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Dave Lynes
Inspiring
Aug 25, 2018 11:17 AM UTC
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Cloud storage quota

I use Lightroom CC classic and just got into using collections.

Maybe I don't understand things, but I know for a fact the the files that are synced to the cloud far exceed the storage quota of 20gb...20gb doesn't even cover half a shoot, yet Adobe cloud says I'm not even using 1% of my quota.

So my question... What exactly counts towards the storage quota? How is it possible to sync 90gb+ of photos and still not touch my 20gb storage quota? Or should I just keep quiet and consider myself lucky  

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    Dave LynesCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    Aug 28, 2018 7:14 PM UTC

    I've got Adobe on the case. Hopefully might get some sort of "official" answer. Not that I don't trust the answers already... I'd just prefer it straight from the horses mouth so to speak.


    OK....I've had a Facebook messenger chat on the go with Adobe for the past few days and I've FINALLY got the answer...

    (and I quote)

    "...Hi Dave, Lightroom Classic CC do not use the 20 GB of storage space for smart previews. So, you may sync all your smart previews from collections to the cloud and still not consume the storage space. Note that this should not be treated as a backup for your images, a preview only accounts for a very small percentage of the actual file size. Thanks, ^AK..."

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    DdeGannes
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    DdeGannesCommunity Expert
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    Aug 27, 2018 3:56 PM UTC

    I understand what you are saying, I have both LR CC 1.5 and LR Classic CC and I have many collections from Classic synced to the Creative Cloud containing over three thousand image files. I can access them from LR CC 1.5 on my desktop and  also on 4 mobile devices. I have not synced my entire Classic Catalog to LR CC 0n my desktop.

    I have very few original image files on LR CC 1.5 and the mobile devices which takes up approximately 1 GB of my storage available.

    If LR CC uploaded the 3000 original photos that I had synced it would have been over 40GB which is just not being rejected in my storage usage. My Creative Cloud is showing less than 1 GB of storage used.

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    Regards, Denis: Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.4 PS 27.8;
    Dave LynesAuthor
    Inspiring
    Aug 25, 2018 12:31 PM UTC

    Nope ignore me - I've just built a bunch of smart previews against a 14.5 Gb folder and the smart previews only take up 252mb. Sweet!!!!

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    Just Shoot Me
    Just Shoot Me
    Legend
    Aug 25, 2018 11:44 AM UTC

    With LR C CC, Traditional version of LR, what gets synced is Smart Previews not the actual full image and only for the images you place in collections and those specific collections you sync up with the Web, Mobile versions of LR.

    Not every image in your catalog gets synced.

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    Dave LynesAuthor
    Inspiring
    Aug 25, 2018 12:26 PM UTC

    I understand that not every file in my catalog gets synced (thankfully). Just wondering just how big these smart previews are realistically - in terms of both file size and physical pixel dimensions.

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    Just Shoot Me
    Just Shoot Me
    Legend
    Aug 25, 2018 12:31 PM UTC

    You can check how much space is being used by clicking the triangle next to the identity plate and the drop down will show you the space available, 20GB, and space used.

    you can also check that on the Web through your browser. Right click on a synced collection and select "Lightroom Links" then View on Web.

    Or adobe.lightroom.com and sign in with your Adobe ID if it doesn't do it automatically.

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