Comments on: Don’t Make This Lightroom Keywording Mistake

By: Uhl

Uhl — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 14:44:02 +0000

I know this is probably a lost cause, but for those who want this, please vote for this “Idea” in the Adobe Community:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/p-ability-to-sync-lightroom-classic-keywords-with-the-lightroom-ecosystem/idc-p/14356724

In case URLs aren’t allowed in these comments, just Google (including the “P”):
P: Ability to sync Lightroom Classic keywords with the Lightroom Ecosystem

By: Rob Sylvan

Rob Sylvan — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 21:01:48 +0000

In reply to Andrea.

Check out the steps here. No need to buy more cloud space (though it is very useful to have): https://lightroomkillertips.com/managing-adobe-cloud-storage-space-classic-users/

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 11:33:35 +0000

So how do I select in Lightroom CC all the images that I’ve already backed-up in Classic in order to remove them from the Cloud and free my 20GB of space?

My idea was to apply a specific keyword “desktop” to the images in Classic and use it as filter in Lightroom Mobile to find the images to delete.
But keywords don’t sync between the two ecosystems….
It seems to me that they design it on purpose to force you into buying more cloud storage.

By: Yolanda

Yolanda — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 21:42:11 +0000

I’m so guilty of this ughh. I’m a LR Classic user and was completely oblivious to this. Thanks!

By: Rob Sylvan

Rob Sylvan — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 14:26:57 +0000

In reply to Thyra. Well, it is an edge case scenario that is not documented by Adobe, and frankly, not very useful, so not really worth mentioning in the context of a workflow.

By: Thyra

Thyra — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 10:44:30 +0000

Hi Rob,

your are right!

But even if it makes the topic more complicated this one time transfer of keywords from LR Classic to LR mobile is worth mentioning here.

The article says that nothing happens at all.

By: Rob Sylvan

Rob Sylvan — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 16:40:56 +0000

In reply to Thyra. Keywords applied in LrC do not sync to the Lr cloud, nor do they sync from Lr back to LrC. There is a strange, one time, uploading of keywords (in a flat list) from LrC to Lr IF you apply the keywords in LrC, have LrC write from the catalog back to the photo's own metadata, and then sync the photo to Lr. However, from that point forward no changes made to the keywords will sync between the programs, and I don't expect that to ever change.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:43:17 +0000

Hierarchical keywords are maybe the biggest reason I simply cannot use Lr “mobile”. I have thousands of keywords including down to the species level for every animal I’ve ever photographed.

And this seems to be a conscious decision on Adobe’s part to NEVER support real keyboarding on the “mobile” software. In fact, they would prefer you don’t use keywords at all and just use Sensei to find what you are looking for.

By: Eric Wessman

Eric Wessman — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:53:12 +0000

I can report the same results as Thyra, but don’t use hierarchical keywords. It’s the main reason for me not to use LR in the field. Any chance Adobe will address this?

By: Thyra

Thyra — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 09:08:45 +0000

Just tested it with the most current versions of LR Classic and LR Mobile (iPhone and iPad):

My keywords ARE syncing from LR Classic to LR Mobile, BUT the hierarchy is lost and the hierarchical keywords from Classic appear as flat entries in LR Mobile.

However, keywords added in LR Mobile does not sync back to LR Classic. They only sync between other versions of LR Mobile.