Bundle costs just $9.99 a month (plus your local sales taxes). It’s paid monthly, but you’ll need to subscribe for at least a year.

The bundle includes access to the latest versions of Lightroom and Photoshop CC, so when Lightroom 6 is released, you’ll have the option to upgrade at no extra cost. It also includes your Lightroom Sync space in the cloud, which is essential for Lightroom mobile, and an additional 2GB of cloud storage space.



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HOW MANY PHOTOS CAN I UPLOAD USING LIGHTROOM SYNC?

There’s no limit to the number of photos you can upload using Lightroom Sync, although the storage space of your phone may limit the photos you can access.

IS THERE A FREE VERSION OR TRIAL?

The first time you sign into Lightroom Sync using your Adobe ID, either on the desktop or phone, you’ll automatically start a free 30 day trial. It’s a fully functional trial, so you can test all of the features and decide whether it will be of value in your workflow.

The trial countdown shows in both the desktop and mobile versions, so you can make a final decision just before it expires.

HOW DO I SUBSCRIBE?

When you’re ready to sign up, the Join button next to the trial countdown takes you directly to the checkout page on Adobe’s website, or visit the Photography Bundle page to learn more: http://www.adobe.com/go/photographyplan

Figure 1.1 The trial countdown shows in the Preferences section of the app and in the Activity Center on the desktop.


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The mobile app is a companion to the main desktop version of Lightroom, so before we start exploring the mobile app, let’s get the desktop set up and syncing to the Lightroom Sync cloud.

HOW DO I SIGN IN?

To sign in to Lightroom Sync, click on the Identity Plate in the top left corner of Lightroom’s window. The Activity Center window expands.

Click the Sign In button and the Lightroom Sync dialog appears. Enter the email address you use as your Adobe ID, and your password, then click Sign In.

WHAT IS MY ADOBE ID?

If you’ve ever purchased anything direct from Adobe, registered Adobe software purchased from a reseller, or even posted on their forums, you probably already have an Adobe account.

If you don’t have an account, click the Get an Adobe ID button. Follow the on-screen instructions to create an account. Adobe automatically sends a verification email, so

DESKTOP SETUP & SYNCING COLLECTIONS

DESKTOPS VS. LAPTOPS

We’ll refer to a ‘desktop’ to differentiate between the desktop version of Lightroom and the mobile version, but that can be a desktop or a laptop, PC or Mac.



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switch to your email software and click the link in that verification email to complete the account setup. You can then use these login details to sign in to Lightroom Sync.

Figure 2.1 To sign into Lightroom Sync, click the Identity Plate to show the Activity Center, then press Sign In.

Figure 2.2 Enter your Adobe ID and password into the Lightroom Sync dialog and then press Sign In.

MERGING CATALOGS

Lightroom only syncs a single catalog, so if you have more than one catalog, you’ll need to decide which one you’re going to use.

It’s possible to merge your multiple catalogs into a single one. Since it’s only vaguely related to Lightroom mobile, we won’t go into detail here, but you’ll find those instructions in my book about the desktop app, Adobe Lightroom 5—The Missing FAQ.


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HOW DO I RESET MY ADOBE ID PASSWORD?

If you think you have an account but you’ve forgotten your password, click the Forgot Password? link in the Lightroom Sync dialog. Alternatively you can go to http://www.adobe.com, click the Sign In link in the top right corner, and then click the Forgot Password? link to access the same page.

Enter your email address and press the Reset Password button. If you have an Adobe ID, Adobe automatically sends you an email containing a password reset link. Switch to your email software and click that link. The link takes you to a custom page on Adobe’s website, where you can enter a new password. You can then return to Lightroom and sign in.

Once you’ve signed in to your account, click the Lightroom icon in the Identity Plate to view the Activity Center. Your name is displayed, showing that you’re signed in to your Lightroom Sync account. If you’re running a trial version, it also says how many days are remaining in your trial period.

HOW DO I GET MY NORMAL IDENTITY PLATE BACK?

The Lightroom Sync Identity Plate is the default setting in Lightroom 5.4 or later. If you prefer to use the standard Lightroom

Figure 2.3 The default Identity Plate shows your Lightroom Sync settings, but you can add your own branding to your catalog by going to Edit menu (Windows) / Lightroom menu (Mac) and selecting Identity Plate Setup to show this dialog.


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Identity Plate, or your own custom Identity Plate, click Edit Identity Plate… at the bottom of the Activity Center or under the Edit menu (Windows) / Lightroom menu (Mac). In that dialog you can select one of the two built-in Identity Plates—Lightroom Sync or Lightroom—in the pop-up at the top or you can create your own.

HOW DO I CHOOSE WHICH PHOTOS TO SYNC?

Once you’ve signed in to Lightroom Sync, you can start choosing which photos to send to your mobile device.

In the Collections panel, there are checkboxes on the left, which control which collections of photos are included in the sync. To sync a collection, click in that checkbox and the sync icon appears. To remove it from the sync, click again to remove the sync icon.

The sync is currently based around standard collections, so you can’t select smart collections or folders to sync. You can group your collections into collection sets to keep them tidy, as I have done with the Sync sets shown in the screenshot.

If you don’t have any existing collections, or you want to create collections specifically for syncing, like those shown in the screenshot, you can create new collections. There are multiple ways of doing so, but here are 2 popular options:

Select the photos then create the collection

1. Select the photos to include in the collection.

2. Go to the Collections panel and click the + button to view the menu.Figure 2.4 The checkboxes on the left of the Collections panel allow you to select which collections of photos to sync to the phone. You can group your collections into sets to keep them organized.



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3. Select Create Collection… from the menu.

4. In the Create Collection dialog, enter a name for the collection, and check the Include selected photos and Sync with Lightroom mobile checkboxes.

5. Your new collection appears in the Collections panel with the Sync checkbox already selected.

Create the collection then add photos

1. Go to the Collections panel and click the + button to view the menu.

2. Select Create Collection… from the menu.

3. In the Create Collection dialog, enter a name for the collection, and check the Sync with Lightroom mobile checkbox.

4. Your new collection appears in the Collections panel with the Sync checkbox already selected.

5. Select photos in Grid view. Drag them, by their thumbnails rather than the surrounding border, onto the collection. The number next to the collection increases as you add additional photos.

Figure 2.5 When creating new collections, the Sync with Lightroom mobile checkbox automatically includes the collection in the current sync.



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CHEAT SHEET—THE CATALOG & COLLECTIONS PANELS

Collection SetYour collections can be grouped into sets. I’ve grouped my sync collections into sets named Sync *, to differentiate them from my normal collections.

CollectionLightroom can sync any standard collections, but not smart collections.

Sync CheckboxThe sync icon shows that this collection is included in the sync. Click to turn on and off.

All Synced PhotographsWhen you enable Sync, the All Synced Photographs collection appears. Like the All Photographs collection, it’s for information purposes—you can’t add photographs to it directly. As you enable the Sync checkbox on collections, the photos are automatically added to All Synced Photographs.

All Sync ErrorsIf there are issues syncing any photos, the All Sync Errors collection appears. Usually these will be photos that are offline and therefore can’t currently be synced. The errors attempt to clear automatically, and the collection then disappears.

New CollectionClick the + button to create new collections or collection sets.



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IF THE SAME PHOTO IS IN MULTIPLE COLLECTIONS, DOES IT TAKE UP EXTRA SPACE ON THE PHONE?

Lightroom Sync and Lightroom mobile work like the desktop version, keeping one set of previews per photo, with multiple entries in the catalog. This means that you can view the same photo in multiple collections, without the previews being duplicated on your limited phone storage.

HOW DO I CHECK I’VE INCLUDED ALL THE PHOTOS I INTENDED TO?

Smart Collections would be ideal for ensuring all of the photos shot in the last 60 days, for example, or all of your 5 star photos sync to your phone. Smart Collections aren’t yet available for sync, but there is a workaround.

Let’s use the 5 star photos as an example. Create a collection called “5 Star Sync” and mark it to sync to your phone. Then create a Smart Collection, set to “Rating equals 5 stars” and “File Type is not video” and “Collection doesn’t include 5 !Star !Sync.”

The Smart Collection checks for any photos that meet the criteria but aren’t in your 5

Figure 2.6 You can’t select smart collections for sync, but you can use them to double check all of the photos are included in your synced standard collection.



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star photos sync collection. If there are ever photos in that Smart Collection, drag them over to the 5 star photos collection to be included in the sync. If everything’s synced, that Smart Collection should be set to 0.

HOW MANY PHOTOS CAN THE COLLECTIONS HOLD?

There are no known issues with large collections, other than being slightly slower to load the Grid view. I’ve tested with collections of up to 20,000 photos, but larger collections shouldn’t be a problem.

IN THE CATALOG PANEL, WHAT IS ALL SYNCED PHOTOGRAPHS?

In the Catalog panel, a collection called All Synced Photographs is automatically created. It works in exactly the same way as the All Photographs collection, but it only displays photos that are included in a sync collection. Note that deleting photos from that special collection deletes them from the catalog and/or hard drive, just like All Photographs. It doesn’t simply remove them from the sync set.

Figure 2.7 The Catalog panel holds 2 new special collections—All Synced Photographs and All Sync Errors. They update automatically, based on the photos included in your sync collections.



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CHEAT SHEET—THE SYNC ACTIVITY CENTER

Identity PlateThe default Identity Plate in 5.4 and later is the Lightroom mobile preset. When you’re signed in, it shows your name and the current sync status. To change it, click Edit Identity Plate at the bottom of the Activity Center.Click on the Identity Plate to show the Activity Center.

