P: Allow Catalog to be stored on a networked drive.

Grrrrrr

Adobe,

Users have been asking for Lightroom to be multi-user capable for years. My understanding is the the core database architecture is SQLite. While it wouldn't necessarily be EASY, it really shouldn't be that hard for a company with the resources of Adobe to update the software architecture to be able to connect to a database other than the local single-user SQL database. With Lightroom being a workhorse for many working professionals with multiuser and enterprise requirements, it is completely unfathomable that Adobe isn't responding to customer demands for a workable solution to this issue. I for one have started my search to replace Adobe products in my professional workflow since you can't seem to get your act together on this issue.

I'm a part-time professional photographer who needs to be able to access a central catalog from multiple locations and share it with other photographers. I'm also a full time software engineer dealing extensively with database systems that scale from single user local implementations to enterprise-wide access across multiple locations with redundant and geographically diverse synchronized database servers. I am well aware of the issues that can be encountered with this type of system. I'm also well aware that there's an enormous body of knowledge and professionals available who can implement a scalabale architecture that can be configured to work with a simple database on the local machine or a more capable multiuser cloud-accessible solution. In my professional opinion it is clear that Adobe COULD meet customer needs on this issue if they chose to update from techniques borrowed from the last millennium.

And I see this as almost certainly being a management issue - not a developer issue - although if management continues to stick with the ancient architecture it WILL become a developer issue as the competent ones will leave for greener fields. C'mon guys, invest some of the monthly fees you are collecting from users while you still have them to update the product to at least keep up with technology!

skorpss 2 hours ago
look at this topic http://feedback.photoshop.com/photosh...

This has nothing to do with this topic - don't follow unless you are really bored.

look at this topic http://feedback.photoshop.com/photosh...

Daminion Server works perfectly with Lightroom. You can edit your photos by LR and access your library by multiple users from multiple computers via Daminion.

Then maybe if we all stop buying the upgrades until such time as they do the database change, that will give them time to make the change. I am done with their upgrades until they get this feature working. If I have to be stuck with outdated software, why would I want to keep spending money on it?

Yes, Adobe Lightroom has grown into a professional photographers tool and we all know that as such, they only work for themselves. There is no need to have anyone else access the database. - Adobe Marketing

Lightroom was built on SQL Lite, a relic of a database that does not allow concurrent access. While lots of people buy Lightroom and sales have grown, we are aren't given the funds or the time to execute a database change - it is all about new features, that sells products. - Adobe Development

No, it is not. That is what the users have been complaining about since the first release. Adobe has ignored this issue for years.

Is the lightroom catalog capable of having multiple users access it at the same time? I work with a team and we'd like to use it for organizing our creative assets.

Don't force CC membership to make sync happen. We used to upgrade with each new release of the master suite but we won't subscribe to a monthly charge for software. As such we are left with staying on master suite CS6 forever. If Adobe adds this feature that has been on the request list since Lightroom 1.0 but only makes it available on CC subscription, it would be a final reason to dump the Adobe lineup and migrate to a platform that appreciates that not everyone likes the subscription model.

A perpetual license upgrade is on my wish list, but alas, Adobe never listens to the customer.