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john25612292y5y8
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August 16, 2022
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No longer able to edit image without importing first

  • August 16, 2022
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OS: IOS 15.6

App Version: V. 7.4.2 4B1BE3/48

Additional: I have no images or videos, as the behaviour I was used to vanished after I reinstalled Lightroom, so I had no reason to save screenshots etc...


To me this is a bug, how I have been using Lightroom mobile for well not sure how long now (long time), I was able to do the following. (Below) Since reinstalling Lightroom the below functionality no longer works this way and I have to import images first before I can edit. 


I was able to just tap the icon next to the camera icon (or the centre of the screen if no image was saved in Lightroom) and select an image and it would load directly into the editor mode.

 

If I hit < to back out it would ask me to discard changes if I had made any or it would let me pick a new image to edit.

 

If I made edits and I wanted to save it to Lightroom I could tap the tick in the top right of the screen and it would be saved into “all photos” Since reinstalling the app this behaviour not long happens, I would like it back as I don’t see the need to have multiple copies of my images when I only need a quick edit and export.


The method I have been using for I don’t know how long now, saves the following 4 steps. Import, edit, delete & delete from bin

 

I left a review on the IOS AppStore about this and was informed the above isn't the normal behaviour 🤷‍♂ But to me it's been normal as it's how I have always used it 😂 since I installed it a very long time ago. 

Also to note, my bin was never deleted after the time period, so I had 1.7GB worth of images that I had been editing over the years still in my bin 🤷‍♂ They are meant to be clears after 60 day.

(Part of the reason I reinstalled the app)

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Rick Spaulding -
Rick Spaulding -
Brainiac
August 16, 2022

Hi John,

I'm the guy who replied to your Appstore review. Thank you for posting this in our forum. It gives more people a chance to join in the fun!

 

I did say that what you described is normal and has been so since the first day. 

Clicking the "Add Photo" button 

will open a window entitled "Add Photos to All Photos" which invites you to choose a source. One of those choices is "From Camera Roll."

Choosing that opens a window of the most recent images in your iPhone's camera roll. 

Clicking an image opens it in the Edit view of Lightroom. 

At this point you have begun, but not yet committed, to importing an image into Lightroom. You can now make edits.

If you click the back button (<) you will be taken back to the Camera Roll import screen, your edits will be lost, and your image will not be imported into Lightroom.

If you click the checkmark in the upper right you will import the image into Lightroom with the edits intact.

You will now have an edited image in Lightroom and an unedited image in your phone's camera roll.

So I think it's more an issue of semantics.

However, if this is no longer happening, it would be very interesting to see a screen recording of what you see. Our curiosity is piqued and it would be so cool if you would post a recording. Here are the instructions - https://apple.co/3azEld8

Thanks!

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john25612292y5y8Author
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August 16, 2022

Ah so what I described is normal? as mine now just imports an image and I have to tap it in Lightroom to edit it. 

attached a video, showing what happens now for me. 

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john25612292y5y8Author
Participating Frequently
August 17, 2022

Thanks! The video is helpful.

I think you have added an extra step. When you chose an image to edit from the Camera Roll view I noticed you clicked the three-dot menu in the upper right. After that you selected an image and clicked the blue "Add" button in the lower right. 

That is a great way to select multiple images to bring into Lightroom but if you just want one image you can tap on it directly without using the Select mode in the three dot menu. 

Doing that will make it behave the way you were used to before.

I hope that makes sense. 


No I tapped on that after taping on an image and it done the same behaviour. 

when I tap a single image it selects the image with a (1) down the bottom right of the selection box and the blew (Add) button appears. Before it would just open the edit menus. (Now it doesn't)

 

I can do another video if you with. 

JohanElzenga
JohanElzenga
Community Expert
August 16, 2022

I'm not sure I fully understand what you describe, but Lightroom always requires you to import images before you can edit them. That's the nature of the beast, and has been so since day one. 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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john25612292y5y8Author
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August 16, 2022

Basically I could edit images without importing them. It's been that way since I started using it (before it was rebranded to Lightroom Mobile)

 

I had it on my phone for years, never needed to remove it till recently. Upon reinstalling I can no longer just edit an image I select without importing it first. 

This is why I labelled this as a bug, as I could have been using a bug for years and not realised it 😬 what I described above has been the norm for me with Lightroom on. IOS.

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