Sign In/Out ButtonClick to sign in/out of your Lightroom Sync account.

Sync Toggle SwitchClick to toggle the Sync switch on or off to pause/resume the sync.

Sync ProgressWhile syncing, the current count displays on the Identity Plate and in the Activity Center.

Trial Status/Sign UpWhile you’re in a trial period, the countdown shows in the Activity Center, along with a Sign Up button that takes you to the shopping card on Adobe’s website.

Learn About Lightroom mobileClick to visit the official Help pages.

Activity CenterWhen you click on the Identity Plate, the grey Activity Center pops up below.



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WHAT DO THE NEW ICONS ON THE THUMBNAILS MEAN?

When you add photos to a sync collection, additional icons appear on the thumbnails of those photos. We’ll just list the icons relating to sync.

• The sync icon simply shows that it’s included in a sync collection.

• 3 dots appearing below the sync icon means that something’s happening to that photo—it’s being synced, the metadata’s being read or updated, or previews are being rendered.

• An exclamation mark means there’s an error syncing the photo, perhaps because the original is offline. We’ll come back to fixing errors at the end of this section.

HOW DO I CHECK THE UPLOAD PROGRESS?

As soon as you add new photos to a sync collection, Lightroom starts syncing. In the Identity Plate and Activity Center, it shows a countdown of the photos currently syncing. If it can’t connect to the Lightroom Sync cloud, it says Waiting for Connection instead.

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO UPLOAD MY PHOTOS?

We said earlier that you need a good web connection to use Lightroom Sync. If you’re trying to figure out whether your connection is fast enough to be viable, you can estimate how long Lightroom will take to upload your photos by visiting http://www.speedtest.net. Select a server on the US west coast, for example, San Jose. As a guide, an upload speed reported as 0.3 Mbps takes around 1 minute per photo to upload to the servers, and

Figure 2.8 The photo status icon appears on the thumbnails. The sync icon shows that it’s included in a sync collection, and the 3 dots below show that something’s happening to it.

Figure 2.9 Sync Status displays in the Activity Center, whether it’s waiting to connect to the cloud or is currently syncing photos.


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then a little time to download back to the phone. That’s not an exact timing as multiple uploads run in parallel, and other factors may also affect upload speeds, but it’s useful as a rough estimate.

CAN I PAUSE SYNCING?

If you need to pause the sync, perhaps because you need the bandwidth for a higher priority upload, you can pause the sync by clicking the Sync toggle switch in the Activity Center. When you later click again to turn it back on, Lightroom continues uploading from where it left off.

If you close Lightroom while it’s syncing, it automatically continues when you next relaunch Lightroom.

WHAT HAPPENS IF I HAVEN’T BUILT PREVIEWS YET?

You don’t need to manually build previews or smart previews before syncing. Lightroom builds temporary previews and smart previews as it needs them, and it automatically removes them again so it doesn’t take up additional extra disc space on your computer. If you’ve already created smart previews, Lightroom will use them, but it doesn’t speed up the sync significantly.

Figure 2.10 To pause syncing, click on the Identity Plate to show the full Activity Center, then toggle the Sync switch.



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WHAT HAPPENS IF THE PHOTOS ARE OFFLINE?

If the original photos are offline but smart previews are available, Lightroom syncs as normal.

If the original photos are offline and there aren’t any smart previews, then a sync error appears on the thumbnails of those photos and they’re added to an All Sync Errors collection in the Catalog panel, showing that they couldn’t be synced. Next time the original photos are available, Lightroom builds the previews it needs and uploads them to the cloud.

IN THE CATALOG PANEL, WHAT IS ALL SYNC ERRORS AND HOW DO I CLEAR IT?

In the Catalog panel, a new temporary collection called All Sync Errors may appear, showing that there’s a problem syncing some photos. In many cases, there’s a logical reason. For example, if the original photos are offline and smart previews don’t currently exist, Lightroom can’t sync those photos. Those errors clear automatically when the photos are next available.

Sometimes, though, the sync can get ‘stuck’. Restarting Lightroom on the desktop and rebooting the phone clears most of those errors.

If that doesn’t clear it, try viewing the photos in the Develop module, as that sometimes gives it a nudge.

As a last resort, removing the stuck photos from the sync collection and then adding them back after the error clears usually works.

Figure 2.11 The All Sync Errors special collection appears in the Catalog panel when there are problems with the sync.



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Having set up Lightroom Sync on the desktop, and started your photos uploading to the cloud, it’s time to set up Lightroom mobile.

HOW DO I INSTALL AND OPEN LIGHTROOM ON MY PHONE?

Lightroom is available from the Google Play™ Store. Tap the Google Play icon on your Apps or Home screen and search for ‘Adobe Lightroom mobile’ or click this direct link: http://www.adobe.com/go/trylrmobile_android

Tap the Install button, then tap Accept to permissions request. Wait while the app downloads and installs.

Once the installation completes, tap Open or press the Home button to return to your Home screen and tap on the app icon. You need to be connected to the internet while setting it up.

HOW DO I SIGN IN TO LIGHTROOM ON MY PHONE?

The first time you open Lightroom on your phone, you’ll see the intro screen. Swipe from right to left three times, and then tap the Get Started Now button to display the sign in

Figure 3.1 Tap Install, accept the installation, wait for it to complete, then tap the app icon to open Lightroom.

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page. The background photo varies, but the text fields are the same. Tap on the Adobe ID field and enter your email address, then tap on the password field and enter your Adobe password. Press the Return key on the keyboard or tap the Sign In button to continue.

Figure 3.2 Enter your Adobe ID and password into the Sign In screen on the phone, then press the Sign In button.

Figure 3.3 As you tap around the app, Help Overlays appear with tips. Tap anywhere to hide the overlay.



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Lightroom asks for some initial preferences: whether you want to automatically import new photos from your mobile camera, and whether to use cellular data. We’ll come back to those options in more detail later.

WHAT DOES CHECKING COLLECTIONS MEAN?

Lightroom contacts the Lightroom Sync cloud for initial information and temporarily changes to a black screen with Checking Collections… in the center. Once it’s downloaded enough information to get started, it displays the Collections view. We’ll move onto viewing the photos in the next section.

DOES IT SYNC IN THE BACKGROUND, WHILE I’M USING OTHER APPS?

Lightroom mobile tries to carry on syncing in the background when the screen sleeps or you switch to another app. The operating system limits background processing depending on the other apps that are running. Repeated breaks in syncing don’t cause a problem, but it can be frustrating to find it hasn’t finished downloading your photos.

Your initial sync is likely to take some time, so you may want to force it to stay awake. To do so, go to the Home screen and tap the Settings app. Select Display and then Sleep. Set the Auto-Sleep time to a longer period. Plug your phone into its charger so it doesn’t run out of charge. Go back to the Home screen and tap Lightroom, and leave it syncing. When it finishes, go back to Settings and change the Sleep time to a shorter time to save your battery. If you need to keep Lightroom awake in future, just repeat the process.

Figure 3.4 Keep Lightroom awake during the initial sync.



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CAN I LIMIT SYNCING TO WIFI ACCESS ONLY?

Lightroom mobile can use a lot of bandwidth quite quickly, so if your cellular plan charges per MB, you may want to limit syncing to WiFi access only. To do so, tap your Adobe ID in the top left corner of the Collections view to access the Preferences panel, and then check that the Sync Only Over WiFi toggle is white, not grey.

HOW DO I SHOW OR HIDE THE HELP SCREENS?

As you start to explore the app, Lightroom displays help screens. Tap anywhere to hide those screens when they appear. All of the information is included in this eBook, but if you want to view the in-app help screens again later, you can restore them. To do so, tap the Lightroom icon in the top left corner of the app to show the Preferences panel, and tap Reset Help Overlays.

A little further up the Preferences panel is the Gesture Shortcuts menu which displays some of the gestures for quick reference. All of the gestures are shown on the diagrams in this eBook.

ARE MY PHOTOS KEPT PRIVATE?

While you’re viewing the Preferences panel, you’ll notice a toggle switch marked Collect Usage Data. That only sends anonymous data to Adobe to help them improve the app.

Your photos remain private, regardless of that switch setting. They’re not shared with anyone, unless you choose to make them public using the Sharing features we’ll explore later.

Figure 3.5 To view Lightroom mobile’s preferences, tap the Lightroom icon in the top left corner of Collections view.



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While the photos continue to download, you can start browsing and ranking them. There are 3 different views. The Collections view is like the Collections panel in the desktop version, showing you a list of all the

collections, along with management tools such as rename and delete. The Grid view allows you to browse thumbnails of the photos and select which to view at a larger size. The Loupe view shows the photos individually, as well as with Develop controls.

HOW DO I SWITCH BETWEEN COLLECTIONS VIEW, GRID VIEW AND LOUPE VIEW?

In Collections view, tap on the thumbnail of a collection to view it in Grid view. Tap on a thumbnail in the Grid view to see a larger Loupe view.

To return to the previous view, press the Back arrow in the top left corner of the screen. If the Back arrow is hidden, and Lightroom is only showing the photo on screen, tap once on the screen to display the controls.

Figure 4.1 There are 3 primary views. Collections view (top), Grid view (center) and Loupe view (bottom). Loupe view has multiple extra view options, including a Sliders View, Presets view and Crop view.

