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bobgoldstein
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July 26, 2016
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Import to LR Mobile directly from SD card on iPad

  • July 26, 2016
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The directions for LR Mobile refer to the Camera Roll as the source for images.  If I have an SD card attached via the lightning connector to my iPad, what do I do to get the images from the card into LR Mobile?

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    Correct answer selondon

    Today's update to version 5.1 includes Direct Import and further Export options

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    cfrutig
    Participating Frequently
    January 2, 2020

    Is this same feature coming to Premiere Rush by chance?

    selondon
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    selondonCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    December 11, 2019

    Today's update to version 5.1 includes Direct Import and further Export options

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    jillniss
    Participating Frequently
    January 26, 2020

    I am still having issues, trying to transfer files from NIKON D750 to iPad. I am using a Lightning to USB Camera Adapter, Shooting in RAW+JPEG, Lightroom CC clearly acknowledges the camera but the import dialog says "No Images on SD card".

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    Charlie.DCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    March 9, 2020

    Lightroom Mobile 5.2.2 was released last week -- please try this update 

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    Oryk HAIST
    Known Participant
    March 26, 2019

    With PhotoFast's (expensive) Cardreader and PhotoFast's Camera Roll+ app you can browse Sd cards, select pictures and share them with (= import to) LRmobile.

    Why FotoFast can bypass APPLES cameraroll and ADOBE not ?

    -Oryk

      michaels33023376
      michaels33023376
      Participant
      December 17, 2018

      I may have a solution (ios)but requires some restrictions:

      1. if you have storage on Creative Cloud and “add from camera roll” switch turned on in LR Mobile and all the photos you want imported into LR Mobile and Creative Cloud,+- an external drive), sync turned on in Creative Cloud. LR CC desktop needs to have “store an original of all photos locally“ checked.

      2. Turn off iCloud pictures by unchecking  “photos“ in settings  of iCloud Drive, and it will give you the option to delete the pics in photos (and scares you with download all now and 30 days to retrieve your photos from iCloud)on your phone, which I did.

      3. Make a new album (not shared album)in photos which I labelled “Camera Import-delete p import to LR complete”

      4. Attach lighting adapter with camera, SD or CF card attached ( I got the multiple lightning adapter at Amazon which has SD, CF, Mini SD and USB 3.0 for $34)and import photos to the new camera import album in photos.

      5. photos will auto add to LR Mobile (creative cloud and LR Cc desktop eventually)from the camera roll(which had been empty)

      6. When 5 is complete, open photos, go to “Camera Import-delete...” album and hit select and delete all(May be able delete “recent import”) It does take up twice the memory on your phone temporarily but frees it up relatively quickly.

      7. Use only the LR Camera to take pics from the phone unless you want iPhone pics in LR also. Leave iCloud for photos off, or turn off iCloud altogether if you don’t want to use. Can leave photos app on phone empty (after deletion following import to LR) Or not since you know which album has the photos you want to delete. I wanted to get rid of my iCloud storage fee. I use the Adobe Photography plan w 1TB. I still use Lr Classic for a few things

      This works for me but I have a lot of storage capacity on my IPhone, so I can import several 64GB CF cards on the go(camping hiking etc with the option to work on them), then  I go back and delete the pics from the photos import album to free up storage on the phone for more imports. My photos are ready on my MacBook Pro when I get back to my computer if WiFi is available there. I have a Canon 5D MK IV with 30 mb stills. Hope this helps and is not a duplication. Apple does not make this easy.

      bellevue scott
      bellevue scott
      Inspiring
      August 23, 2018

      After two years I can’t believe Adobe hasn’t figured this out. I was excited to take my iPad Pro to Europe and use lightroom cc to edit photos on the iPad, importing photos using a cf card reader. But lightroom requires you to first put them on the iPad, then import them to the cloud. Talk about clumsy and redundant!

      What at started out as a revolutionary way to manage and process photos is turning into a real cluster. Sorry Lightroo, you lose this round.

        Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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        Victoria Bampton LR QueenCommunity Expert
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        August 23, 2018

        https://forums.adobe.com/people/bellevue+scott  wrote

        After two years I can’t believe Adobe hasn’t figured this out.

