Mobile Adobe assets are under appreciated, and thank you for giving me the courage to use them on a more consistent basis. Thank you

Yes, sure. They are very handy !!!

@@geraffe8763 Rest assured that you'll be seeing a lot more mobile LR content. A new LR iOS video is going to drop any day now!

Yes please. I’m fairly new to photo editing and just can’t get on with LRc file management. I started with LR and PS mobile/desktop and it’s much easier to get into. I really hope they bring ‘open as layers in PS’ to make focus stacking easier as that’s the only reason for me to use LRc. Otherwise I have all I need from the cloud versions.

@valleyfella I have brought that very feature request up with Adobe. I don’t know when we’ll see it added, but I hope it’ll be sooner than later.

My pleasure! I’m glad you found it helpful!

I’m glad the video helped! Lightroom really does get better and better on mobile devices with each update that’s released.

I totally get it, Alan. There is A LOT that can easily overwhelm many people. And that's why I gravitate towards using Lightroom (as opposed to Classic). I had spent years learning the ins and outs of Classic, but it was always too unwieldy for me. That's why I switched to Lightroom Cloud/Mobile, and its comments like yours that reinforce my decision to focus on mobile.

I'm so glad the video was helpful for you, Lynda! Trust me, there are plenty more videos coming soon!

@@brianmatiash I can’t wait to see! And for your course to be released. I definitely want to support, so I’m going to wait until it’s released to pay the full price. 👍🏼 You’re doing us all a huge favor!

If you decide to upgrade your iPad, I recommend looking at various sites like Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, and even fredmiranda.com for a used one. I got a used 512 GB iPad Pro 12.9 with many accessories for a fantastic price, and it was in pristine condition.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Lightroom Mobile, Chris! I'll certainly publish more Lightroom content on the channel, but if you're looking for an in-depth course that will explain absolutely everything you need to know about getting the most out of Lightroom's cloud-based eocsystem, then I'd love it if you considered my course, Lightroom Everywhere. It's currently available for preorder and will be released very very soon! bit.ly/le-order

Where can I see your work?

Simple really is good!

I feel your pain, trust me. I've been hoping for Pano and HDR merge with LR Mobile for a long time, but I just don't know if we'll see it. I hope we do! Same with the new denoise AI tool that the desktop apps have. I get it to a degree. That sort of technology may require more processing power, but the iPad (M1/M2) can crush anything you throw at it. I mean, if you can run Final Cut Pro on an iPad, you should be able to do tone mapping, pano stitching, or a focus stack. With that said, Lightroom Mobile does have the new Remove brush, so that's a step in the right direction. Still... I absolutely love Lightroom's cloud-based ecosystem and would never go back to Classic. I can't stomach the thought of managing another catalog ever again.

Glad it was helpful!

Consider it done. The biggest limitation with wildlife photo editing using LR on the iPad (or iPhone) is the lack of that new Denoise AI feature. But, it's not insurmountable.

You are 100% correct that these PSD and TIFF files can quickly eat into cloud storage quotas. I totally get that, and the only surefire solution that I can currently offer is diligence. What I mean by that is that you can manage which files get synced, but it isn't especially straightforward. Here's what I'd recommend (and I'll either create a video on this for YT or include it in my upcoming Lightroom Mobile Mastery Course, or both): in Lightroom Desktop, go to All Photos and search for all PSD files because they generally have the largest file sizes. Next, I'd ensure that I have local copies of each of those PSDs, which I do because I have that option enabled in settings. Then, I'd then export each of those PSDs as full resolution JPEGs. I'd then repeat the process for TIFF files. With that done, I'd delete those PSD and TIFF files to free up my cloud storage space and import the JPEGs, which would have far smaller file sizes. I totally get that this is far from an ideal solution, but that's one option. The other option is to log onto Lightroom Web (lightroom.adobe.com) and use their "Clean Up" technology preview to identify photos that you may want to delete. I haven't tried it out, but it may be worth a look.

Welcome to the channel! You’ll definitely see a lot more LR/Mobile content. Trust me on that. But out of curiosity, what Classic features would you like to see?

The Denoise feature would be very useful and being able to use the curve adjustment in selected masks.

HI, I am looking to purchase a new MacBook and am so confused. I do video and photo editing. May I ask what MacBook you bought and the specs. I am so confused with all the options. I am looking to buy one that will hopefully last me 5-7 years. The MacBook Pro I have is from 2013…lol…and my iMac is 2017 intel…they both need replacement. If you can help me I’d greatly appreciate it. Have a fantastic day.

Photoshop on the iPad is just powerful enough to be interesting because it can do a few things that Lightroom can't. I'd love to see Adobe build it out to where you can do a multi-image select and send them to Photoshop on their own layers. That'd be amazing, especially if they added focus stacking capabilities. But, even that's a pretty niche use case. Trust me - this Lightroom cloud-based ecosystem is the future of digital photography... for Adobe at least. It's only going to get better, and if they can make their cloud storage pricing more affordable, it'd be unstoppable... although $10 for an extra TB isn't that bad.