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GRID VIEW

Like the desktop version of Lightroom, the Grid view allows you to view and manage multiple photos together. Options include viewing basic metadata, sorting and filtering the photos, copying and moving them between collections, and sharing them with others. We’ll come back to managing the photos in the “Managing Collections & Photos” section on page 57, but let’s continue viewing the photos first.

HOW DO I SCROLL THE GRID VIEW?

To scroll the Grid view, simply swipe up and down the screen.

HOW DO I VIEW METADATA IN GRID VIEW?

Lightroom allows you to see some limited metadata in Grid view. To cycle through the options, two-finger tap on the Grid. The first time you tap, it displays badges for flags and Develop settings, so it may be blank if you haven’t flagged or rejected any photos or made Develop adjustments. The next taps display any star ratings, then the aperture, ISO and shutter speed. The fourth tap displays the capture time, resolution and file name, before reverting to a distraction-free view on the final tap.

Figure 4.2 Cycle through different sets of metadata by tapping on the Grid with 2 fingers.



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CHEAT SHEET—GRID VIEW

Back buttonTap to return to Collections view.

Filter/SortTap collection name to view filter/sort menu.

Select PhotoTap on a thumbnail to open in Loupe view.

Show/Hide OverlaysTwo finger tap anywhere to cycle through overlays: badges, shutter/aperture/ISO, date/size/filename, none.

Collection Name

MenuTap to view menu.

Filter/Sort MenuTap options to filter photos.Tap Sort by row to view sort order options. Tap arrow to reverse sort order..

Context-Sensitive MenuHold one finger on a thumbnail to show the context-sensitive menu.

ScrollSwipe up/down with one finger to scroll through the photos.

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HOW DO I FILTER THE GRID OR CHANGE THE SORT ORDER TO VIEW SPECIFIC PHOTOS?

At the top of the Grid view is the name of the current collection and a small downward arrow. Tap on it to view the filter/sort menu.

The menu displays the filter options—Show All (no filter), Unflagged, Picked (flagged) and Rejected, then the star ratings below.

To use the star rating filters, tap on the symbol to cycle through More Than, Less Than and Equal To options, then tap on the stars themselves, just like you do on the desktop.

To combine criteria, tap on each filter to highlight it, for example, tap on Unflagged and Picked to hide the Rejected photos.

Tap on the last line to view the sort options—Capture Time, Modified Date, File Name or Custom Order. You can’t rearrange the photos into a custom order on the phone, but if you’ve done so on the desktop, that custom order is synced to the phone.

LOUPE VIEW

When you tap on a photo in Grid view, you’re taken to the Loupe view. Lightroom mobile’s Loupe view is like the desktop’s. It allows you to view and work with one photo at a time.

Figure 4.3 Tap the Collection name at the top of the Grid view to view filter and sort options.



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HOW DO I GET RID OF THE CIRCULAR LOADING OVERLAY?

The loading overlay appears while the photo is downloading from the Lightroom Sync cloud or loading from the phone’s memory. The length of time primarily depends on the speed of your internet connection, although you’ll find the Loupe view quicker than the Develop views.

If you find it slows you down, you can choose to cache the whole collection on your phone by selecting Enable Offline Editing. The loading overlay then only appears while the photo is loaded from your phone’s storage, which is much quicker. We’ll set that up in the “Managing Collections & Photos” section.

HOW DO I SWITCH BETWEEN PHOTOS?

In the Loupe view, as well as the Sliders and Presets views that we’ll explore in the following pages, you can switch between photos by swiping from left to right, or right to left.

HOW DO I ZOOM IN TO SEE THE PHOTO IN MORE DETAIL?

To zoom in to your photos, double-tap (tap twice in quick succession) anywhere on the photo. Repeat to zoom out again. The double tap moves between 2 sizes—the fit view and an enlarged view.

The spread and pinch gestures allow you more control over how much you zoom in. To use the spread gesture to zoom out, start with 2 fingers together on the screen and drag

Figure 4.4 Below the photo in Loupe view are buttons for three additional views. From left to right, they are Sliders view, Presets view and Crop view.



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Back buttonTap to return to Grid view.

Flag/StarTap flag/star to switch rating systems. Swipe up/ down to increase/decrease flag or star rating.

View modesFrom left to right, tap to view Sliders, view Presets or view Crop.


Full ScreenTap anywhere to hide controls.

Show/Hide OverlaysTwo finger tap anywhere to cycle through metadata overlay, histogram only or neither. One finger tap on metadata cycles metadata views.

x2 ZoomDouble tap anywhere or pinch/spread to zoom in and out.

Photos in current view

Before/AfterThree finger hold anywhere displays Before view.

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them apart. To pinch to zoom in, start with 2 fingers apart on the screen and drag them together.

When you’re zoomed in, you can pan around the photo by dragging your finger across the screen.

Remember that Lightroom mobile’s zoom isn’t a true 1:1 or 100% zoom, as the largest previews available are 2560px along their longest edge.

HOW DO I FLAG OR REJECT PHOTOS OR ASSIGN STAR RATINGS?

Gestures are also used for flagging and starring your photos.

When the flag is showin in the bottom left corner, swiping up the screen will increase the flagging (unflagged > flagged or rejected > unflagged) and swiping down will decrease the flagging (unflagged > rejected or flagged > unflagged). As you swipe, an overlay appears on screen showing the flag rating you’ve just applied.

If you tap on the flag in the bottom left corner, it switches to a star icon and the swipe gesture then applies star ratings. Swipe up or down the screen to display the star rating overlay and tap on your chosen star rating before the overlay disappears. Or, you can flick quickly up or down the screen to increase/decrease the star rating by one star at a time (so to change a photo from 0 to 3 stars, you’d flick up the screen 3 times).

There isn’t an auto-advance option like there is on the desktop, but if you set the Grid to filter to show only unflagged photos, when you pick or a reject a photo it will immediately disappear and display the next photo. The same applies to filtering by star ratings.

Figure 4.5 When you change the flag, an overlay briefly appears on screen showing the new flag setting.

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CAN I VIEW METADATA AND A HISTOGRAM IN LOUPE VIEW?

Flags/stars aren’t the only metadata you can view in Loupe view. Like Lightroom for desktop, an Info overlay and histogram are available in the top left or right corners of the screen.

A two finger tap on the photo cycles through the different views—just the Info overlay, just the histogram, or no overlays.

Like the metadata in the Grid view or on the desktop, the Info overlay offers multiple combinations of metadata. When the Info overlay is showing, tap on it repeatedly to cycle through the different combinations of metadata.

Figure 4.8 A two finger tap in Loupe view displays the Info overlay and/or the histogram. Tapping on the Info overlay cycles through these different metadata views.

BUT I WANT COLOR LABELS!

Lightroom mobile is doesn’t currently offer color labels, but there is a workaround. Create collections for each of the color labels, then use Copy To/Move To Collection to copy/move photos into those collections (see Page 62).When you get back to the desktop, you can then select all of the photos in the collection and assign the applicable star/color label.



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CAN I HIDE EVERYTHING, LIKE LIGHTROOM FOR DESKTOP’S FULL SCREEN PREVIEW?

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Lightroom also allows us to edit the photos using one of three views—Sliders, Presets and Crop. We’ll explore each in turn.

The Sliders view is very similar to the sliders in the desktop Develop module. There are sliders for Basic panel adjustments, a pop-up for white balance presets, and buttons for auto settings, copying settings from previous photos, and resetting sliders.

The Presets view allows you to apply the built-in presets, such as B&W conversion, color effects, vignettes, grain, and standard sharpening.

The Crop view, of course, allows you to rotate and crop your photo.

HOW DO I SELECT THE DEVELOP SLIDERS VIEW?

Below the photo in Loupe view is the toolbar, which shows the other view options. The first button in that group takes you to the Develop Sliders view. Below the photo, a control bar appears, with a button for each of the sliders.

Figure 5.1 Three views assist you in editing your photos—Sliders view (top left), Presets view (top right) and Crop view (bottom).

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CHEAT SHEET—DEVELOP SLIDERS VIEW


SliderDrag left <> right on slider to adjust value. Or tap the arrows at the ends of the sliders.

Control Bar with TilesDrag left <> right on control bar to view all tiles.Tap a tile to activate its slider.

Flag/StarTap flag/star to switch rating systems. Swipe up/down to increase/decrease flag or star rating.


Clipping WarningsTwo finger tap or drag on slider to view clipping mask.



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Show/Hide OverlaysTwo finger tap anywhere to cycle through metadata only, histogram only or neither. One finger tap on metadata cycles metadata views.

x2ZoomDouble tap anywhere or pinch/spread to zoom in and out.

Reset SliderDouble tap slider or tile to reset slider.


Undo/RedoTap right arrow to undo adjustment or left to redo.

Sync StatusTap to force sync.


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HOW DO I APPLY AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENTS TO MY PHOTOS?

Tap the Auto Tone button to apply automatic tonal adjustments, just like the Auto Tone button in the desktop version. Tap the White Balance button to show the White Balance pop-up and select Auto to apply automatic white balance adjustments.

If you don’t like the results, you can tap the Auto Tone button again to disable the Auto Tone adjustment, or select As Shot to disable the Auto White Balance adjustment. Or you can use the Auto settings as a starting point and manually adjust the sliders to better settings.

HOW DO I ADJUST THE WHITE BALANCE?

