P: Should be able to Sync full raw files to the cloud, not just smart previews

[Jao vdL]

Lightroom Classic, like Lightroom CC (what a confusion this naming causes!) should be able to upload full raw files to the cloud and not just smart previews. This is clearly a missing feature. This is especially handy if you mainly use Lightroom Classic because of its much more powerful editing and ability to actually print but would love to edit the full image from other machines.

[AxelMatt]

I'm not a fan of cloud only using in Lightroom Classic. If you like to use the cloud you can use the synchronisation. 

I have approx. 3 TB of images files and it makes no sense to store it in the cloud. 

I think it should be left as it is.

[eadkins]

The syncing between LrC and LR is useless for me right now because I have no way of syncing LR full size RAWS to the cloud to edit on the go. Even with a little bit of storage it would be so much more efficient if I could sync the full size original files and then access, edit, and export from the ipad.

Currently, any workflow done on the ipad must be finished with the desktop LRC and my external drives. 

Please add this feature!

[ExUSA]

There SHOULD just be one version of Lightroom with granular control over what goes to and from cloud storage, and a usable UI. This unicorn would have the best features of both current versions and much better performance/fewer bugs.

[eadkins]

I do the bulk of my editing at a desktop with the LrC app. When i'm on the go I grab my ipad pro. I desparetly wish I could upload full-size RAW files into the cloud that could edit PLUS export while out and about. Currently, I have to wait till im back at my desk or attempt to remote into that desktop.

The solutions ive been seeing is to upload directly to LR instead of classic but this is pretty cumbersome as the mobile version shoudl be secondary to the full service classic one - you would think. 

I just don't know of a better solution for the work flow to optimize my images and be able to pull from some collections while on the go. 

[photoliker]

+1 on all this. The ability to sync RAWs from Lightroom Classic up to the cloud is a very much needed missing feature. In my workflow, I regularly edit my photos on an iPad and editing smaller Smart Previews doesn't work for me. Especially if I want to export photos from my iPad for production reasons.

To get around this at times i've used workflows of just importing all photos to iPad first, but this gets messy. I've also tried adding the RAWs to Lightroom CC after the smart previews are synced from Classic, this is also messy.