This is so simple it’s going to make your head explode. You’ll also need relatively fast internet to sync data (at least sometimes), although, because of the magic of Dropbox, you do not need internet to start editing immediately once you import new photos, or to edit on the go if you’ve already synced everything recently. And, a Dropbox account, and probably a paid plan as your photo library grows. An Adobe Lightroom or Photography plan subscription (or an install of a slightly older standalone copy of Lightroom, although I have not tested this). You’ve got this, Adobe Creative Cloud!! Ok … Well, tell me how you perform such magic? Hopefully, The new cloud based Lightroom will catch up soon and this post will be meaningless. You can also definitely get most of these benefits this with the new Lightroom CC that is rebuilt just for the cloud, but then you lose a lot of features in Lightroom CC Classic that I need for my photography. Further, other cloud drives never work as well as Dropbox (trust is really important here). You can kind of accomplish this already with Lightroom and Adobe Creative Cloud drive, but it’s got limitations and I don’t need more cloud drives and more monthly bills. Quick and easy access to all my final photo exports on every device I own, including Mobile!ĭoesn’t Lightroom already offer that sweet cloud action?.Ability to store unlimited photos to my Catalog (and to Dropbox), while working with a very limited hard drive on my devices.Ability to select which photos are currently on each device while maintaining a consistent Lightroom Catalog (allowing me to sync shoots I’m currently working on, and archive others without swapping libraries or taking ages to re-sync large folders).Mange images in a single Lightroom catalog forever (or, for as long as I want to).Quick, easy, and consistent importing of photos to either device, wherever I am in the world (even without an internet connection).Ability to edit photos on my desktop and my laptop with everything synced between devices.The assurance that all my photos and my Lightroom Catalogs are backed up to Dropbox (in the cloud).The power of the full Lightroom desktop application.Here are the things I desire, and the things I get with the marriage of Dropbox and Lightroom: Trust is super duper important with my photos. You may think you’re just dragging files somewhere slightly different, but Dropbox has always performed admirably and trustworthily. Dropbox is unequivocally the most reliable cloud storage, in feature and function. I’m an engineer by day, and have worked with all the major cloud based storage systems. Left:RAW from Camera - Right: After Editing in Lightroom Why Dropbox?
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