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P: Allow for a second monitor

Explorer ,
Oct 30, 2017 Oct 30, 2017

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Where has the secondary monitor feature gone ?
I'm just starting to use the cloud version after completing migration (which took a long time). How many more basic features will be missing?

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Adobe Employee , Feb 12, 2025 Feb 12, 2025

Greetings all,

 

Updates for Adobe Photography products are released. The February updates have implemented this feature request.


If you do not see the update in your Creative Cloud Application, you can refresh it by hitting [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[ R ].

Note: It may take up to 24 hours for your update to be available in your Creative Cloud app.

 

Thank you for being so patient.

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LEGEND ,
Jul 11, 2021 Jul 11, 2021

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I'm also seriously disappointed finding this 4-year old thread. Partly because I couldn't even find a clear feature comparison between Lightroom and Lightroom Classic. So there was no way of knowing Lightroom CC lacked dual monitor support until after I started using it. I'm guessing all the pros (not me) are just using Classic. Everybody else doesn't miss the feature because they don't know any better. Disappointing.

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Enthusiast ,
Jul 12, 2021 Jul 12, 2021

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*LightroomUser3 

I have not seen a clear feature comparison from Adobe. However, many third parties maintain one. Such as this one:

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/lightroom-cc-vs-classic-features/

If dual monitors was that critical, than you should have discovered this with when you evaluated the software. I think your assumption that people do not know what they are missing is funny. I used Classic for eight years, before making the switch to Cloudy a couple weeks ago. I have dual 4K monitors (one wide gamut, one not), and yet I am surviving just fine in Cloudy.

I have lots of issues with Cloudy, but as much I would like to see this feature, the reality is if you are processing this many images that you "need" this feature than you would not do it in Classic either. You should be using software like Photo Mechanic to handle that initial ingestion. At that point you can consider if Cloudy meets your requirements or you want to use Classic.

Tim

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LEGEND ,
Jul 13, 2021 Jul 13, 2021

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I think we all miss the dual monitor feature. It shouldn’t be a feature that’s removed because of some imagined work flow that obviates it. Many want it back - so come on Adobe please bring it back. This thread has been going for years now.  In fact let’s have triple monitor support! Go that extra inch!
And for those of us who feel it’s unneeded - just don’t use it. Lol. 
And I agree - surely any software author would do well to provide an official and trustworthy feature comparison when presenting such a situation like this to it’s user base. 
I know I like to feel a forum is a safe place to share opinion. 


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Enthusiast ,
Jul 13, 2021 Jul 13, 2021

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*ben_bartlett 

Dual monitors was never removed. It has never been present in Lightroom desktop.

Yes, it has existed and continues to exist in Classic.

Tim

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New Here ,
Nov 09, 2021 Nov 09, 2021

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Hola! En Lr 5.0 existe la posibilidad de habilitar un monitor secundario para ver mientras se edita?

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Enthusiast ,
Feb 13, 2022 Feb 13, 2022

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Still not possible to add a second monitor in Lightroom CC as of 2022. 😞 

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New Here ,
Feb 27, 2022 Feb 27, 2022

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I was thinking about migration from C1 to Adobe Stack.
Interface of Lightroom Classic feels like 90's
"Cloud" Lightroom was much better but no dual monitor setup was blocker for me.
So no migration at the end and no money for Adobe. 
Well done Adobe.

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New Here ,
Sep 29, 2022 Sep 29, 2022

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Is this feature ever going to be prioritized? 

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Enthusiast ,
Sep 29, 2022 Sep 29, 2022

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I hope it is after they fix facial recognition.

 

Tim

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New Here ,
Oct 16, 2022 Oct 16, 2022

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I bought an older version of lightroom nearly 10 years ago. Loved it and worked great. It had a very nice dual monitor function. I have held off on updating to new versions (for reasons like this) but just had to now with new computer. I bought that version of Lightroom, and still hold a serial number to it. There is no longer a download or support for it. Now I am stuck with this awful interface with NO dual monitor feature. Total disapointment in this new cloud based software. Just awful, and I have to pay MORE? No way. Once free trial is up, I'm out. Get it right Adobe. You used to have such great products.

