Lightroom CC File storage questions

Answers to your questions

1. When you run out of cloud space you'll need to shell out £/$ for more. Lightroom is cloud based rather than disk based. Sure you can store photos locally, but that's not the primary storage location, even if you want/think different.

BTW, the application is now called Lightroom (without the CC).

2.  All photos are imported into date based folders and will be shown as such. However, you have no control over these folders. When Adobe describe folders in the marketing blurb they're describing a way of grouping your photo albums.

My impression for organizing things in lightroom CC: It seems like after you upload photos onto your computer from the camera, those are in dated folders, and lightroom cc is just a graphical interface for organization. The files are not put elsewhere on your harddrive.

Yes, although you have the option to set Lightroom to store originals locally. You can also choose which disk to use and how much of it is allocated for storing files locally. However, this isn't a way of avoiding the need for cloud storage.

Furthermore, I looked in the "originals" folder within the lightroom cc library on my harddrive and it only had a handful of photos. I do not know what lightroom is deciding to put there at ALL. They seem to be copies of my originals as the originally uploaded (from my camera) are still in their original place (upload folder on harddrive).

The default is for your originals to be stored on the cloud with only the most recent import or photos your currently editing to be stored locally. So, you can look upon this folder as being a temporary storage area. However, (lots of howevers with this version of Lightroom) you can, as mentioned above, set Lightroom to store a copy of all your originals locally as per the disk location and size you decide upon.

SkyScraperJon My best guess for how everything is working: It seems like the organization in lightroom cc is just graphical and structure data is stored on the cloud without any actual folders existing outside the cloud. Photos are saved up to your cloud storage and the amount of storage you are paying for is the limit. However, the cloud saves your edits, and the the memory of edits and which photo is saved to cloud without limit? Actually check this: I just checked my creative cloud storage and I am using 67%, but when I go to "open folder" or "view on web" both are empty. When i got into my creative cloud folder on my computer, I am uncovering hidden files (I have a mac). How are both places empty but I am using 67% of my storage? soooooo confused

It's a bit more complicated than you describe, but from a user perspective it's good enough. It's also how Adobe want you to believe it all works.

I think you may be describing the amount of allocated local disk space that's already used to store the originals. You haven't indicated how much storage your plan includes for. The basic was (might still be) 20GB with option to increase to 1TB, 10 TB or more.  The 20GB plan is really only for testing whether you like the application or not. Realistically, most customers will require to sign up for the 1TB option.