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February 2, 2018
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Lightroom CC - storage location of photos

  • February 2, 2018
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Dear community,

I have been searching for this online for a while, but didnt find an answer (or I just misunderstand it). Try to describe my problem as best as I can:

My general question is: Where are the imported photos from Lightroom CC (the new one, phone or Laptop) saved?

All I can find is "the original files are saved to the cloud...".

I would like to add here, so that you know what I mean:

Lets say I am taking pictures on vacation with my DSLR, import them to Lightroom CC on my Laptop. I might even put them in an album. Do some adjustments.

To be honest I am really used to what they now call Lightroom Classic. But it all works perfectly.

I was just wondering where all those pictures are stored? It says its all in the cloud. But when I check my Creative Cloud folder, i dont see the new pictures.

As far as I understand, all my adjustments etc are stored on my adobe account. So when I get home, open Lightroom Classic, the pictures will appear (in case I put them in an album on my Laptop). The original file though: Am I supposed to import those pictures again on my home computer?

Please let me know if you need more information. I greatly appreciate some tips (knowing this is pretty basic and I just probably dont yet understand the logic)...

btw: In LR Classic I set the "location for LR ecosystem pictures" to be in a folder which is also in the creative cloud.

br, martin

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    Correct answer john beardsworth

    As it says, they are stored in the cloud. But you don't see them in your Creative Cloud folder - they take up some of that space, you just don't see them.

    If you only used LRCC, that would it - one original stored in the cloud. Delete it, and it's gone forever. You can store copies locally (it's a preference) up to the limit of the space you allow LRCC to use.

    Because you also use Classic and are syncing your catalogue, the originals uploaded by LRCC are automatically synced down to the Classic and into the "location for LR ecosystem pictures". So at this point, you have an original file in the hidden bit of the cloud, and also the original file in whatever folder you want. You don't have to import again.

    Clear as mud?

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    john beardsworth
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    john beardsworthCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    February 2, 2018

    As it says, they are stored in the cloud. But you don't see them in your Creative Cloud folder - they take up some of that space, you just don't see them.

    If you only used LRCC, that would it - one original stored in the cloud. Delete it, and it's gone forever. You can store copies locally (it's a preference) up to the limit of the space you allow LRCC to use.

    Because you also use Classic and are syncing your catalogue, the originals uploaded by LRCC are automatically synced down to the Classic and into the "location for LR ecosystem pictures". So at this point, you have an original file in the hidden bit of the cloud, and also the original file in whatever folder you want. You don't have to import again.

    Clear as mud?

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    urss76743067Author
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    February 2, 2018

    hi john

    thank you very much for making this clear. it starts to make sense now for me...

    I just checked in LR CC. It says: "storage location for originals:". If I understand you correctly, this is only for copies of the originals.

    As long as I dont turn on my home computer with LR Classic on it, the originals will not show up (?). When I do, the specified folder, defined in LR Classic "ecosystem files " will start to fill up and I can work with them at home.

    It seems quite practical - thank you again for pointing that out with the hidden part of the cloud!

    john beardsworth
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    john beardsworthCommunity Expert
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    February 2, 2018

    urss76743067  wrote

    I just checked in LR CC. It says: "storage location for originals:". If I understand you correctly, this is only for copies of the originals.

    As long as I dont turn on my home computer with LR Classic on it, the originals will not show up (?). When I do, the specified folder, defined in LR Classic "ecosystem files " will start to fill up and I can work with them at home.

    Correct. From a Classic-user perspective, it's a debating point whether the files in "storage location for originals" are originals or copies of the originals. I feel they are my originals.

    As long as you don't open Classic on your home computer, remember that the photos only exist once in the cloud. So if you do delete a photo in LRCC before you know it is in Classic, you will have deleted your only copy of the file and there's no way back.

    I recommend that you are very cautious about using LRCC and Classic together. Adobe have deliberately failed to make them work together properly. For example,  keywords entered in LRCC don't update Classic, so as far as I am concerned they wasted their effort adding keywords in LRCC and I advise Classic users to ignore keywording in LRCC. But you are asking the right questions and if you just treat LRCC as being LR Mobile on your laptop, you should be OK.

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