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Enthusiast ,
Oct 16, 2022 Oct 16, 2022

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@Kevin26287132vyiy 

 

You would be looking for Lightroom Classic. It has dual monitor support, and works fundamentally the same way it did ten years ago with a local catalog and file system for images. It does have some limited sync features.

Note: about 2017/2018 Adobe made what most people think was a horrible marketing mistake. They renamed Lightroom to Lightroom CC, then to Lightroom Classic and introduced a new product called Lightroom. The new product is cloud focused, and is missing many features compared to Classic.

 

Tim

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New Here ,
Feb 21, 2023 Feb 21, 2023

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I would like to have the same second screen option in CC as in Lightroom Classic

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New Here ,
Aug 02, 2023 Aug 02, 2023

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Please add a feature to Lightroom where you can work across dual monitors.  It is very disappointing not to have this feature in the cloud-based program. 

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New Here ,
Oct 15, 2023 Oct 15, 2023

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I am using Lightroom version: 7.0 arm64 (Sep 28 2023) running on a Macbook.

I am a former user of Lightroom Classic (v6 and former).

I was used to have ligthroom on one screen and to edit my picture on another screen (using the (1) and (2) screen option above the strip bar at the bottom of the screen).

With Ligthroom in the Cloud I have been unable to find this option back ... only the option to display my screen in Monitor (1) or Monitor (2) but no option to work with 2 screens (2 monitors). 

Can you confirm if this beautiful fonctionnality has gone away from Ligthroom in the Cloud ?

And so any idea if we can mix subscriptions in which we could have Lightroom in the Cloud but also Ligthroom Classic application ?

Thanks all,

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Community Expert ,
Oct 15, 2023 Oct 15, 2023

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While Lightroom Classic supports a secondary display, Lightroom (cloud) does not. 

And yes, you can use both, but it's tricky, because if you enable sync in Lightroom Classic, then all your images currently in the cloud will migrate to your local hard drive, as they will be downloaded by LrC, and LrC will only sync Smart Previews back to the cloud. So you'll own the responsibility of managing and backing up all the original images. 

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New Here ,
Oct 15, 2023 Oct 15, 2023

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Thanks Michael, it's what I suspected ;-( .

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New Here ,
Jan 30, 2024 Jan 30, 2024

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If dual monitor mode isn't supported on the computer version, I don't know where else would be the better place for this feature. Adobe just doesn't seem to realize that people can use more than one monitor at a time.

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New Here ,
Jul 03, 2024 Jul 03, 2024

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Hi!
Are dual / second display function on the road map for Lightroom (cloud based)
It would be great to have this for grid view and app on screen number one, and then for example preview of image on second display, during culling.


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Explorer ,
Jul 17, 2024 Jul 17, 2024

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Having switched from Classic to Cloud, I miss having the use of my second monitor - please add support.

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New Here ,
Jan 27, 2025 Jan 27, 2025

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Hey there.

 

I'd love to have the Lightroom Classic function "Secondary Display" for the cloud-based Lightroom. It would benefit me greatly since I often use my iPad in reference mode as a secondary monitor to double check how it looks on different screens. The function Lightroom Classic provides makes this easy, but I store my pictures in the Adobe Cloud and therefore have no need for Lightroom Classic (esp. since the cloud-based Lightroom now has add-in / plugin support). 

 

Would the addition of this feature be possible in a future release? I'd certainly be a happy camper!

 

Thanks in advance

Yannick

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New Here ,
Feb 11, 2025 Feb 11, 2025

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Does Lightroom CC have a built-in option for dual-screen editing?

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Adobe Employee ,
Feb 12, 2025 Feb 12, 2025

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Greetings all,

 

Updates for Adobe Photography products are released. The February updates have implemented this feature request.


If you do not see the update in your Creative Cloud Application, you can refresh it by hitting [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[ R ].

Note: It may take up to 24 hours for your update to be available in your Creative Cloud app.

 

Thank you for being so patient.

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
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New Here ,
Feb 12, 2025 Feb 12, 2025

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Thanks a bunch for the added feature & update! Just tested it out - it's exactly what I needed! Thanks again and have a nice day.

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Adobe Employee ,
Feb 13, 2025 Feb 13, 2025

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As of version 8.2, released on February 12th, 2025, Lightroom now supports using a secondary display.

 

-Ben

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