Where has the secondary monitor feature gone ? I'm just starting to use the cloud version after completing migration (which took a long time). How many more basic features will be missing?
First realize that Lightroom CC is NOT an update to Lightroom 2015/CC. It was built from the ground up. It is a completely new app. It is more like a port of the iOS/Adroid versions of Lightroom we had before. Lightroom 2015/CC was updated and is now called Lightroom Classic. It is something completely different and has all the full screen, printing, batch editing, highlight warnings, exporting, etc. features that you remember. Lightroom CC is currently still missing all of these. Unfortunately Adobe decided to cause us all a lot of headaches by naming this new application the same as the well known application. Lightroom CC is an app that stores all your images in the cloud and makes them available everywhere. Quite neat as a concept but because they built it from the ground up, it misses 90% of the features Lightroom Classic has.
Lightroom CC and what is now Lightroom Classic are two very different things. Lightroom Classic is the Lightroom we have all been accustomed to, but Adobe now also released Lightroom CC, which stores all the photos in the cloud. It's a pretty great idea, but needs a lot of refinement. And if you're like me and take a lot of RAW photos, you're going to fill up that cloud pretty quickly (you can buy more storage though). On a mac, can enter full screen mode in Lightroom CC by going to Window > Enter Full Screen. They keyboard shortcut for this is Control+Command+F.
That's ok. But you can't fill the screen, like when you click "F" in Lightroom classic, you will fill the screen without any clutter around the picture at all.
That is not actual full screen mode as implemented in the normal Lightroom at all. It just hides the window borders and the menu bar but doesn’t take the image full screen.
Unfortunately, it does not seem Lightroom CC will allow for just the image to go full screen in the way you are wanting it to at this time! Hopefully soon! Would definitely be a nice feature to have.
I am confused Why are they trying to charge more money for this if It can't even do a simple thing like make the photo full screen weak adobe real weak
Lightroom CC is a 1.0 version. You are going to be missing quite a few features compared to a 10 year old product like Lightroom Classic. That's only natural and maybe you should have tried Lightroom CC a while before plunging in and doing a complete migration.
I don't see it either. Remember that the "new" Photoshop Lightroom CC is so new it is in version 1.
The replacement for the "old" Photoshop Lightroom CC is now called "Lightroom Classic CC" and it continues to have an option for a second monitor. Nothing was removed.
If you are accustomed to the tools, menthods and work flows of the "old" Lightroom CC we've had for years, stick with it and don't switch. Continue with Lightroom Classic CC.
Yeah, maybe we should have, but a large part of this is the naming confusion. I don’t think it’s completely unreasonable to assume that a software suite entitled “Lightroom CC” would, well, have the same feature set as a software suite entitled “Lightroom CC”.
Johan - I don’t agree that a v1.0 product should necessarily have missing features , particularly a fully chargeable product that builds on ten years understanding of what customers need, not to mention an existing code base. It’s claimed to be designed for use by professionals...
Overall i’m reasonably impressed by the migration process, and I’m looking into ways of using Classic with CC to get the right mix of features I need, but it seems that it is down to third parties to lead the way forward.
I’m not convinced that Adobe’s useability testing of the CC version has been completely effective, probably indicative of a somewhat cavalier attitude to its customers.
Perhaps a roadmap of when some of the basic features will reappear would be helpful.
Of course there will be features that simply have nog been added yet. If Adobe could use the code base to instantly add anything and everything that Lightroom Classic has, you would wonder why they introduced Lightroom CC in the first place.
Yes, it seems like that feature is gone. Would be great to get that back... a MUCH needed feature for me at least. Kinda wish I didn't switch and kept "Classic"
Did you get the new cc only subscription? If you got the standard photography package you can just install Classic and it should pick up your old Lightroom catalog.
Adobe has not said they are going to "sunset" the folder based Classic version. That may be a rumor, but Adobe has emphasized continued investment in Classic development.
You already have it! Remember this is cloud based and syyncronized. Display the photo on one device and adjust it on the other. I works! I just did it. Two screens!
Thanks everyone for your responses. I've had some time to use the "new version" a bit more and here are some comments.
1. They need to come up with a better naming scheme so that we don't have to call it "new version". (-;
2. I hope the classic version doesn't go away anytime soon, because there are things in classic that are not in "new".
3. It seems unlikely that Adobe's long term strategy is to continue to have two products which serve the same purpose and have confusingly similar names. So I worry about classic being neglected.
4. I do like the portability of "new" which allows me to move from device to device. Very cool feature, but for now my real workflow will be done on my dual monitor desktop machine.
whsprague: Not sure I understand what you mean... I tried loading a photo via the browser in one monitor and using "new" on the other monitor to edit... the pic on the browser side did not sync. Can you clarify what you did? Thanks!
1. Yes. Not only did their naming department cause incredible confusion, it also caused the rumor to start that the classic version was being retired or replaced. Try searching for techniques on YouTube!
2. Note that at the time of the name change, folder based LR Classic CC got some significant improvements. That would not happen if it was going away. (But no, I don't have inside information.) 3. They don't serve the same purpose. They are aimed at different customers. Classic is aimed at people who are serious about classic cameras and classic processing, even printing. The new one is aimed at the emerging market of mobile device photographers, or at least mobile photographers that still use some classic cameras. Many photographers no longer even have printers!
4. Multiple devices is fun.
"Dual Monitors" was a "test" with the intention of a little humor. I opened an image in LR CC (ex LR Mobile) on my phone. I opened the same image in (new} LR CC on my Windows laptop. I made a major, over exaggerated exposure adjustment on the laptop. It took a few seconds on a fast internet connection, but the adjustment showed up on the phone. I "reset" the image on the laptop and several seconds later it synced on the phone where the image was back to normal. It was like having two monitors. I did the "work" on one and the results displayed on the other, but with one reacting slowly. I suspect if we get to the era of super fast internet connections, the lag will not be there.
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