The other aspect of storage that factors into the decision about which program is right for you is cost. Conversely, the people who love Lightroom Cloud love having all of their photos stored centrally in the cloud so that they can access those photos from any device they use. Because Lightroom Classic stores everything locally you are totally in control of every aspect of managing your library because it is all right where you are. These differences are really the key strengths to each program. Both icons recently got a visual update, so the Lr icon is for Lightroom Cloud and LrC is for Lightroom Classic. The key difference to understand about these two versions of Lightroom is that Lightroom Classic stores all original photos and its catalog locally (meaning on your internal, external, or local network drives) while Lightroom Cloud stores everything in Adobe’s cloud storage system. This whole mess is confusing enough without being clear about which program we are talking about. It seems that sometimes people find themselves using the wrong version of Lightroom or even unaware that there was another version of Lightroom they could have chosen, and they just want to go back to the one that feels more familiar, has more features, and doesn’t require storing photos in the cloud.įor the sake of clarity (hopefully), in this article I will refer to the new cloud based Lightroom as Lightroom Cloud and the original (renamed) program as Lightroom Classic from here on out. Working on the KelbyOne Lightroom Help Desk I’ve also seen a lot of confusion among customers trying to figure out which program best fits their needs (and even which program is which). In the two+ years since Adobe transformed what was “Lightroom CC 2015/Lightroom 6” into “Lightroom Classic CC” and what was “Lightroom Mobile” into a cloud-centric ecosystem named “Lightroom CC” (though Adobe has since dropped the “CC” from both names), we’ve seen both programs continue to evolve and mature. You can check out a list here.This article first appeared in Issue 57 of Lightroom Magazine, though updated to include recent changes.
You can find the preset pack here: My friends at Pixpa have also curated a list of various types of professional Lightroom presets like black and white presets, portraits presets, wedding presets, and much more.
My pack works great on all types of images, but really stands out on landscapes, cityscapes, street, and lifestyle photography. If you haven’t checked it out already, I have a new Lightroom Preset pack that works on all versions of Lightroom as well as Lightroom Mobile.
That’s it, thanks for reading! Now you know how to import and use Lightroom presets with the free version of Lightroom Mobile. Doing so will allow you to make each photo your own masterpiece.
Pro Tip: Once applied, I always make adjustments to my images. Scroll to the Presets icon in the menu at the bottom of the screen, tap it, and then select whichever preset you’d like to apply. To use your new presets, just go back into your library and open any photo you’d like to edit. Step 5: Using Your Lightroom Mobile Presets Repeat the same steps for each DNG/preset file. Finally, click the check mark at the top right part of the screen to finish creating the preset.