Getting Started with the Cloud-Based Lightroom CC

The new cloud-based Lightroom CC application that automatically stores all your images in the cloud was introduced in October, 2017. It has fewer features, but is easier to use than what is now called Lightroom Classic CC (older versions were Lightroom 1-6, CC 2015). If you’re confused about which you have, go to Help>System Info. If it says Lightroom CC 1.x or 2.x, where x is any number, you have this new application. If it says anything else (and you have Library, Develop, Map, Book, Print and other modules along the top right of the program), you have the “other” feature-rich application – click here to go to my Getting Started page for that application.

For those using this new Lightroom CC, I don’t yet have comprehensive video training for you, but here are some blog posts to get you started. On my blog you’ll also find articles and videos covering the new features added to Lightroom CC over time – in the menu bar above, click on Blog>All Articles and Tutorials.

How Do I Save My Lightroom CC or Lightroom Classic Work?

For those new to the cloud-based Lightroom CC or to Lightroom Classic, naturally you want to understand how to save your editing and other work. You'll notice that the File menu in the menu bar [...]

How to Migrate (Import) Your Lightroom Classic Catalog into Lightroom CC

In the video tutorial below I cover how to migrate all or part of your Lightroom Classic catalog to the new cloud-based Lightroom CC. (Lightroom Classic is the new name for the Lightroom program [...]

What Is Lightroom CC – An Introduction to This Cloud-Based Application and Ecosystem

Adobe introduced a BRAND NEW cloud-based photography solution today at MAX - and it's called "Lightroom CC". If you thought there already was a "Lightroom CC" program, you'd be correct - that one has [...]

Which Should I Use, Lightroom CC, Lightroom Classic or Lightroom 6?

Adobe released a new application called "Lightroom CC", and they renamed the newest 7.0 version of the Lightroom program we have known and used for 10 years "Lightroom Classic CC". In this article I'll explain [...]

The Definitive List of What You Can and Can’t Do in Lightroom CC Compared to Classic

Are you thinking about moving from Lightroom Classic (i.e. the Lightroom program that has been around for 10 years) to the new cloud-based Lightroom (CC) Desktop program? It's great that with this new application [...]

Video: Which Should I Use, Lightroom Classic or the Cloud-Based Lightroom?

Lots of you are wondering which Lightroom application is best for you - Lightroom Classic (which is the newer subscription-version of Lightroom 6) or the streamlined cloud-based Lightroom (CC). Watch the 80-minute recording from [...]

Save Time with Target Albums / Collections in the Cloud-Based Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, and Lightroom 6

With albums in the cloud-based Lightroom and collections in Lightroom Classic, Lightroom 6 and earlier versions, one usually drags photos to them to assign those photos to them. Dragging takes time and can be [...]

Urgent: Don’t Use the New Cloud-Based Lightroom CC Until You Read This!

I hope you won't find yourself emailing me to say, "Help! All my photos are GONE from Lightroom CC! How do I get them back?" The new cloud-based Lightroom CC program has a lot [...]

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