@@brianmatiash thanks Brian and whilst in Ireland I'm using LRM (and your cloud presets) extensively but not linking to PS. I will use PS when I'm home for content aware removal and adding text but I do need to become more proficient on PS.

Yup! I've got Affinity Photo on my iPad, as well, and was playing around with its photo merge functionality. It's not bad at all! I guess I'm secretly wishing to have it all done right within Lightroom.... but perhaps it'd be worth doing a video on that workflow?

You are so right, Frank. In fact, I was working on this sweet new LR/PS iPad editing video last night and I can’t wait to share it. It really is mind boggling how capable these workflows have become.

Thanks Brian I just became a subscriber to your channel. Im looking foreword to more great videos from you.@@brianmatiash

Thanks! I ended up combining my two former courses, "Lightroom Mobile Mastery" and "Workflow on the Go" in to a single course called Lightroom Everywhere. You can learn more about it and preorder it here: bit.ly/le-order

Yup, Lightroom should work pretty much the same on either iPadOS device. The biggest bottleneck would be the port. The transfer speeds from an SD card and external drive will vary based on the type of USB-C port it has. You’ll also have to be cognizant of how much storage space you have available. But, it’s absolutely doable.

Hey Armand. I took down the preorder for a few days while I revised the course content. The good news is that it's now better than before and will include even more content! You can preorder it here: bit.ly/le-preorder

Rock on, Stuart! I am so grateful that you've been with me all these years. I still chat with some of the folks at ON1, they're awesome people and I miss them a bunch. You are correct. In fact, I did two livestreams in early 2021 where I explored the reasons for going back to Classic and actually made the switch. That lasted less than a month. It became clear to me very quickly that Lightroom Classic just didn't suit my photo management and editing preferences. Fortunately, switching back to Lightroom wasn't difficult, and I've been there ever since. And I do mean what I say: I edit just about every single photo using Lightroom Mobile on my iPad Pro. However, there are exceptions where I have to use Lightroom on the desktop, including one that you brought up. That is, when an image suffers from excessive noise. In those cases, I have no choice but to use either Lightroom's new Denoise AI tool or send it to Topaz Photo AI via Photoshop (because Lightroom doesn't have any 3rd party app support beyond PS). The other scenario is when I need to use Photo Merge for HDR or Pano, but I'm seriously hoping that Adobe finally brings those features to mobile. Aside from those scenarios, I can do everything I need in Lightroom Mobile.

Thank you for the thoughtful comment, Carmelo. Adobe is really good at rolling out fixes with their bi-monthly updates, so I’d hope to see a fix in the Dec release. I also think your last sentence is spot on and it’s what my channel is focused on Lightroom Mobile and Desktop (as opposed to Classic), because it really does have 95% of what most photographers need to get great looking photos.

Hey Bruce, I don’t teach or use LRC. I focus exclusively on LR Cloud (Desktop + Mobile).

My pleasure! And you can be sure that I'll share more videos that focus on Lightroom and Photoshop mobile. In fact, I'm quite sure that I'm going to pivot entirely to mobile content going forward because that's what I'm most passionate about. I do have Affinity Photo installed on my iPad and use it for very specific purposes: to stitch panos, tone-map HDR images, and combine focus stacked images. Unfortunately, Affinity Photo doesn't support DNG as an output format, but that isn't a deal breaker. But, yup, I will create new videos using that app, as well.

I think you’re referring to the notice that Adobe will cease syncing Creative Cloud Files via assets.adobe.com effective 2/1/24. That’s totally different than the photos synced via LR. as for my import process, I’ll be covering that in depth in my upcoming course, Lightroom Everywhere. The link is in the description above. 👍🏼

Definitely agree with you on the Cloud fee as it is very costly. I just went for the 1TB rate for $10 a month even though I do have over 6.5TB of photos with Classic. Just added current images from this year. The other issue I have is Data Cap. That can get costly also. However with that said I do like editing on the iPad M1 I have. Love the portability. Cheers!

Hey Ron. So Lightroom does currently require you to sync your files to their cloud. That is true, and I hope we see that change in the future because there are lots of photographers who'd benefit from the simplified-yet-powerful interface of Lightroom (vs Classic). With that said, there is an option in Lightroom to designate an external drive to have a local backup of all your files. Mind you, this is just a backup of the original files, not any sort of XMP sidecar because Lightroom manages all of that in the cloud. So, when I get back from a trip, as soon as I connect my laptop to my TB3 dock (which has my 24 TB drive connected), Lightroom will automatically begin downloading all of my synced files to that drive. The important distinction between this and LRC is that this is purely a local backup. Lightroom will never reference those locally backed up files. It's there for peace of mind only. It sounds like a video on this process may be worth creating. As for the cloud storage cost - I totally agree. While $10 for 1 TB (with LR only) seems fair, I understand that many photographers have already amassed way more photos than that. Adobe likely understands that, too, and will hopefully add additional plans that are reasonably priced so that more photographers feel comfortable making the switch.

