importing lightroom 5 catalogs to lightroom cc

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November 19, 2017
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I have been working for a long time on lightroom 5 (actually 5.7.1). I have now installed lightroom cc and wanted to import the catalog from the old lightroom 5. System tells me that this is not possible and I first need to upgrade the catalogue to lightroom 6 before I can import it into lightroom cc. any workaround for this? i don't see the point to purchase a lightroom 6 first just to get the catalogue into lightroom cc...

Thomas

lightroom 5 catalogues

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Correct answer Victoria Bampton LR Queen

Nope, you could upgrade the catalog from LR5 to Classic using a trial version, then migrate from the temporary Classic catalog into CC, if you want to move to the cloud version.

Just double check CC has the features you need, because it may be Classic you need at this time.

JP Hess

Inspiring

Lightroom 5 catalogs are not compatible with the new Lightroom CC. There is no way to make them compatible. If you don't want to purchase Lightroom 6 then your only alternative will be to simply upload the images and start the editing process again.

Victoria Bampton LR Queen

Correct answer

Community Expert

Nope, you could upgrade the catalog from LR5 to Classic using a trial version, then migrate from the temporary Classic catalog into CC, if you want to move to the cloud version.

Just double check CC has the features you need, because it may be Classic you need at this time.

Victoria - The Lightroom Queen

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Imagesbyrhondagalloway

Participant

To go from LR5 to Classic is just a straight upgrade. It'll ask permission to upgrade the catalog and you say yes. It's only going from older versions to the new cloudy CC version that requires the interim step.

I know that this is over 2yrs later but I have the same issue and I am really dreading migrating my LR5 to LR CC. In 2020 do I still need to migrate to LRClassic first and then to LR CC? Also, has LR CC added all of the features that were apparently missing when it first came out? I am working on two Macs one desktop older IOS and a brand new MacBook Pro. Any help with this would be appreciated!! Thank in advance