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mhonard1
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January 1, 2018
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Lightroom CC - No Slideshow Option or Method

  • January 1, 2018
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,My love-hate relationships continue with Adobe Lightroom. I currently own Lightroom 6.0 with ALL the features and the cloud limitations.  I have always wanted a cost effective ability to mange my mobile photos from the cloud via Lightroom, and the new Lightroom CC APPEARED to fulfill my dream. If it did what I needed, I could possible eliminate the redundancy of Google photos, iPhoto and OneDrive photos....what a mess.  But wait, I use those other cloud services for presenting slideshows on my big screen TV, and I can't find an easy way to project a slideshow of Lightroom CC photos on my TV.

My current workflow is to use google photos on my mobile device, auto sync them with my QNAP NAS which is mapped to my TV computer. I just fire up My TV and computer and start the screen saver slideshow.

So how can I do this with Lightroom CC?  There is no slideshow feature in the new Lightroom CC. I cannot find a way to auto export/sync, and I looked into the Apple TV 4, but the Lightroom integration does not allow randomized slide shows. I could move my photos out of Google into Lightroom and back but that is risky at best and isn't automated.

Is there a simple solution I am missing? Do I need to move to the more expensive Lightroom Classic offering?

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99jon
99jon
Legend
January 3, 2018

Hi Mark

Slideshows are built into the Lr CC mobile apps e.g. on phone or tablet but not currently in Lr CC on the desktop. It is possible to view slideshows from your Lr CC Web App and if you have a smart TV with browser that could be one option for viewing your images. Log-in at the link below.

https://lightroom.adobe.com/

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claire oshetsky
Participant
May 10, 2018

how does one make a slide show in the web app?  I don't immediately see how to do that. 

JP Hess
JP Hess
Inspiring
May 10, 2018

It is not a matter of creating a slideshow. There is an option on the toolbar to start a slideshow. And when you send someone a link that option will be available for the recipient to start a slideshow as well.

Neox99
Neox99
Legend
January 1, 2018

** V E R S I O N 1.1 **

10 years ago what was missing from Lr that we now have?

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mhonard1Author
Participant
January 1, 2018

If your point is this never existed natively before you are correct except there are automated workarounds/plugins for desktop versions of light room (lightroom-google-photo-plugin/README.md at master · stanaka/lightroom-google-photo-plugin · GitHub). 

JP Hess
JP Hess
Inspiring
January 2, 2018

No, the point is that the "new" Lightroom CC is a new approach, a new Lightroom, going in a new direction, targeting a new audience. It is NOT a replacement or an upgrade. It will change and evolve and new features will eventually become part of Lightroom CC as the program matures. Nothing has been "taken away" from Lightroom CC because (as I indicated) it is an entirely new program. What you see in the program now is what has been provided SO FAR. The only thing to remember is that patience is a virtue. If you want all the features that have been legendary in Lightroom for nearly a decade than Lightroom Classic CC is probably the program of choice. No, it hasn't been replaced. Lightroom Classic CC is still alive, still being supported and updated if you want to go that way. YOU need to decide which program best meets your needs.

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