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April 12, 2024
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I have photoshop elements 2023. I also have Lightroom 6 Classic. I cannot get my Microsoft One Drive Cloud to move photos into Lightoom. (they don't play together well) Will putting my photos into PE2023, then putting them in the Adobe Cloud, then copying them into Lightroom solve my problem?

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Correct answer F. McLion

Be aware that with Lightroom 6, no matter if perpetual or subscription version, syncing to the cloud is not possible anymore.

By @F. McLion

Thanks for pointing that out. I had forgotten. I think this closes the discussion here about using PSE to upload files to the Adobe Cloud and then Lr 6 to download from the Adobe cloud — it can't be done.

Correct, plain and simple, it can't be done. That is why I said "Nope" in my first post, okay, without saying why.

birmancatAuthor

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I don't think I typed what I should have typed. Sorry about that. I meant to say that if I put my photos in PE2023 & either culled or worked a few things on them, I could then store them in the Adobe Cloud-if I wanted to. With them back in PE2023, (out of the Cloud) could I then copy them into Lightroom 6 Classic? I know I can't go Cloud to LR. I am trying to utilize Adobe Cloud, as I have 2T of storage, per an agent on Adobe Help, that goes with PE2023. I'm wanting to perhaps put my photos in Adobe Cloud and leave my Microsoft One Drive Cloud for documents, etc, etc. I do plan on making sure that the original photo file stays in File Explorer. I can copy it to several places for convenience. I guess I just want clarification that if the photos are in PE2023, I can copy them into LR Classic 6, as they are both Adobe products. (It's been a bad week & I am not phrasing my sentences when I am this frazzled. Sorry. I hope this make my question and goal clearer. Thanks for all your comments and suggestions.

Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

Perhaps me being pedantic- You don't ever "put" your photos into Photoshop Elements. You don't ever "copy them into" Lightroom 6 Classic.

And there is no such app called "Lightroom 6 Classic". Others have asked you for System info from your Lr help menu to determine your exact version of Lr.

I don't know how, or even if, PSE can store photo files in any Cloud. I understood that PSE always requires files to be on a local hard-drive. (PSE can 'share' files to Flickr.) (The Full version of Photoshop can save images to an Adobe Cloud share.)

Lightroom 6 (Legacy old version) and Lightroom-Classic cannot use original camera files in any Cloud. They also must be stored locally.

The new Cloud based 'Lightroom' is totally different- it does store photos in the Lightroom Cloud.

There is no direct link to store files in Adobe Cloud.

IMO With the Apps you are possible asking about your 2TB of Cloud space has no purpose. Other PSE users may tell me I am wrong.

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .

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Lumigraphics

Legend

Do not try to mix OneDrive and Adobe apps. You'll have a miserable experience.

Lightroom (Classic) 6 is no longer supported or available for download. Be aware of that.

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/lightroom-6-end-of-support.html

Adobe has split Lightroom into two apps. Lightroom Classic, the newer version of what you have now, is primarily for your local computer. Lightroom Desktop is the cloud-based version which is capable of storing photos online (and can now store photos on your local computer if you want) so you have mobile access.

There are a number of differences between the two, you'll have to decide which one works better for your needs.

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/lightroom-feature-comparison.html

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/lightroom-cc-vs-classic-features/

https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom-classic/lightroom-cc-vs-lightroom-classic.html

dj_paige

Legend

@Lumigraphicsand others: does Lightroom (not Classic) have the ability to import photos that are stored in OneDrive in the cloud?

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Lumigraphics

Legend

I don't know. But I do now that trying to mix Adobe apps and cloud storage is a bad idea, it can lead to funny problems because Lightroom has no way to know whether the local copy and cloud copy are synced and whether another client has updated the cloud version. You can look through these forums to see how often this breaks.

dj_paige

Legend

When you say "I cannot get my microsoft one drive cloud to move photos into Lightroom", please know that Lightroom 6 (and all earlier versions and later versions named Lightroom Classic) cannot work with photos stored on a cloud drive. The photos must be stored on a local drive (internal or external) or a local area network drive.

Regarding using PSE2023 to put photos into the Adobe cloud, please know that some versions of Lr 6 (single-payment) have no interactions with the Adobe cloud. So that won't work. (Other versions of Lr 6 — subscription — do have the ability to work with photos in the Adobe cloud). But if your photos are in the cloud, I don't think you can import them into PSE2023 either (but I never tried).

F. McLion

Community Expert

Nope.

Please tell us what the target is that you are trying to achieve.

As asked before, please also verify the version you are using. Best is to copy the system information from the help menu and post it here.

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