Skip to main content
Known Participant
April 10, 2021
Question

Syncing high quality between Lightroom Classic and Lightroom mobile on iPad

  • April 10, 2021
  • 1 reply
  • 359 views

On my iPad I have Lightroom setting Only Download Smart Previews set to off.

Today I loaded 3 raw into Lightroom on m iPad.  Later i went to my iMac desktop and opened Lightroom Classic and there are my raw files synced.  Next I edited all 3 files in Photoshop and they where sent back to Lightroom Classic and put them into a collection that syncs to the iPad.

 

They did sync and I see them on my iPad however the quality does not match what I see on the desktop.

I ended up exporting these 3 psd files as full resolution jpgs from Lightroom Classic and then airdropped them to m iPad.  The quality of these images look good.

1 reply

selondon
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 10, 2021

Syncing Collections from Classic to the Cloud only syncs lower res Smart Previews.

 

Depending on what else you are using Classic for, could not also install the Cloud Based Lightroom on your computer and edit in Photoshop from there? Then they would be in the Cloud at full resolution.

Known Participant
April 10, 2021

That's sad.  I have 1tb of Adobe Cloud space available, so would be nice if there was an option to get those files to my iPad.

Known Participant
April 10, 2021

Can you not use Lightroom (not Classic) on the Desktop and Edit in Photoshop from there.

This would then automatically store the high res in the Cloud when it saves back to Lightroom.


I'd have to read up on Lightroom Cc. If it is free or additional subscription. How to work with it and my Lightroom Classic