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sirhawkeye
sirhawkeye
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August 8, 2022
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Any way to sync collections from different catalogs to one Lightroom online account?

  • August 8, 2022
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So I have three catalogs to keep my photos separated (one that's for headshot clients, one for people who buy prints of my landscape shots, and a personal catalog that has everything else -- my travle photos, family pictures etc).

 

Is there any way I can have all three sync various collections to the online Lightroom account for sharing?  I use each catalog on a weekly basis so each would be launched so they could sync with Adobe.

 

Or should I perhaps create a fourth catalog strictly for images to be synced (and use XMP files to pass edit data to the fourth catalog from the other three)?

 

I really enjoy using the feature, but also like keeping my photos separated out into different catalogs.

What are the possible ways to do this? 

    Correct answer JohanElzenga

    The only way is indeed to create a fourth catalog that you sync to the cloud, and use .XMP sidecar files to keep the photos in sync. Be careful and make plenty of backups, because sooner or later you will use 'Save metadata to files' when you should have used 'Read metadata from files'.

     

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    JohanElzenga
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    JohanElzengaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    August 8, 2022

    The only way is indeed to create a fourth catalog that you sync to the cloud, and use .XMP sidecar files to keep the photos in sync. Be careful and make plenty of backups, because sooner or later you will use 'Save metadata to files' when you should have used 'Read metadata from files'.

     

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
    sirhawkeye
    sirhawkeyeAuthor
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    August 8, 2022

    OK thanks.  I was thinking about this more and I don't really need to edit the files in the fourth catalog, so I could just import the finished JPEGs into a collection solely for the purpose of syncing them to the Adobe cloud. 

     

    I know it's a bit more work than setting up a gallery on a website, but in some respects it might be easier especially for large amounts of files being uploaded at once (I can just leave another machine running with the fourth catalog open uploading).

    JohanElzenga
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    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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    August 9, 2022
    @sirhawkeye wrote:

    OK thanks.  I was thinking about this more and I don't really need to edit the files in the fourth catalog, so I could just import the finished JPEGs into a collection solely for the purpose of syncing them to the Adobe cloud. 

     

    I know it's a bit more work than setting up a gallery on a website, but in some respects it might be easier especially for large amounts of files being uploaded at once (I can just leave another machine running with the fourth catalog open uploading).


    In that case, use Publish to disk rather than export. That makes it very easy to update those jpegs when needed.

     

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
    DdeGannes
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    DdeGannesCommunity Expert
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    August 8, 2022

    No, you can only have one Catalog from LrC syncing to your Creative Cloud storage.

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