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RJRichards
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August 26, 2024
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Using Lightroom Online to share photos with clients

  • August 26, 2024
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I use Lightroom Online to share my clients' photos with them for viewing and downloading. Is this a proper use for Lightroom Online or does Adobe have a better option I should use? I don't want to use Dropbox because I'm already paying for Adobe Cloud. 

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    selondon
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    selondonCommunity Expert
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    August 28, 2024

    The Cloud Based Lightroom should be ideal for this, with some caveats.


    From Desktop and Mobile you can share a link  of an Album that the client can view (either with an email invite or just a link that can be shared with anyone). One option is to download Jpgs. Are these good enough or do the need RAWs.

     

    As well as this, on http://lightroom.adobe.com/ there is a Collaborative Proofing option where the Client can choose preferred options.

     

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    RJRichardsAuthor
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    August 28, 2024

    I use Lightroom Classic for post-processing, then I export them to a specific folder on my hard drive. My clients will always receive Jpg files. I do use the Cloud Based Lightroom, but I prefer to upload Jpgs into a specific Album for them. I've done that in the past, but I didn't like the results this last time I used it. That's why I chose to ask our community for advice. Do I need to disable the Lightroom Classic synchronization option? I ask because I enabled this last time and I saw all my RAW photos in the Cloud Lightroom platform. It created some confusion. I learned to NOT click on Continue after uploading because clicking on it generates duplicate Jpg photos. Ugh! 

    Rob_Cullen
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    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
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    August 28, 2024

    This is how I see you situation-

    "I use Lightroom Classic for post-processing, then I export them to a specific folder on my hard drive"

    Then you now have two copies of the image. (Original + Exported)

    Lr-CLassic is syncing the original up to Lightroom, and you are importing the exported file to Lightroom- hence two files!

    "Do I need to disable the Lightroom Classic synchronization option? "

    I don't believe so.  Just don't export a second derivative file. Don't import another file to Lightroom.

    "I saw all my RAW photos in the Cloud Lightroom platform"

    If you have added them to synced collections in Lr-CLassic, then Yes, they will appear in Lightroom. Edits done in Lr-Classic will sync to the view in Lightroom. (and visa versa).

    "I prefer to upload Jpgs into a specific Album for them"

    If you make a Collection of selected photos in Lr-Classic and mark it to sync- This is your "specific Album". You can make this Collection 'Public' [Right-CLick] and go to Lightroom Web to share this specific Album with a link.  https://lightroom.adobe.com/

    Clients, when given the link, can download JPGs (if permitted) either individually, or as a ZIP of the entire album. The limits are that the JPG downloads are a maximum 2560 pixels on the long edge. (Not full size of originals).

    https://helpx.adobe.com/au/lightroom-classic/kb/sync-faq.html

    Attached is my email sent to clients with info about viewing and downloading JPGs.

    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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