Like Lightroom for desktop, there’s also a pop-up for white balance presets. Tap on the White Balance control to view the pop-up, and then tap on the white balance preset of your choice to apply it.

There’s also a white balance eyedropper or sampler, which allows you to set the white balance by tapping on something that should be light neutral. In the White Balance pop-up, select Pick. The sampler appears on screen, and you can drag it around by placing your finger in the center of the eyedropper or on one of the black handles and dragging. The photo preview updates automatically when you stop dragging. To accept the new white balance setting, tap the checkmark and you’ll see the white balance values update in the control bar. To cancel, tap anywhere outside of the sampler. Figure 5.2 Tap on the

White Balance button to show the pop-up menu.

Figure 5.3 Select Pick in the White Balance pop-up to show the Sampler. Drag using the black handles, confirm using the checkmark.

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WHICH SLIDERS CAN I ADJUST ON THE PHONE?

The available sliders are Temperature, Tint, Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Whites, Blacks, Clarity, Vibrance and Saturation. They work in exactly the same way as they do on the desktop.

HOW DO I ADJUST DEVELOP SLIDERS?

To select a slider, tap on it in the control bar. A slider appears above the control bar. Using one finger, drag from left to right on the slider, or right to left, to adjust it. You don’t have to grab the slider handle—dragging anywhere on the slider works.

If you find buttons easier to use than sliders, tap the triangles at the ends of the slider.

The slider value updates on the control bar below. Tap another button in the control bar to select a different slider.

IS THE PREVIEW ACCURATE?

When you’re editing your photos on the phone, bear in mind that the preview likely won’t match your calibrated desktop monitor. At a minimum, there are likely to be differences in brightness, which could affect the settings you apply to your photos in Lightroom

Figure 5.4 All of the Basic panel sliders are available for adjustment in Lightroom mobile.

Figure 5.5 Tap on a slider name in the control bar to show the slider above. Drag left <> right on the slider to adjust the slider value, which is then shown on the control bar.

Figure 5.6 The Brightness slider in the Android Settings controls the brightness of the screen. If your screen is brighter than your computer monitor, the photos you adjust on your phone will look too dark when you’re back at the desktop.

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mobile. It’s especially noticeable if Auto-Brightness is turned on in Settings > Display > Brightness, as the brightness of the phone varies depending on the ambient light.

HOW DO I CHECK FOR HIGHLIGHT OR SHADOW CLIPPING?

Using two fingers to drag along the slider bar, instead of one, you can view clipping warnings. It works with the Exposure, Highlights, Shadows, Whites or Blacks sliders. If you find a two-finger drag difficult, hold one finger on the slider, add a second finger anywhere on the screen, and then drag the first finger along the slider.

To view the clipping without adjusting the slider, hold two fingers still on the slider bar.

HOW DO I UNDO MY LAST ADJUSTMENT?

If you make a mistake, the undo button is in the bottom right corner of the screen. When you tap undo, an overlay appears on the screen reminding you of which step you’ve just undone, and a redo button also appears. It works like Lightroom’s History panel, stepping back and forward through your recent Develop adjustments.

Unlike Lightroom for desktop’s History panel, the mobile version forgets the series of steps as soon as you move on to the next photo. When the Develop history is synced back to the desktop, the changes are recorded in the History panel as a single history state called “From LR for mobile.”

Figure 5.7 Holding two fingers on the Exposure, Highlights, Shadows, Whites or Blacks slider displays a clipping mask.

Figure 5.8 The redo (left) and undo (right) buttons appear in the bottom right corner of the screen.

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HOW DO I RESET DEVELOP SLIDERS?

In addition to undoing your most recent actions, you can reset the sliders. A double-tap on the slider or on the button in the control bar resets the selected slider.

If you’ve set custom defaults, Lightroom for desktop respects those when resetting a slider. Lightroom mobile doesn’t know about those custom defaults, so it resets to the Adobe defaults, which is 0 for most sliders.

If you swipe to the end of the control bar, there’s a Reset button with a few options:

• Basic Tones resets only the sliders that are visible in the mobile app, which are the equivalent of the Basic panel on the desktop. Other settings, for example, Sharpening or Noise Reduction are retained.

• All resets all of the settings to their Adobe defaults.

• To Import resets all of the settings to their initial sync values.

• To Open resets the photo to the settings used when you last opened the photo. When you switch to another photo and back again, those saved settings are reset to.the current settings.

Figure 5.9 Tap the Reset button to view the reset options.

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HOW DO I COPY MY SETTINGS ONTO OTHER SIMILAR PHOTOS?

If you’re working through a series of similar photos, they probably need very similar adjustments to maintain consistency. Next to the Reset button on the control bar is a Previous button with 2 options:

• Basic Tones from previous Photo copies just the Basic panel sliders—those visible in Lightroom mobile—from the last-selected photo onto the current photo.

• Everything from previous Photo works like the Previous button on Lightroom for desktop, copying all of the settings from the previous photo onto the current photo.

HOW DO I COMPARE A BEFORE/AFTER VIEW TO CHECK I’M HAPPY WITH MY IMPROVEMENTS?

To see how the photo looked before you started your current edits on the phone, touch the screen with three fingers. When you remove your fingers, the preview reverts to the current state of the photo.

HOW DO I ADJUST PHOTOS EDITED USING AN EARLIER VERSION OF LIGHTROOM?

Lightroom mobile only uses process version 2012 (PV2012), which is the set of sliders in Lightroom 4 and later. The old sliders, including Recovery and Fill Light, were part of an old process version called PV2003 or PV2010.

If you select an older photo that you previously edited in a much older version of Lightroom, and try to edit it in the Develop view, the control bar only shows a single

Figure 5.10 Tap the Previous button to decide whether to copy just the Basic panel sliders or all settings onto the current photo.

Figure 5.11 Lightroom mobile can’t edit photos set to PV2003 or PV2010, but it can update them to PV2012 for editing.

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button—Update Process Version. It offers you the choice of leaving the photo alone, or updating to PV2012 and re-editing it. If you choose to update, the sliders are reset to 0 ready for you to edit.

HOW DO I CONVERT MY PHOTO TO B&W?

To convert your photo to black and white, you’ll need to use one of the built in presets, and then go back to Sliders view and tweak the settings to your taste. We’ll explore presets in the next section.

HOW DO I SELECT THE DEVELOP PRESETS VIEW?

Below the photo in Loupe view is the toolbar, which shows the other view options. The second button in that group takes you to the Develop Presets view.

HOW DO I APPLY A PRESET?

On the control bar are different groups of presets. Tap on the control to show a pop-up containing the individual presets. Each preset has a thumbnail preview, showing you what that photo would look like with the preset applied. Tap on the preset to apply it to the photo.

Figure 5.12 The presets are sorted into groups.

Figure 5.13 When you tap on a preset group, the presets appear in the pop-up with tiny thumbnail previews.

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CHEAT SHEET—DEVELOP PRESETS VIEW

Pop-UpTap on pop-up to apply preset.

Control Bar with TilesDrag left <> right on control bar to view all tiles.Tap a tile to activate its pop-up.


Flag/StarTap flag/star to switch rating systems. Swipe up/ down to increase/decrease flag or star rating.





Show/Hide OverlaysTwo finger tap anywhere to cycle through metadata only, histogram only or neither. One finger tap on metadata cycles metadata views.

x2 ZoomDouble tap anywhere or pinch/spread to zoom in and out.





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WHERE DO THE PRESETS COME FROM? CAN I ADD MY OWN OR EDIT THE EXISTING ONES?

The presets are built in to Lightroom mobile. At this point in time, you can’t create or sync presets from the desktop, although it’s likely to be a popular request.

You can’t edit the presets themselves, but you can apply the preset to a photo and then switch back to the Develop Sliders view to adjust the photo.

HOW DO I SELECT THE CROP VIEW?

Below the photo in Loupe view is the toolbar, which shows the other view options. The third button in that group takes you to the Crop view.

HOW DO I SELECT A SPECIFIC CROP RATIO?

The control bar under the photo contains a selection of standard crop ratio presets. Tap on a ratio to select it, and the crop bounding box updates accordingly.

Figure 5.14 Tap a crop ratio to select it, and tap again to reverse the orientation.

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CHEAT SHEET—CROP VIEW

Control Bar with TilesDrag left <> right on control bar to view all tiles.Tap a tile to set the ratio. Tap again to switch orientation.

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Full ScreenTap anywhere to hide controls.Show/Hide Overlay

Two finger tap anywhere to cycle through crop overlays: thirds, golden ratio, grid, none.

Reset CropDouble tap anywhere to reset the crop.

Bounding BoxDrag bounding box edge or corner using one finger to resize crop boundary.

StraightenDrag outside of bounding box to rotate the photo under the crop overlay.

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HOW DO I SWITCH THE CROP ORIENTATION, LIKE PRESSING X ON THE DESKTOP?

To switch the crop orientation, for example, changing a 4x5 vertical crop into a 4x5 horizontal crop, tap on the crop ratio in the control bar for a second time.

HOW DO I ADJUST THE CROP?

Using one finger, drag the edges or corners of the bounding box. Dragging a corner moves the nearest two sides at once. Dragging an edge moves three sides of the crop bounding box.

HOW DO I ROTATE THE PHOTO?

To rotate the photo under the crop overlay, for example, to straighten the horizon, drag one finger around the outside of the crop bounding box.

CAN I CHANGE THE CROP OVERLAY?

