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Inspiring
Nov 1, 2017 4:29 PM UTC
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P: Ability to sync Stacks

Is it possible to sync stacks between devices in Lightroom CC. I don't mean the photos, I mean the fact they are in a stack. I sorted loads of photos into stacks on my Mac and figured they'ed be stacked on my iPad but they are not.

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Participant
Sep 21, 2025 11:15 AM UTC

Hallo,

 

ich habe in lightroom classic eine Sammlung erstellt in der mehrere Sets zusammengefasst sind. Wenn ich diese Sammlung im Web (über den Freigabelink) anschaue, sind die Bilder alle einzeln und unsortiert - also nicht in den von mir angelegten Stapeln.

Das ist natürlich sind Sinn und Zweck der Zusammenstellung von Stapeln... Was kann ich ändern?

Mit freundlichen Grüßen 😃

 

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Hello,

I created a collection in Lightroom Classic that contains several sets. When I view this collection on the web (via the share link), all the images appear individually and unsorted — not in the stacks I had created.

Of course, the whole point of stacking is to keep things organized... What can I change?

Best regards 😃

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Participating Frequently
Sep 17, 2024 9:56 PM UTC

wow, it is has been this long and still nothing?  I came looking for a solution in Classic when I use Denoise and I see both the edited and unedited image

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Participating Frequently
May 24, 2024 4:36 AM UTC

Yes so annoying to have all the duplicate photos polluting my iPad workflow. Stacks are a major feature of classic, and just breaks using the iPad as a sattelite editor. It's so solid otherwise. This is the #1 issue with the workflow in my opinion.

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SteddyShots
Known Participant
Nov 26, 2021 6:29 PM UTC

"The stacks functionality makes no sense without the concept of multiple versions of the same image" May not make sense to you, but certainly does to other people. I don't use multiple versions, but I use stacks in Classic all the time. Such as stacking photos at different exposures, or I do the Hi+ feature on my camera and thus have 100 photos over the course of a minute, I'd stack those together, and many other use cases. So while stacks I'm sure have a use case that pairs with versions, that is certainly just one of many that would be helpful on Mobile. 

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Participating Frequently
Jul 24, 2021 2:19 AM UTC

@Rikk is there any probability to close on this gap feature? It's really important to have stacks consistently in all Lightroom implementations, it is currently only available in desktop, mobile and web don't have stacks at all, which makes it a nightmare to manage HDR or other bracketed/copied photos. It's been 3 years since this thread has started... please help.

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Victoria Bampton LR Queen
Community Expert
Community Expert
Jan 9, 2021 9:15 AM UTC

When you say grouped photos, I'm assuming you're referring to stacks. Merging into the related feature request. 

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Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
Inspiring
Jan 9, 2021 9:12 AM UTC

Why is it that grouped/stacked photos are not universally supported? Instead of the top photo showing from a stacked photo, all of them show as separate photos. This means that every time I create a Photoshop edit I have to remember to UNGROUP when sharing in an album

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Inspiring
Dec 27, 2020 1:13 PM UTC

+1 for stacks. I do still have a Mac but using iPad as much as possible and don’t have LR Classic. For me it’s more about having a browsable catalogue without having to see all the takes and duplicates. I can filter by picks but that’s not always the view I’m after. 

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Participating Frequently
Dec 3, 2020 9:54 PM UTC

@Rikk 

Thanks Rikk. 

The versions functionality as it currently operates does not solve the use case I’ve described and does not cover the virtual copy concept.

It is impossible to place version 1 of an image into one album and version 2 of an image into a second album. The image in the both albums only ever reflects the current applied edits. 

The stacks functionality makes no sense without the concept of multiple versions of the same image. 

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Participating Frequently
Dec 3, 2020 9:53 PM UTC

@Rikk 

Further to this... The ability to “add version to album” is the answer. 

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