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October 19, 2017
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P: Ability to sync Lightroom Classic keywords with the Lightroom Ecosystem

  • October 19, 2017
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Keywords do not sync correctly: When added on the mobile app (iOS), they do not appear in LR classic and not in LR Web (I deleted the new LR CC immediately, this version does not make sense to me).
Same problem into the other direction: Keywords from LR classic do not appear on the mobile app. 
Attention: At this stage the whole keywording within the iOS app should not be used!

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    Antoine HLMN
    Antoine HLMN
    Inspiring
    February 23, 2018
    Sad news indeed. This attitude of “we know what you want and what’s best for you” is really frustrating!
      johnrellis
      johnrellis
      Legend
      February 22, 2018
      Unfortunately, it will likely remain a thing:
       https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/keyword-bug?topic-reply-list[settings][filter...
      PhotographyMD
      PhotographyMD
      Known Participant
      February 22, 2018
      In response to Johan it has been my experience that it doesn't matter what file type you upload (RAW, DNG, TIF, JPG and even virtual copies) it will only sync the keywords one time from Classic to CC. I only use sidecar files for a specific something else so I can't speak to that here. All I do is type them into the keywords box before the original upload and they get synced even if they are for a RAW file. Most of what I sync is Nikon RAW. Yes I know I am digging up a 3 month old post but it is SUPER aggravating that this is still a thing.
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        Yves-CH
        Inspiring
        February 22, 2018
        Look hier : https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/auto-keywords-tool-for-pictures-sensei?topic-...
        Yves Crausaz, Suisse, retraité actif dans le monde de la photo et des arts graphiques.
        Stovelin
        Stovelin
        Participant
        February 21, 2018

        Hello!

        I have some issues related to meta-tagging a rather large collection of images. Specifically I need to know how to manage images in Lightroom CC vs Lightroom Classic.

        I need to metatag about 10K images with many different tags - e.g. animals, history, buildings. When I save the meta-tags for an image I want the tags to follow the image from Classic to CC and vice versa.

        With Classic the tags AKA keywords can be saved to the image file. When I upload the images with keywords to CC it is not obvious what happens... I need a safe workflow to secure my keywords and I am not sure if the best way will be to do all the keywording in Classic or in CC. Obviously I want to be able to move images from CC to Classic and vice versa and still be able to search the images for given keywords.

        I would prefer not to have to choose between them - I need the best form both of them...

          john beardsworth
          Community Expert
          john beardsworthCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          February 21, 2018

          Adobe has chosen not to integrate keywording in LRCC with Classic's keywording. Keywords added in LRCC (mac/pc, iOS, Android) will not sync with Classic, and keywords assigned in Classic won't generally appear in LRCC. So it's really over to you - you're going to have to make a choice.

            Ole Plannthin
            Ole Plannthin
            Known Participant
            June 5, 2018

            John Beardsworth wrote: Adobe has chosen not to integrate keywording in LRCC with Classic's keywording.

            It's a bad choice

            I wish that keywords are transferred from LR Classic to LRCC when using collections.

              J
              jonas013
              Known Participant
              February 10, 2018
              I fully agree with Kaffeesegler. I have been using Lightroom since LR1 and I am really fond of this software. Lightroom CC seems to me a huge step forward and I try to use it on my laptop for more than 2 months. However key-words are a serious issue. Compared to Lightroom Classic Lightroom CC handles key words very poorly and above all sync between LR Classic and LR CC doesn't really work for key words. For me this is a huge drawback and prevents me tu use LR CC efficiently on my laptop. I hope that Adobe will change his mind and reconsider key words in LR CC.
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                evgenyd14458540
                Known Participant
                February 6, 2018
                Hey Adobe! That about the keyword sync fixing ?
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                  astrosven
                  Known Participant
                  December 3, 2017
                  So they want us to move away from Adobe. Sad.
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                    astrosven
                    Known Participant
                    December 3, 2017
                    why the hell is Adobe designing like that? Do they listen to LR Classic users still?
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                      Lewis Craik
                      Participating Frequently
                      December 3, 2017
                      Not when I’m on the road using my laptop. I only need Classic CC on my main workstation. Prior to Lightroom CC cloud I couldn’t take my archive on the road easily.
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