To change or hide the crop overlay—the white lines on the photo—use two fingers to tap anywhere on the screen. With each two-finger tap it cycles through a range of overlays including thirds, golden ratio, grid and no overlay.

HOW DO I RESET THE CROP?

To reset the crop and start again, double-tap anywhere on the screen.

Figure 5.15 Drag the edges of the crop bounding box to adjust the crop. Drag inside the bounding box to move the photo, or drag outside to rotate the photo.

Figure 5.16 Two-finger tap to change the crop overlay through thirds (top left), golden ratio (top right), grid (bottom) and no overlay.

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Once you’ve finished selecting and editing your photos, you may want to share them with others. Lightroom can display them as a slideshow or send the photos through all the normal Android channels. You can share

them using Messaging, Email, Twitter, and Facebook. You can also save them to the Gallery so that other apps can use the photos.

HOW DO I PLAY A SLIDESHOW?

You can access the slideshow from any view. In Collections view, tap the three dots icon on the Collection Thumbnail and select Play Slideshow. In Grid view, tap the menu in the top right corner and select Slideshow. In other views, tap the menu in the top right corner and select Play From Here… The slideshow starts playing automatically.

HOW DO I PAUSE AND CONTINUE PLAYING A SLIDESHOW?

Tap on the screen to pause the slideshow and show the controls. Tapping the triangle in the top right corner continues playing the slideshow. Leaving the slideshow paused, you can move through the photos manually in full screen view, by swiping from right to left.

Figure 6.1 Slideshow and Share are in the menu accessed using the button in the top right corner of the screen or by holding a finger on the thumbnail in Grid view.

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HOW DO I ADJUST THE SLIDESHOW SPEED AND TRANSITIONS?

With the slideshow paused, Slideshow Options appears at the top of the screen. Tap on it to show the Slideshow Options menu.

The Slide Duration slider runs from 2 to 15 seconds. Drag anywhere on the slider to select your chosen duration.

The transitions are also selected using the Slideshow Options menu.

• None has no transition between photos.

• Cross Fade fades the photos, like Lightroom for desktop.

• Wipe sweeps the photo off the left hand side of the screen, with the new photo coming from the right.

• Flip is like turning over a playing card.

HOW DO I CLOSE THE SLIDESHOW?

To close the slideshow, tap on the screen to show the controls and tap the X button in the top left corner.

Figure 6.2 Pause the slideshow by tapping on the screen, then show the slideshow option by tapping at the top of the screen.

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If you want to give your phone to someone to browse through your photos, but don’t want to risk them accidentally changing your flags or star ratings, turn on the slideshow and pause it so they can swipe through manually.

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CHEAT SHEET—SLIDESHOW

Pause SlideshowWhen a slideshow is playing, tap anywhere to pause the slideshow and show this options screen.

PlayTap triangle to continue playing slideshow.


CancelTap X to cancel slideshow.

Next Photo with TransitionsSwipe left <> right on the photo with two fingers to view the next/previous photo with your selected slideshow transition (e.g. Fade).

Slideshow OptionsTap Slideshow Options to view the menu.

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HOW DO I SHARE MULTIPLE PHOTOS?

From the Grid view, tap the menu icon in the top right corner and select Share…

The background of the grid changes to white, waiting for you to choose the photos. Tap on the photos you want to share. Those photos become faded with a white checkmark in the center. If you make a mistake, tap again to deselect a photo.

In the top right corner, press the checkmark to show the menu. Select how you want to share the photos, whether that’s by message, email, or Facebook, then press the Just Once button at the bottom, so you can select a different option next time.

HOW DO I SHARE A SINGLE PHOTO?

From Grid view, you can also share a single photo without going through the selection grid. A long press on a photo in the Grid displays a menu, and one of the options in that menu is Share. The procedure is exactly the same as sharing multiple photos, but you skip the photo selection stage.

You can also share single photos from Loupe view, using the menu in the top right corner of the screen.

HOW DO I OPEN A PHOTO INTO ANOTHER APP?

You can also open the photos directly into another photo app without first saving to the gallery. Simply select the app, such as Photoshop Express in the Android menu.

Figure 6.3 Selected photos are faded with a white checkmark. Tap again to deselect.

Figure 6.4 The Android menu gives a variety a sharing options.

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CHEAT SHEET—SHARING PHOTOS

CancelTap X to cancel sharing.

MenuTap checkmark to display the Sharing menu. If more than one photo is selected, some of the options will be hidden.Select Photo

Tap on a thumbnail to select/deselect it. Selected photos show a checkmark in the center. Android Sharing Menu

Tap to send the selected photos to Messaging, Email, Twitter, Facebook, or open in a variety or other apps.


Just OnceTap Just Once so you can select a different option next time.

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HOW DO I EMAIL A PHOTO?

Sharing a photo by email starts in exactly the same way as any other method of sharing from Lightroom, but we’ll go through it one step at a time.

1. Select Grid view.

2. Tap the menu in the top right corner and select Share… The screen changes to white, waiting for you to choose the photos.

3. Tap on the photos you want to share. Those photos become faded, with a white checkmark in the center.

4. Press the checkmark in the top right corner to show the standard Android share menu.

5. Tap the share method you want to use. For this example, tap Email.

6. A new email opens with the selected photos attached. Enter the recipient’s email address, a subject for your email, and any message in the body of the email. Figure 6.5 The photo is automatically attached to a

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Lightroom mobile also offers a selection of organizational tools. You can create, rename and delete collections, as well as move and copy photos between them, and those changes are reflected back on the desktop.

HOW DO I CHANGE THE COLLECTIONS VIEW SORT ORDER?

The collection metadata is used to determine the sort order of the collections. By default they’re sorted by collection name. To show the Collection View options, tap at the top of the screen where it displays the number of collections and photos. The options are:

• Import Date sorts by the date/time that new photos were added to a collection.

• Title sorts by the collection name

• Size is the amount of storage space used on the phone

• Status sorts the collections depending on whether they’re available for offline use or not.

Tapping on the same sort order again changes the direction of the arrow directly beneath the sort order button and reverses the collection sort order.

Figure 7.1 Tap on the title bar at the top of the Collections view to see the sort options.

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Adobe IDTap to view Preferences panel.

SortTap collection/photo count to view sort menu.Tap button in menu to change sort order. Tap button again to reverse sort order..

Cover PhotoTap on a collection thumbnail to open collection in Grid view.

Show/Hide OverlaysTwo finger tap anywhere to show additional overlays: collection name, number of photos, number of flags/rejects, cache size/sync date.

Collection Count

+ buttonTap to create new collection.


Collection menuTap on the 3-dots icon to display the collection menu.

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HOW DO I VIEW THE COLLECTION METADATA?

Below the cover photo is metadata describing the collection. The name of the collection always shows.

If you use two fingers to tap on the screen repeatedly, additional metadata appears below. The two finger taps cycle through different metadata views:

• The number of photos in the collection.

• The number of flagged/unflagged/rejected photos.

• The amount of space the collection is using on your phone.

• The sync date.

WHY DOESN’T MY COLLECTION COUNT MATCH THE NUMBER OF PHOTOS ON THE PHONE?

You might notice that the photo count on the phone doesn’t match the Collection count on the desktop. That’s simply because the desktop includes videos in the collection count, but videos don’t sync to the phone.

HOW DO I CHANGE THE COLLECTION COVER PHOTO?

Lightroom automatically selects the first photo in each collection to display as the cover photo in the Collections view. Switch to Grid view, and having decided which photo you’d

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prefer, tap and hold on it for a second or two, until the context-sensitive menu appears. Select Set Cover Photo from the menu to select that photo.

On each collection’s cover photo, there may be some icons. On the left are icons showing whether the collection is designated for auto imported photos or is available for offline use. At the top is a lock icon, showing that the collection is a public web gallery. The three dots in the bottom right corner displays a menu, offering additional collection management tools.

HOW DO I DOWNLOAD FOR OFFLINE USE?

If you tap on the three-dots icon in the bottom right corner of the cover photo and select Enable Offline Editing, the Download for Offline dialog appears, showing how much space the collection will take up on your phone and how much space is available. Confirm by tapping the Download button. While the photos are downloading, the progress displays in the metadata section below.

Figure 7.3 The icons on the collection cover photo show offline status, auto-import, sharing and a menu..

Figure 7.4 Tapping the 3 dots shows the collection menu. Tap elsewhere to hide the menu.

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HOW CAN I TELL HOW MUCH SPACE IS AVAILABLE ON MY PHONE?

When you enable a collection for offline use, it tells you how much space is available on the phone. You can also check at any time by tapping on the Lightroom icon in the top left corner of the Collections view to show the Preferences panel. At the bottom of the panel is the Disk Usage bar. It shows space used by any apps, not just Lightroom.

If you need to clear some space on your phone, there’s a Clear Cache button just above the Disk Usage bar. It clears the smart previews that Lightroom’s cached for most collections, but not those you’ve selected for offline editing. To disable offline editing, tap the icon in the bottom left corner of the cover photo and then select Clear Cache to recover the disk space.

Lightroom can only use the internal storage on your phone. It doesn’t have access to additional memory cards.

HOW DO I RENAME A COLLECTION?

If you click the 3-dot icon to view the Collection menu, you have additional collection management options. One of those options is Rename Collection, which of course allows you to rename the collection. Type your new collection name and press OK. The collection name is updated on the desktop as well as on the phone.

Figure 7.6 The Clear Cache button and Disk Usage guide are at the bottom of the Preferences panel.



