Post also originally part of a Lightroom Queen Newsletter).Vandelay Design may receive compensation from companies, products, and services covered on our site. (Note: the above is an extract from one of the Workflows detailed in our book Adobe Lightroom Classic – The Missing FAQ available by visiting our Shop page. You might want to do a test run before you go for confidence.įinal and very important point – enjoy your vacation! While there are a few steps, if you follow them carefully it’s fairly straightforward. When you’re happy that everything’s transferred correctly and backed up, you can delete the temporary catalog and photos from the secondary computer or portable drive.Since this was a new catalog, the Changed Existing Photos section is unavailable. In the File Handling pop-up, decide whether to Add new photos to catalog without moving (if the photos are already stored in the right place) or Copy new photos to a new location and import (if you want Lightroom to store the photos in your normal storage location). In the Import from Catalog dialog, check the folders at the top.Navigate to the folder containing the temporary catalog, select the lrcat file and press Choose.Select File menu > Import from Another Catalog.Run a catalog backup by going to Catalog Settings > General tab, changing the backup frequency to When Lightroom next exits and then quitting Lightroom.Open the main catalog ( File menu > Open Recent).Double-click on the temporary catalog to open it, then relink any files that are marked as missing, using the instructions in Lightroom thinks my photos are missing-how do I fix it? (they may be seen as missing in Lightroom as the path to them may have changed).Copy the catalog and photos to the main computer, or plug in the portable hard drive.Merge catalog once back: (take these steps once back home on your main computer.) We recommend keeping the original photos on your SD cards too until you’re back home, and everything is safely transferred to your main catalog. Think about backing up the catalog and photos while away, perhaps on a small external drive.Do all the usual edits you want, add keywords, rate your photos, create collections – all the things you’d usually do at home!.
It’s also covered in much more detail in Chapter 22 ‘Cloud Sync’ in our Adobe Lightroom Classic – The Missing FAQ book. If you want to use Cloud Sync, our free eBook on Travel Workflow will walk you through the process. Additionally, you don’t need an internet connection to transfer them while away either! Also, unlike the Cloud version, all the changes you make will transfer to your main catalog (whereas Keywords, Color Labels and Collections don’t sync from the cloud into Lightroom Classic).
But if you’re traveling with a laptop, using Lightroom Classic allows you to follow your usual workflow. It’s true, you could use the Cloud versions of Lightroom on a tablet or laptop, and then let the photos sync down to Lightroom Classic. Why use Lightroom Classic on your laptop instead of the Lightroom cloud ecosystem? There’s a few options for traveling with Lightroom, but here’s the simplest: a temporary catalog on your laptop, which is then merged back into your main working catalog on your return. For most of us, taking photos is one of the highlights. But what if you want to edit them in Lightroom while you’re away? With Summer fast approaching, and travel becoming easier now, many are thinking of taking a vacation.