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HenleyB
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May 22, 2023
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Export Catalog from Lightroom

  • May 22, 2023
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My cloud storage space is filling up, I have albums in there that I no longer need to edit. I'd like to export them as catalogs to free up space and archive them but there's no obvious way to do this in Lightroom, what am I missing?

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    Ranjisha Sengupta
    Ranjisha Sengupta
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    May 22, 2023

    Hi @HenleyB 

     

    Thanks for reaching out.

    So basically, you want to manage your files in the cloud storage to make some space, right? 

    You can download the files to your local storage or add more storage by upgrading the plan. 

    You can also export albums as DNG to include the full-size with embedded edits. Later remove the images away from the Cloud.

     

    Feel free to update us if there are more questions.

     

    Best,

    Ranjisha 

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    HenleyBAuthor
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    May 22, 2023

    I already have the RAW files so just need the catalog with the edits, that's all. If I download the DNGs with edits then it's going to double up the files locally as I already have all my RAWs.

    Jim Wilde
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    Jim WildeCommunity Expert
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    May 23, 2023

    There is no way that you can export "the catalog with edits" from the Lightroom desktop app. You can export the albums using the "Original + Settings" option, which produces files in the original raw format and includes XMP sidecar files which contain all the edits. The DNG option works similarly, the original raw data is stored in the DNG "wrapper", but the XMP data is not stored in an adjacent sidecar file.....it is instead incorporated into the header of the DNG files.

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