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HOW DO I CREATE A NEW COLLECTION?

To create a new, empty collection, tap the + button in the top right corner of the screen while in Collections view. Give the collection a name, and press OK or the return button on the keyboard.

The empty collection appears in the Collections view with a large + button where the cover photo should be. Tapping that button takes you to your camera photos. At the top of the screen, where it says Add Photos, tap to view a list of your albums. You can import JPEG or PNG photos from those albums.

Tap the photos you want to import, and then press the checkmark in the top right corner to import the photos, or the X in the top left corner to cancel.

HOW DO I MOVE OR COPY PHOTOS BETWEEN COLLECTIONS?

You can also move and copy photos between collections, although it’s not quite as easy as the desktop drag-and-drop. Go to the Grid view, so you can see the photos, and tap the menu in the top right corner. Select Copy To… or Move To… and a white grid of photos appears. Tap to select the photos you want to move.

If you’re moving a large number of photos, you don’t have to tap them all individually. Holding your finger on the screen displays the Select All/Select None/Select Range options explained in the next question.

Tap the arrow in the top right corner to confirm the move/copy. Lightroom needs to know where to put the photos, so on the next screen it shows thumbnails of your existing

Figure 7.7 After tapping the + button to create a new collection, enter a name and press OK.

Figure 7.8 Your new collection shows with a grey thumbnail. Tap on it to add photos from the phone’s camera, or leave the collection empty, ready to copy/move photos from other collections.



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CancelOn the selection screen, tap X to cancel sharing.On the collections screen, tap the arrow to return to selection screen.

OKTap the checkmark on the selection screen to display collections screen, then the checkmark on the collections screen to confirm the copy/move.

Multi-Select MenuHold one finger on a thumbnail to show the multi-select menu.If you tap Select Range..., then tap on the last photo in the range to select the photos in-between.

Select Photo/CollectionTap on a thumbnail to select/deselect it. Selected photos show a checkmark in the center.On the collections screen, tap on a thumbnail to select that collection.




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collections, as well as a New Collection button. Tap the collection of your choice and then the arrow in the top right corner to complete the move/copy.

You can also move/copy photos individually from the Loupe view. The Copy To… / Move To… commands are in the same menu in the top right corner, but it skips the photo selection stage and immediately shows the target collection screen.

HOW DO I SELECT MULTIPLE PHOTOS WITHOUT TAPPING THEM ALL?

In some cases you’ll want to select multiple photos in one go, for example, when copying or moving photos into other collections. You could tap on each of the photos individually, but there’s a quicker way. Holding your finger on a photo in the selection grid displays a menu, allowing you to Select All, Select None or Select Range…

Select All and Select None are self-explanatory, of course. If you tap Select Range…, a checkmark starts to blink on that photo. That marks the start of a multi-select group. Tap on the last photo you want to include in the group, and the photos in between also become selected. If you change your mind, tap on the blinking photo to cancel.

If the first photo in the group—the one you held your finger on—was originally unchecked, all of the photos in the group become checked. If the first one was already checked, the selected photos become unchecked.

Figure 7.9 Hold your finger on a photo in the selection grid to select all, none or a range of photos without tapping them individually.



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HOW DO I REMOVE PHOTOS FROM MY COLLECTION?

To delete a photo from a collection, tap the menu in the top right corner and select Remove.

If you’re in Loupe view, it asks for confirmation, and then removes the photo from the collection.

If you’re in Grid view, Remove in the top right menu takes you to the photo selection screen to choose the photos, before asking you to confirm the deletion. Alternatively, a tap-and-hold in Grid view shows the context-sensitive menu. Tapping Remove in the context-sensitive menu also skips the photo selection screen and only removes the selected photo.

The photo isn’t deleted from your desktop catalog. It’s removed from the collection on the phone, Lightroom Sync cloud and desktop, but you’ll still be able to find it in the Folders panel or All Photographs in your desktop catalog. You can include the photo in the sync again later by adding it to a sync collection on the desktop.

If the removed photo is in multiple sync collections, it’s only removed from the selected collection and remains in the other collections on your phone.

HOW DO I DELETE A WHOLE COLLECTION?

To delete a whole collection, return to the Collections view and tap the 3 dots in the bottom right corner of the cover photo to show the menu. Tap Remove Collection, and then tap OK in the confirmation dialog.

Figure 7.10 A confirmation dialog displays when you remove photos from Lightroom mobile. To put them back, return to the desktop and add them into the sync collection again.

BUT I WANT TO DELETE THE PHOTOS!

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The collection isn’t deleted from the catalog, but it’s removed from the phone and is no longer included in the sync.

HOW DO I RESTORE A COLLECTION I DELETED?

If you accidentally remove a collection from the phone, you have to go back to the desktop to click the Sync checkbox again.



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In the last section, when we created a new collection, we added photos from the phone’s camera. You can also add photos to existing collections using Add Photos or Auto Import.

HOW DO I ADD PHOTOS FROM THE PHONE’S CAMERA?

In the Collections view, tap the 3 dots icon in the bottom right corner of the cover photo, and select Add Photos. You can also access the photos from the Grid view by tapping the menu icon in the top right corner and selecting Add Photos… A grid of photos displays. Tap at the top of the screen to view other albums.

You can tap the photos individually, or you can hold your finger on a photo to show the Select All / Select None / Select Range menu. For more information about that menu, turn back to “How do I select multiple photos without tapping them all?” section on page 64.

When you’ve finished selecting the photos to import, press the checkmark in the top right corner to confirm your selection. The photos are added to the collection of your choice, and automatically start uploading to the Lightroom Sync cloud. If you’re offline, or you’re using a cellular connection with Sync Only Over WiFi enabled, they’ll upload next time you have a WiFi connection and Lightroom is open on your phone.

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HOW DO THE PHOTOS I ADDED TO MY PHONE GET BACK TO MY DESKTOP?

When you return to the desktop and open the Lightroom catalog, Lightroom sees the photos on the Lightroom Sync cloud and starts downloading them to your desktop. A new volume appears in the Folders panel, showing the current location of the photos. Keep an eye on the sync status in the Activity Center in the top left corner of the screen, so you know when they’ve finished downloading. You’ll find them in the Collections panel, in a collection set called “From Sync.”

The new photos are automatically placed in a special folder (Windows) /package file (Mac) on your desktop computer, but that’s not where you usually store your photos. Once they’ve finished downloading, you can then drag the photos to the folder of your choice. We’ll come back to that in the Back on the Desktop section.

HOW DO I ADD PHOTOS AUTOMATICALLY?

As well as importing photos manually, you can also enable Auto Import, so that Lightroom mobile automatically imports any new photos you shoot using your phone.

To enable Auto Import, go back to Collections view and decide in which collection you’d like to store the photos. Only one collection can be the Auto Import collection, so I create a new collection called “Android Import.” Tap on the 3 dots in the bottom right corner of the cover photo to show the menu, and select Auto Import Photos.

Photos you shoot from that time on are automatically added to Lightroom. Like photos manually added from the phone’s camera, the photos are automatically uploaded to Figure 8.1 Auto Import from Camera imports any

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the Sync Server, and downloaded to Lightroom for desktop. It only adds new photos automatically, but you can add older photos using Add from Camera Roll.

A small camera icon appears on the left of the cover photo to remind you that it’s turned on. To turn it off, return to the same menu and tap Auto Import Photos again. The icon disappears and future photos won’t be added automatically.

Figure 8.2 The camera icon on the collection cover photo shows that Auto-Import is enabled.



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There are only a few preferences on the phone, and even fewer on the desktop. All of the buttons and checkboxes are covered in the diagrams on the following two pages.

MOBILE PREFERENCES

To view the Preferences panel, tap the Lightroom icon in the top left corner of the Collections view. The Preferences panel slides out from the left hand side. To close it, tap anywhere outside of the panel.

DESKTOP PREFERENCES

To view the Lightroom mobile Preferences dialog on the desktop, go to Preferences from the Edit menu (Windows) / Lightroom menu (Mac) and select the Lightroom mobile panel.

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CHEAT SHEET—MOBILE PREFERENCES

Lightroom IconIn Collections view, tap the Lightroom icon to view the Preferences panel.

Sync Only Over WiFiTap to enable (white) / disable (grey).When disabled, Lightroom can use your 3G/4G connection.

Collect Usage DataTap to enable (white) / disable (grey).If enabled, Adobe collects anonymous data on how you’re using the app, in order to improve it further. Your photos remain private regardless of the setting. Tap below to learn more.

About Lightroom mobileTap to display a list of the team members who worked on Lightroom mobile and other information.

Disk UsageDisplays the amount of space used/available on your phone.

Clear CacheTap to clear Lightroom’s cache and free up space on your phone. It doesn’t affect photos cached using ‘Enable Offline Editing’.

Reset Help OverlaysTap to bring back the full screen help overlays that appear as you browse around Lightroom.

Gesture ShortcutsTap to display a short list of frequent gestures. The list isn’t complete.

Sign OutTap to sign out of your account. You’ll need your Adobe ID (email address) and password to sign back in.



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More Account Info OnlineClick to view your account on Adobe’s website.

Delete All DataClick to reset the sync, deleting the sync information from your computer and from the Lightroom Sync cloud. It doesn’t delete your catalog or photos from your computer!

UploadsDisplays the amount of photos currently uploaded to the Lightroom Sync cloud.