The data cap is a real thing. I was fortunate when I did my first full upload to Adobe Cloud. I was living in Portland and had just gotten fiber internet with Gigabit up/down speeds and no data cap. Now that I have XFinity here in southern FL, I don't think I could get away with that.

yes please make a video on this to clarify for newbies to working with LR mobile and using Adobe's cloud.@@brianmatiash

Noise is the biggest issue because we don't yet have the newer Denoise AI feature that LR desktop has. I am not a fan of the classic noise reduction slider in LR Mobile, so if I am working on a photo with excessive noise, I wait until I can edit it using Lightroom on my laptop.

@@brianmatiash Thanks

Hi there! I ended up rolling that course up into my Lightroom Everywhere course to keep things simple.

Hey Julie! I took down the preorder for a few days while I revised the course content. The good news is that it's now better than before and will include even more content! You can preorder it here: bit.ly/le-preorder

Nope! There are tons of people using LR mobile to edit photos, and the app will only get better and more powerful. You amongst good company, trust me!

Quick question, Ed. I assume you are using UHS-II SD cards, right? If so, what kind of card reader are you connecting to your iPad? Virtually every card reader I've seen only supports UHS-I speeds. I have both the Apple USB-C SD Card reader and another USB-C hub with a UHS-II card reader, and both transfer RAW files to my iPad Pro way faster than any other method.

I really, really wanted to like Affinity Photo more. It has some great features that Lightroom Mobile is missing, like stitching panos and focus stacking. But, it doesn't support saving to DNG, which would be nice to have. I can save as a TIFF, which is also ok.

Rest assured that there is lots more to come, John!

Thank you for the kind words, Kimberly! Lightroom on the iPad would be an excellent option for portrait retouching, but I will say that the desktop version has some really powerful masking tools targeted for portrait photos. For example, with Lightroom on the desktop, the app can automatically detect each person in the photo and make selections of their skin, hair, eyes, clothing, etc. It's really powerful and easy to use, but it's sadly not available on mobile devices. With that said, I do cover how to use that in my Lightroom Everywhere course. I hope that helps!

@@brianmatiash It does help! Tysm for responding to my question, I appreciate your input. I hope to be half as knowledgeable as you one day!!! Thank you for the pro~tips. 👍🏼👍🏼🆙

Yeah, it’s tough for sure. I remember when I worked at Google, there was always an effort to maintain feature parity between the iOS and Android apps. Unfortunately, I don’t own any Android apps, so I can’t create content for that platform.

Hi there, Dylan. Thanks so much for considering my Lightroom Everywhere course. I've been working on it nonstop, and am nearing the completion of recording all of the videos. With regard to your comment, the first disclaimer that I need to make is that it's difficult to give absolutes in terms of whether Lightroom Cloud or, by extension, Lightroom for the iPad, would be a perfect fit because I don't know the details of your workflow. However, I can say that virtually everything that I need from an editing workflow is available with Lightroom on the desktop and on my mobile devices (with a few exceptions). As for your questions: - You should be able to add storage to your Creative Cloud plan (with all the apps). Check out this Adobe support article for more info: helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/upgrade-creative-cloud-storage.html. I do recommend at least 1TB of storage for photographers interested in using Lightroom to manage their library. - I'm unsure whether you're using a desktop or an iPad for this workflow. If you're using a desktop, then you can specify an external drive for Lightroom to store all original files on. But, it only stores the actual files, not any sort of catalog or sidecar because Lightroom manages that in the cloud for you. I teach that workflow in detail in my Lightroom Everywhere course. If you're using an iPad, then you can copy original files from an SD card to an external drive using the Apple Files app, but that will not be accessible in the Lightroom iPad app because there is no external drive read/write support within the app. I hope we do see that eventually, though. - There is an in-depth module that walks you through migrating a Lightroom Classic catalog (including presets, edits, etc) to Lightroom. It is a very detailed process with a lot of moving parts, but I cover it all. - The course covers how to use Lightroom and understand the ins and outs of managing a library in the cloud. I share my personal workflow, but your needs may differ. Still, you will be equipped with everything you need to know to make Lightroom work for you (within its capabilities). I hope that helps!

I took down the preorder for a few days while I revised the course content. The good news is that it's now better than before and will include even more content! You can preorder it here: bit.ly/le-preorder

Hey there! I took down the preorder for a few days while I revised the course content. The good news is that it's now better than before and will include even more content! You can preorder it here: bit.ly/le-preorder

Basically Lightroom CC is cloud based. So it syncs with all your devices. And Lightroom Classic is a normal software where you have your data on a harddrive. Also the interfaces look different, thats the main difference

@Milan-cf1xe 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾thanks for the follow up

I use the 12.9” M1 iPad Pro.

@@brianmatiash I was thinking of jumping to the 12.9 when I upgrade my iPad Pro. I haven’t done a lot of processing on my iPad. But considering it with increase of LR function on the mobile platform.

The course has been expanded and renamed to Lightroom Everywhere. You can preorder it here: bit.ly/le-preorder

You can preorder my updated course, Lightroom Everywhere over here: bit.ly/le-preorder. And it definitely will cover Lightroom for the iPad, iPhone, AND desktop!