        Unfortunately that's not something that's in Adobe's control. It's an Apple iOS limitation. On Android, you can copy straight into Lightroom.

        Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
        bellevue scott
        bellevue scott
        Inspiring
        January 17, 2019

        That's unfortunate for Adobe. Unfortunately I hear this a lot from MVPs and Adobe personnel in the forums, but honestly, that's not my problem, and Adobe blaming Apple doesn't solve the problem or get us any closer to a solution. So really, with all due respect, this is kind of a non answer, and I don't mean to be rude. Adobe and Apple need to sort that out. They're both 800lb gorillas and are quite used to working together. For me, I can't get involved as an individual consumer. So for me, all I can say is that Adobe no longer has a working mobile photo processing solution. But the problem goes much deeper, which Adobe needs to own. There are just too many features that aren't available. There isn't enough cloud storage. There's no solution for multiple catalogs.

        And I'm sorry if I sound like I'm just dumping on LR. It does still have its place and for batch editing on the desktop it's awesome. But my work flow and increased mobility is forcing a change in the way I process raw images that does not include LR, and that's something only Adobe can fix.

        chrisa56612723
        chrisa56612723
        Participant
        July 21, 2018

        Has anyone tried the File Browser app? It’s a paid app but is awesome from a file access standpoint. https://www.stratospherix.com/products/filebrowser/ Just thought I’d see. I’ll try it if not and let everyone know if it works.

        Stefan Wolfrum
        Stefan Wolfrum
        Participant
        May 22, 2018

        Yep, it‘s SO unfortunate that Apple allows only Apple to access a plugged-in SD card reader (is there another one than the one from Apple anyway?)!

        Currently, developers of iOS apps have no chance: as soon as the Lightning SD card adapter is plugged into an iOS device the one and only app that launches (and thus has access to the SD card) is Apple‘s very own Photos app.

        Adobe‘s in-app teaser suggests otherwise:

        „... directly to your phone ...“ – that‘s cleverly put! Look at the photo: the adapter is connected and the screen shows Lightroom CC. What does this suggest to you?

        Do we know what iOS‘s Photos app does with the imported photos? To meta data or even image data?

        Plus: in Photos app‘s import dialog we can‘t see which of the photos are RAW and which are JPG/TIFF/...!

        If I only want to import the RAW images from the SD card into Lightroom CC on my iPad Pro it‘s a guess work (because I shoot RAW+JPG on my Sony Alpha 7II).

        It would be a little help if Apple would propagate a connected SD card to iOS‘s Files app so that we don‘t have to put photos first into the Photos app, then import them from there into the Lightroom CC app and then remove them from the Photos app again. However, at least in the current iOS release 11.3.1 a connected SD card (reader) doesn‘t appear in the Files app. Huge bummer! I sincerely hope that this will come in a future iOS version!

        So, folks, that‘s the status quo we all (even Adobe!) have to deal with.

        Puzzles me, however, that not even a company as huge and important as Adobe can talk to Apple about this and get something from them!

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          cherrytrain
          Participant
          July 11, 2018

          I’m in chock that this is the second time I try to do the same things as everyone in this Forum and cannot.

          I agree with you, something‘a gotta be done. advertisi something that is so practical and would be a game changer for artists On a go, and not following through just makes Adobe look immature.

          High Tech needs High functionally people.

          Let’s go!!!

          Sheena Kaul
          Community Manager
          Sheena KaulCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          July 27, 2016

          Hi Robert,

          Please refer How to transfer photos from a camera or card reader to Photoshop Lightroom

          I hope that helps!

          Regards,

          Sheena

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          bobgoldsteinAuthor
          Known Participant
          July 27, 2016

          Your suggestion did not relate to LR Mobile. I am asking about using that on an IOS device. To recast the question, do I have to use Photos app first to get the image files into my camera roll?

          Bob Goldstein

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          Sheena Kaul
          Community Manager
          Sheena KaulCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          July 27, 2016

          I apologize for previous post.

          Please follow the tutorial: Manage collections & import photos with Lightroom on mobile | Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC tutorials

          I hope this answers the question.

          Regards,

          Sheena

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