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March 22, 2018
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P: Compare Photos and Survey Mode

  • March 22, 2018
  • 76 replies
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I really miss the ability to pick 1-2-3 similar photos from a shoot and compare them during my editing process to pick the beset one of the three.

Please bring that back to this version.

76 replies

Participant
December 14, 2023

I don't think the Survey mode works on Lightroom CC. I don't see it anywhere and using it was of great help on Lightroom classic. HELP. 

Participating Frequently
April 26, 2023

I also need a "compare view" on iPad. I hope it will come soon.

danielkatz
Participant
April 18, 2023

This needs to added to Lightroom on iPad 

danielkatz
Participant
April 12, 2023

This list may need include all missing features, just the ones I use on desktop which are annoying to to have access to. With new ipads having the same chip as desktop, there should be no reason for these missing features.

 

  • Compare View
  • Target Adjustment (Tone Curve) + Histogram Overlay
  • No Sliders to Control Lens Corrections, Just a Toggle
  • No Defringe Option
  • No Colour Calibration
  • No photo merging  (pano, hdr etc)
  • Ability to drag photos around to reorganise albums (nearly all apps can do this)

 

Crop

  • No option to enter custom crop aspect ratio
  • No Crop overlay option

 

Healing + Masking

  • No visualise spots
  • In the latest update, feather and opacity controls seem to have dissapeared?
  • Mask amount slider
  • Auto-mask for brush
  • Object selection tool

 

Info 

  • No metadata editing controls
  • Info panels shows associated album on desktop, would be nice to have on mobile to
guido.bartoli
Participating Frequently
June 14, 2022

The latest update to Lightroom CC was really good! Additionally, I would like to suggest some more nice improvements that could further provide a more efficient and streamlined alternative to Lightroom Classic:

  • Extend the Compare View function to more than two pictures (similar to Survey View in LR Classic), but retaining the parallel zoom option
  • Use Colored Labels together with stars for better photo classification like LR Classic
  • Control the Grid View zoom with trackpad pinching on notebook computers (very handy!)
  • Other than Copy Settings, add Auto Sync option for realtime apply edits on multiple pictures
  • Add "By Date" view on Photos panel also in web and mobile version
  • Option to overlay capture info and/or filenames on pictures in Grid View or during Photo Import
  • Other than apply Auto settings to multiple photos with SHIFT+A, add another keyboard shortcut to apply Auto White Balance (CTRL+SHIFT+A, for example)
  • Add "Solo mode" option to reduce screen clutter on side panels (like LR Classic)
  • Virtual Copies (duplicates is a less efficient approach, in my opinion...)

 

Thanks,

Best regards

Inspiring
June 14, 2022

Well done!

Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Community Manager
June 14, 2022

Greetings,

 

Updates to the Adobe Photography Products were released on June 13. This feature request is now implemented. Thanks to all who participated in the is thread. 

 

If you do not see the update (Mac and Win) you can refresh your Creative Cloud App with the keyboard shortcut [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[ R ]. 

This request remains open for the Survey View functionality


Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
guido.bartoli
Participating Frequently
May 14, 2022

In my opinion, Lightroom is a great tool for cloud-based photo management, and I recently migrated my Lightroom Classic library to it. Most of the tools I used to use often are there (sometimes in different modes), but I think some very important features are still missing to really make it a 100% replacement:

  • Compare View (compare two photos with zoom and position synchronization)
  • Survey View (to view only a group of photos)
  • Virtual Copies (to create development variants without duplicating photos)

 

Are there any future developments planned in this direction?

 

Thanks

guido.bartoli
Participating Frequently
May 14, 2022

And I forgot the equally useful function of Quick Collection!

Participant
March 24, 2022

 

Started using it today and was really dumbfounded, that I'm essentially paying for a common tool that is missing. That is wonderfully uncomprehensible situation.

 

How can you even.. 

 

 

No more paying for foreseeable future it seems. Got the nails, but no hammer. 

Inspiring
March 10, 2022

I miss the possibility to compare two or more photos full screen.

Is there any chance it will be availabe soon?

Thank you!

Guido