Is batch editing no longer possible in Lightroom 2023?

[Gregory28883217r6xk]

I've been trying to batch edit photos in Lightroom CC (2023) and also Lightroom Classic. Neither program will let me copy edit settings and apply to multiple images at once. It will only let me copy settings to one image at a time. Using CTRL+C/CTRL+V only applies to the first image in a selected group, ignoring the remaning images. Is this seriously not a function in Lightroom anymore?

Several posts here imply that this feature was at one time added to LRCC and LRC. It simply won't work. No setting in preferences allows me to change this. What's the deal?

[JohanElzenga]

It's still possible. Copy/Paste edit settings in Lightroom Classic is not Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V, but Shift+Ctrl+C / Shift+Ctrl+V. In Lightroom cloud, you must make sure that only a single image is selected when you try to copy edit settings (here the keyboard shortcut is indeed Ctrl+C), or else nothing will happen.

[Jim Wilde]

Batch editing is entirely possible in both Lightroom (not called CC for several years) and Lightroom Classic, so let's figure out what you might be doing wrong. Starting with the Lightroom desktop app, and assuming you are using one of the later versions, the process of batch editing is pretty simple but can only be done by Copy and Paste. First select the image that you want to copy the settings FROM, then do Ctrl+C to copy all the existing settings, or do Shift+CTRL+C to bring up the Copy Settings dialog box where you can select which settings you want to copy. When you've done the copy, then select the images you want to paste the copied settings to and then do Shift+CTRL+V. It's the use of the Shift key which is the modifier which allows the settings to be pasted to all selected images. CTRL+V will also actually work, but only if the images are selected in the Grid view.

Lightroom Classic has several different ways, but if you want to use the Copy and Paste buttons in the Develop module, then after doing the Copy, select all the target images, turn on Auto Sync, then use the Paste button (then turn off Auto Sync again).

You can also use the Sync button: select all the images, make sure the image to be copied FROM is the most selected, press the Sync button, select the edits you want to sync to the other images, press "Synchronize".

Or Auto Sync, which lets you sync edits as you make them from the active image to the selected images. Can be dangerous if the Auto Sync button is left active after using it. 

[Rebecca34236523nx5m]

Hi Jim! I don't see the "sync button". I have the new Lightroom 7 version and the bottom is not found. Any advice?

[Jim Wilde]

The "Sync" button was referring to the Lightroom Classic app. To sync edit settings in the Lightroom desktop app look at the first paragraph in my post. However, some changes have been made in this area which make it even easier to copy edit settings and paste them to multiple images while in the Grid view. Select the image that you want to copy settings FROM, and you should see the "Copy Edit Settings" button at the bottom centre of the grid. Click on that button to copy all the develop settings of the selected image, or click on the adjacent gear icon to bring up a dialog box which allows you to select which settings to copy. Once copied, the "Copy Edit Settings" button changes to "Paste Edit Settings", so select the images that you want the settings copied to and click on that button.

[defaultgh9ii7irtip3]

It legit doesn't work. If it's any more complicated than copy select all and paste.... it makes no sense

[defaultgh9ii7irtip3]

Batch copy paste has been ended it would seem. Instead now you have to select all your images, highlight the one with the adjustments, go to the library tab and then hit sync settings. 

Quite why you would make a three step hotkey procedure a four to five step non-hotkey procedure is beyond me, and I imagine any other person who needs to work at speed on high volume imagery.

[leeedward]

It must be some bug. I can sync settings but I cannot sync a preset. Does your syncing involve a preset?

[leeedward]

So, I found the "Bug" on my issue. When you copy paste or batch sync. The box for Curve must be ticked otherwise it doesn't transfer the information frmo my preset. Hope this can help you too.

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

This thread is about Lightroom Desktop (Currently 6.4). It sounds like your issue was with Lightroom Classic. https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/copy-paste-feature-causing-photo-to-haz... 

[leeedward]

He writes "I've been trying to batch edit photos in Lightroom CC (2023) and also Lightroom Classic" but I see my problem fit in the thread you recommend. Thank you. Should I delete the comments?