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April 8, 2014
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P: Support for keyword and metadata editing

  • April 8, 2014
  • 224 replies
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I'd really, really like to be able to do keywording on my iPad in the LR mobile app. Could save me a lot of Google-time back at the desktop trying to figure just where I was standing for that shot, and what's the name of that building, mountain, river, village etc, etc

224 replies

Participant
April 1, 2016
Thats how I feel.. wow not one response ever from them about this no matter how hard I have tried to get someone from Adobe to respond !!
Participating Frequently
April 1, 2016
These requests and pleas to add keywording capability to Lightroom Mobile  have been coming in from users for over two years.
And the most disappointing and frustrating thing is the  utter arrogance of the company that we all make rich with our subscriptions that is not even willing to acknowledge  that we exist.
Inspiring
March 31, 2016


I would love to be able to access Title and Caption metadata in Lightroom Mobile.  

I am an artist, and I keep a database of paintings in my Lightroom catalog.  This allows me to quickly and easily keep track of work and tag paintings with information about when and where the painting was made, what the dimensions are, the price, etc.  I also use the Title metadata field to store the title of the painting.  

When I am out and about and I want to show someone my work, the easiest way is usually to whip out my iPad and load up Lightroom Mobile.  It is embarrassing when someone wants to know the price or another detail about the piece which I keep track of in Lightroom, and I can't answer using the Mobile app.  

This is frustrating to me because Lightroom Mobile is soooo close to being the perfect, easy to use, carry everywhere, and always up to date portfolio app, but I am reluctant to use it because I cannot get access to the key information I keep in the Title and Caption metadata fields.  

Thank you,
Blake.
Inspiring
March 29, 2016
I was about to subscribe to CC after trialling Lightroom mobile. But captioning is a critical feature for me. Even if we can't edit it, at least to read it is important. I will look elsewhere now. A smaller company is likely to be more responsive.
Jon Busby
Participant
March 28, 2016


It would be great to have a keyword tagging option on LR Mobile. We can flag, we can rate, we can even adjust. Why can't we keyword? How many train journeys have we been on or just sitting on the sofa listening to Spotify when we can pass that time doing some basic metadata maintenance on our iPad (so much more intuitive than going to the desktop or laptop) that synced back. I'd even put that higher on my wish list than RAW support for iPad Pro because the workaround for that is the initial card upload when you return to the studio. If keyword tagging did come in LR Mobile I think it would also be good have it on a multiple select basis rather than image by image.
robgendreau
Inspiring
February 22, 2016
I'd post over in the Mac forum at DPReview.com or macrumors.com. Mylio doesn't have a support forum; I'd suggest to complaining to them about that as some have done so they'll add one.
Participant
February 22, 2016
robgendreau: although at first glance Mylio seemed promising, I can't get it to consistently sync people keywords with Lightroom... if you can, please you point me to any forums you know of for further help on this?
a.wojtas
Known Participant
February 18, 2016
I like Mylio too, but they don't have keyboard shortcuts for keywording. I'm a keyboard shortcut fan. LR ticks all my boxes for that at this stage (Adobe, you did this well.) Until Mylio supports keyboard shortcuts for entering keywords & moving prev/next photo while tagging, I'm firmly on the LR boat.
Participant
February 18, 2016
Thank you! This looks perfect for my needs (I've looked at PhotoSmith but that's a non-starter for me as I don't use Apple hardware), trialling it now and within 10 minutes have nearly 3000 photos synced and up on my phone. Looking forward to 30 days of testing this... looks like my Lightroom CC trial is dead in the water for now.
robgendreau
Inspiring
February 18, 2016
Meanwhile, get Mylio. Does a much better job than Lr Mobile. It does keywords and other metadata, but lags in hierarchical keyword support.