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February 7, 2020

P: (iOS): Upright - Copy, Paste not working properly

  • February 7, 2020
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I am a real estate photographer and will often shoot 300+ photos a day. When editing I use the "Auto transform" tool under the upright selection in the geometry tab to straighten my photos. Then problem occurs when I copy and paste this setting (under any condition) the actual transforms get copy and pasted, and not the "Auto transform" selection. Its very frustrating when editing 300+ photos because each photo has to be selected, and the geometry section has to be reset and reset to auto in order to work. This was never an issue on Lightroom Classic. Its quite frustrating, since I got myself an iPad Pro to do work on the road, but this has made the program useless for this type of work. 

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Known Participant
February 8, 2020
I have attached three photos. The first Photo I just applied the upright auto. Then copy pasted only upright and took off manual transform. Pasted it into the second one. Then you will see it’s messed up. Then the third one I shut auto off and put it back on and it is fixed.
Rikk Flohr_Photography
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Community Manager
February 8, 2020
Is it possible to send me two files that exhibit this problem as I cannot reproduce?
Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
Known Participant
February 7, 2020
Hi Rikk, 

Thanks, I am doing the same thing and it does indeed bring "auto" over to the next photo but it doesn't automatically straighten the image. It seems to be copying the transforms from the previous photo. In order to get it to work, after your steps listed, I have to turn auto off then turn it back on. It does the same in the desktop version as well. Lightroom classic worked just fine when I tried to do this. 
Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Community Manager
February 7, 2020
I am not able to duplicate what you are seeing.

  1. Create Auto in Geometry Panel
  2. Copy Settings - Check Geometry - expand and turn off Manual Transforms - return to Copy list
  3. Click Check to complete
  4. Go to new image
  5. Expand Transform - note Auto is off
  6. Paste
  7. Auto is now on and no manual transformations appear. 
  8. Note picture appearance - turn off Auto
  9. Reapply Auto - image is same as step 7. 
If I missed a step let me know but it appears to be working correctly here.
Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org