Sign OutClick to sign out of your Lightroom Sync account and stop syncing.Account Information

Displays your Adobe ID, Name and the status of your Lightroom Sync account, including the trial/subscription end date.

Sign UpWhen in Trial mode, clicking Join takes you to the shopping cart page on Adobe’s website.

To Access PreferencesWindows: Edit menu > Preferences.Mac: Lightroom menu > Preferences.

Lightroom mobileClick to display the Lightroom mobile preferences panel.

Keep AwakeCheck to keep Lightroom awake until the sync completes.



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Since we’re now back on the desktop, let’s discuss a few more workflow variations.

HOW DO I MOVE MY PHONE PHOTOS INTO MY NORMAL FOLDER STRUCTURE?

Earlier, in the Adding New Photos on the Phone chapter, we said that Lightroom places photos imported on the phone into a special folder (Windows) /package file (Mac) on your computer. The full folder path is:

Windows—C: \ Users \ [your username] \ My Pictures \ Lightroom \ Mobile Downloads.lrdata

Mac—Macintosh HD / Users / [your username] / Pictures / Lightroom / Mobile Downloads.lrdata

That’s a fixed location, regardless of where you store your catalog. It’s unlikely to be where you store the rest of your photos, so it may not be included in your backups. When you get back to the desktop and the sync has completed successfully, it’s worth moving those uploaded photos to your normal photo folders.

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1. Go to Library menu > New Folder and create a folder with the rest of your photos, called “My Phone Photos” or suchlike.

2. In the Folders panel, find your phone’s volume. It might use the phone type, for example, mine is called “LGE Nexus 4”. Or it might say “Other Lightroom mobile device”.

3. Click the disclosure triangle to view the contents if the volume is closed, and then click on the Imported Photos folder to view the photos.

4. Using Grid view, select the photos and drag them to your newly created My Phone Photos folder in your normal photo folder. You’ll need to drag them by their thumbnails, not the surrounding borders, otherwise they won’t move.

You’ll need to repeat the process whenever you add new photos on the phone.

If you’re comfortable moving photos around within Lightroom, they don’t have to go into a folder called My Phone Photos. You can filter the photos by date to drag them into your dated folder structure, or move them into any other folders of your choice. If you usually select “Make a Second Copy” in the Import dialog, don’t forget that these photos won’t be included in those temporary backups.

CAN I STILL USE MY CATALOG ON MULTIPLE COMPUTERS?

Your single catalog can safely be opened on multiple computers, whether you keep it on an external drive that you plug in to the computer you’re using, or whether you keep a copy updated on each computer using something like Dropbox.

Figure 10.1 Photos added on the phone appear in Lightroom’s Folders panel in a separate volume.

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In theory, you can sign in to Lightroom Sync on each of those computers, and any of them can update the Lightroom Sync cloud with your changes. The first sync on each computer can take many hours, while it checks the catalog against the cloud version.

In reality, I’m still finding that a little buggy at the moment, so I’d suggest designating one machine as your Sync Computer for the time being. You can still use the catalog on multiple computers, if that’s the way you’ve been working, but I’d recommend only signing in to Lightroom Sync on one of them. Whenever you open the catalog on the Sync Computer, the catalog and cloud will be updated.

CAN I SYNC TO MULTIPLE DEVICES?

You can sync your catalog to multiple devices. At the moment that’s limited to iPads, iPhones, and Android phones, but Android tablets are expected to follow.

Shared workflows are not supported yet (except using Lightroom for Web), so if you allow a friend or family member to sign in to your Lightroom Sync account on their device, they’ll be able to see all of the photos you’ve chosen to sync, and any changes they make will be synced back to your catalog and other devices. Be careful they don’t overwrite your work!

The new collaboration workflow allows social liking/commenting using a web browser on any device.

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WHAT HAPPENS IF THE SAME PHOTO CHANGES ON THE DESKTOP AND PHONE WHILE THEY’RE OFFLINE, CREATING A CONFLICT?

With many syncing situations, it’s possible to end up with conflicts, where the same photo has changed in both locations at the same time, or while they’re both offline.

Lightroom resolves those conflicts automatically. If a setting’s changed on both the desktop and the device while they’re offline, the latest change wins. For example, if you change the flag status on one device, and Develop settings on the other device, both changes will be updated. If you change the flag status on both devices, whichever change was made last is the setting that sticks.

WHAT HAPPENS WITH SYNC IF I REVERT TO A BACKUP CATALOG?

If you need to revert to a backup catalog, but the backup is recent, Lightroom will recognize it as the same catalog and compare it against the cloud data. If you’ve edit synced photos, or added or removed photos from sync collections since you created the backup, either on the desktop or on a mobile device, Lightroom warns you that the backup is too old and it automatically disables sync.

To enable sync again, go to Lightroom’s Preferences dialog, which is under the Edit menu (Windows) / Lightroom menu (Mac). Select the Lightroom mobile panel and press the Delete

Figure 10.2 If you restore from an old catalog backup, you’ll need to select Delete All Data in Preferences to start syncing afresh.

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All Data button. That resets the sync, deleting the sync information from your computer, the Lightroom Sync cloud, and later the devices. It doesn’t delete your catalog or photos from your computer, but it does mean you’ll have to upload/download all of the data again. It’s a good reason to back up regularly!

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SYNC DATA IF I USE EXPORT AS CATALOG OR IMPORT FROM ANOTHER CATALOG?

If you use Export as Catalog or Import from Another Catalog to transfer data between catalogs, the Sync Collection checkmarks are not transferred. All of the settings that have already been synced are, of course, transferred into the new catalog and the photos can then be added to sync collections.

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU WANT TO SYNC A DIFFERENT CATALOG?

You can only have one Lightroom catalog synced to your Lightroom Sync account at a time. If you enable sync in a different catalog, Lightroom asks whether you want to switch to syncing this new catalog.

If you click Switch to Syncing This Catalog, Lightroom removes the previous catalog from the cloud and uploads the new one. When you next open Lightroom on your phone, the old sync data is

Figure 10.3 You can only have one Lightroom catalog synced to your Lightroom Sync account at a time. If you enable sync in a different catalog, Lightroom asks whether you want to switch to syncing this new catalog.

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removed and the new catalog data is downloaded. Any data that hasn’t finished syncing before switching is lost.

If you select Don’t Sync in that dialog, the sync on the new catalog is automatically disabled and your existing catalog carries on as normal.

While there’s nothing to stop you repeatedly switching catalogs, repeatedly wiping data from the cloud and reuploading everything, it takes a lot of time and bandwidth. Sticking to a single catalog is much much simpler.

CAN I SYNC MULTIPLE CATALOGS TO DIFFERENT SYNC ACCOUNTS ON THE SAME COMPUTER?

Of course there are some situations that may require separate sync catalogs, for example, separating personal photos from those you show clients, or where family members share the same computer but keep everything else separate.

In that scenario, it’s possible to pay for multiple Lightroom Sync subscriptions under separate Adobe ID’s, one for each catalog. To switch between sync accounts on the Mac, you must sign out of http://lightroom.adobe.com as well as signing out in Lightroom.

The mobile devices can only be signed in to one account at a time. To sign out, tap on your Adobe ID to show Preferences, and then tap Sign Out. You can then sign in using the other Adobe ID.


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LIGHTROOM ON THE WEB

Lightroom Sync also gives you access to your collections of photos in any web browser, whether that’s on a computer, another tablet or even your phone.You can also share specific galleries with friends and family, allowing them

to like or comment on your photos.

HOW DO I ACCESS LIGHTROOM ON THE WEB AND BROWSE THROUGH MY PHOTOS?

To access Lightroom on the web, go to http://lightroom.adobe.com and enter your Adobe ID (email address) and password, then click/tap the large checkmark button.

WHICH BROWSERS ARE SUPPORTED?

Lightroom web view supports the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox and Safari, as well as Internet Explorer version 10 or higher. You can access Lightroom web view via regular Windows and Mac web browsers, as well as browsers on iPad, iPad mini, iPhone, Android phones, Android tablets and Windows tablets. Other browsers that aren’t listed may still work, but aren’t officially supported..

Figure 11.1 Your Lightroom mobile subscription also gives you access to your collections of photos in a web browser.


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HOW DO I SWITCH BETWEEN COLLECTIONS VIEW, GRID VIEW AND FIT VIEW?

When you log into Lightroom on the web, you’ll initially see the Collections view. In Collections view, click/tap on the thumbnail of a collection to view the collection in Grid view. Then click/tap on a photo thumbnail in the Grid view to see a larger Loupe view. To move through the photos, click/tap on the left/right sides of the photo.

To return to the previous view, press the Back arrow in the top left corner of the screen. The controls are very similar to the mobile app.

HOW DO I CHANGE THE SORT ORDER AND VISIBLE METADATA?

In the Grid view, you can change the sort order and filter by flag status, just as you can on the mobile app. You can also select Show Badge Overlays to view flags, star ratings, likes and comments..

HOW DO I PLAY A SLIDESHOW?

From Grid or Loupe view, you can play a slideshow of photos. To start the slideshow, click the Menu button at the top of the page and select Slideshow. To show the slideshow options overlay, float the mouse over the photo (or tap on the photo on a touch device). The buttons allow you to pause/resume the slideshow, close the slideshow, or on a desktop browser, make it full screen.

Figure 11.2 To change the sort order and show/hide the flag overlay, click/tap the buttons in the top right corner.

Figure 11.3 The slideshow options appear when you float the mouse over the photo (desktop) / tap on the photo (touch device). The options are pause/resume (left), close slideshow (center) and full screen view (right, desktop only).



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CHEAT SHEET—WEB COLLECTIONS VIEW

LoginClick/tap to log in to Creative Cloud.

Collection Thumbnail & NameClick/tap on a collection thumbnail to open the collection in Grid view.

MenuClick/tap the LR icon to show/hide the menu and select your chosen language.



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Back buttonClick/tap to return to Collections view.

Badges OverlaysDisplays flags, stars, likes and comments.

Menu buttonClick/tap to view the Sharing & Slideshow options.

Collection NameClick/tap to choose filter/sort/overlay options. Login

Click/tap to log in to Creative Cloud.

ThumbnailClick on the thumbnail to view the photo in Loupe view.



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Photo count & File Name

ArrowsOn desktop, click the arrows or the left/right side of the photo to move between photos. On touch devices, swipe to move between photos.

LoginClick/tap to log in to Creative Cloud.

Back buttonClick/tap to return to Collections view.

Menu buttonClick/tap to view the Sharing & Slideshow options.

LikeTo ‘like’ a photo, click/tap the heart icon.

CommentsTo view the comments, click/tap the speech bubble icon.To add a comment, type in the ‘Write a Comment’ field.



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HOW DO I SHARE COLLECTIONS WITH OTHER PEOPLE?

Lightroom on the Web also allows you to share galleries with other people, without needing to upload the photos to another photo sharing website. (Rest assured, your photos remain private unless you choose to share them.)

To share a collection, click/tap the Menu button above the Grid view and select Sharing Options. If you click on Limited Public, you can then choose whether to share all of the photos or a filtered view. Below, it displays the public link to that collection. You can copy/paste it into an email or social media site, or you can use the convenient Facebook, Twitter and Google+ buttons to launch a draft window with the link already pasted. If you want to see the same view that your friends will see, click/tap the View button to open the shared gallery in a new tab/window.

If you change your mind and want to make the collection private again, return to the Sharing dialog and select Not Shared. Anyone trying to view the collection using the old link will reach a 404 Page Not Found page.

You can also share your photos direct from your Lightroom Catalog on the desktop. Right-click on the collection in the Collections panel and select Lightroom mobile Link > Share

Figure 11.4 If you click/tap the Share button to enable sharing, the Sharing dialog displays the public link and easy-access social media buttons.

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Collection. Then repeat, but this time select Copy to Clipboard to access the link. To unsure, of course select Unshare Collection from that menu. You’ll also find the Share/Unshare buttons and the link (click to copy) at the top of the Grid view.

Note that when you share the collection from the desktop, rather than the web browser, Lightroom doesn’t offer the filtering choices.

HOW DO MY FRIENDS COMMENT ON MY PHOTOS?

Once you’ve shared the link to your gallery, your friends, family and clients can view the photos. The Grid view is almost identical to the main Grid view, but it’s missing the filter/show badges options at the top of the grid.

To ‘like’ one of your photos, they simply click on the heart icon. They currently have to sign in with an Adobe ID to like or comment on your photos, but social logins (Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.) are likely to be available in a future update.

To comment on one of your photos once they’ve logged in, they simply click on the speech bubble icon and type their message. You can reply in the same way, and the whole conversation appears above.

Figure 11.7 Friends, family and clients can mark the photos they like and add comments via the web.

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HOW DO I VIEW MY FRIENDS LIKES/COMMENTS?

You don’t have to keep checking the web galleries for updates. Those changes are also pushed to your iPad/iPhone and your desktop when you next sync (not yet available on the Android app).

On the desktop, a little yellow icon on the collection indicates you have new comments. The quickest way to find the latest comments is to select the Last Comment Time sort order from the Sort By pop-up on the toolbar. The thumbnails themselves display a yellow comment badge, which turns grey when you’ve selected the photo.

The comments themselves are displayed in the Comments panel, at the bottom of the right panel group, and if you click in the field at the top, you can reply to the comments.

Figure 11.8 Collections with new likes/comments display with a distinctive yellow icon.

Figure 11.9 Photos with comments display the yellow badge. It turns grey once you’ve viewed that photo.

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On the iPad/iPhone, Lightroom can send notifications of new likes and comments, and they appear on the Home screen or Notification Center. When you open Lightroom, the speech bubble in the top left corner has little lines in it when there are new likes/comments, and tapping on it displays a chronological list of updates. If you tap on a thumbnail, it switches to the Loupe view, where you can read all of the comments for that photo and reply too. That functionality should be added to the Android app in a forthcoming update.



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CHANGE LOGAPP UPDATES

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Activity Center 14, 22, 23–24

Add Photos from Camera 62, 67–69, 73

Adjusting sliders 40, 42

Adobe ID 14–16, 27–28

Adobe Lightroom 5 - The Missing FAQ book 15, 93

All Synced Photographs 19, 21

All Sync Errors 19, 25

Aspect Ratio 48–50, 49

Auto-advance 36

Auto Import 58, 68–69

Auto Tone 41

INDEXAuto White Balance 41

B

Back button 30, 32

Background Downloads 28

Backup catalog 76–77

Before/After Preview 40, 45, 47

Brightness of screen 43

B&W 46

C

Calibration 42–43

Catalog panel 19

Cheat Sheet

Catalogs & Collections panel 19

Collections view 58

Copying/Moving Photos 63

Crop view 49

Develop Presets view 47

Develop Sliders view 40

Grid view 32

Loupe/Filmstrip view 35

Preferences, desktop 72

Preferences, mobile 71

Sharing Photos 55

Slideshow 53

Sync Activity Center 22

Web Collections view 81

Web Grid view 82

Web Loupe View 83

Checking Collections 28

Clear Cache 61, 71

Clipping Warning 40, 43

Collection Set 17, 19

Collections panel 17–21, 19

Collections view 30, 58, 80, 81

Page numbers in black refer to text.

Page numbers in blue refer to cheat sheets.

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Collect Usage Data 29, 71

Color labels 37

Comments 85–87

Conflicts 76

Control bar 39, 40, 42, 47, 49

Copy/Paste Develop settings 45

Copy to collection 62–64, 63

Cover photo 58, 59, 59–60

Crop overlay 50

Crop view 39, 48–50, 49

D

Deleting collections 65–66

Deleting photos 65

Desktop 14–25

Developing photos 39–44

Diagram. See Cheat Sheet

Disk Usage 61, 71

E

Editing photos 39–44

Emailing photos 56

Emaling photos 55

Export as Catalog 77

Eyedropper 41

F

Facebook 51, 54, 84

Filename 32, 35

Filtering photos 32, 33, 80

Fit view. See Loupe view

Flag 35, 36, 40, 47

Forgotten password 16

Full Screen view 35, 38, 40, 47, 49

G

Gestures 9, 29, 71. See also Cheat Sheets

Google+ 84

Grid view 30, 31–33, 32, 80

H

Histogram 35, 37

History panel 43

I

Identity Plate 16–17, 22

Import from Another Catalog 77

Info overlay 35, 37

Installation 26

L

Likes 85–87

Loading overlay 34

Loupe view 30, 33–38, 35, 80, 83

M

Maximum photos 13

Metadata for collections 58, 59

Metadata for photos 31, 32, 35, 37

Move to collection 62–64, 63

Moving photos on the hard drive 73–74

Multiple catalogs 15, 78

Multiple computers 74–75

Multiple mobile devices 75

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New Collection on desktop 17–18

New Collection on phone 58, 62

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Offline Editing 12, 34, 58, 60, 61, 76

Orientation 50

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Pause sync 22, 24

Preferences 70–72, 71, 72

Presets view 39, 46–48, 47

Previews 20, 23, 24, 36

Previous 45

Privacy 29, 84. See also Collect Usage Data

Process Version 45–46

Progress indicator on desktop 22, 23

Progress indicator on phone 32, 35, 40, 47, 49, 58

R

Read-only view 52

Reject flag 36

Removing collections 65–66

Removing photos 65

Rename collection 58, 61

Reset crop 49, 50

Reset Develop settings 40, 44

Reset Help Overlays 29, 71

S

Sampler 41

Save to Gallery 51, 55

Scrolling through photos 34, 35

Scrolling through photos in Slideshow 51, 53

Scrolling through thumbnails 31, 32

Selecting multiple photos 54, 62–64, 63

Sharing photos 51, 54–56, 55, 84

Sign in 14, 22, 26–28, 75, 78

Sign out 22, 71, 72, 78

Sign up 13, 72

Slide Duration 52, 53

Sliders view 39–46, 40

Slideshow 51–53, 53, 80, 82

Slide Transitions 52, 53

Smart Collections 20–21

Smart Previews 24, 25, 61

Sort Order in Collections view 57, 58

Sort Order in Grid view 32, 33, 80

Space available 61, 71

Speed 23–24, 34

Star Rating 36, 40, 47

Straighten photo 49, 50

Subscription 10–13

Switch to Syncing This Catalog 77–78

Sync checkbox 17–18, 19

Sync Develop settings. See Previous

Sync Only Over WiFi 12, 29, 71

System Requirements 10–12

T

Thumbnail icons 23

Trial 13, 22

Twitter 51, 84

U

Undo/Redo 40, 43, 47, 49

V

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Video 59

W

Waiting for Connection 23

Web access 79–87

Web view 81, 83

White Balance 41

WiFi. See Sync Only Over WiFi

Z

Zoom in/out 34–36, 35

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