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Key Points of this Lightroom Mobile Review:
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Lightroom mobile attempts to put your Lightroom catalog in your pocket.
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This app is a step forward for Lightroom, but a very small step.
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The limitations of the mobile app verse the desktop version are felt.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_pie value=”65″ color=”#5579bc” title=”Our Rating”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]I have downloaded and explored Lightroom mobile a bit, and in this Lightroom mobile review I will share my thoughts with you. Lightroom mobile is available now in the iOS app store.
Overall, I think Lightroom mobile is really great, but it’s also very limited. After downloading the app on my iPad, upgrading my version of Lightroom to be current, entering my Adobe ID in Lightroom on my computer, and creating a new collection that syncs, I was able to see the selected photos on the iPad. My first thought after all of this was, “Wow! This is going to be fantastic.” Quickly, however, I realized that it wasn’t going to be as fantastic as I had hoped for.
Stuff I Like
- Load time of images on the iPad is fast, and the pictures look great.
- The user interface is very minimal, which lets the photos take center stage.
- There is a lot of options to edit the photos, such as color, crop, flagging, etc.
- You’re able to share photos directly via Twitter, Facebook, email, text message, save to device, play slideshows, etc.
Stuff I Don’t Like
- I wasn’t able to sync existing collections that I had. I had to create new ones.
- It did not seem that I was able to sync smart collections. I could only get manual collections to sync.
- There is no access to keywords and metadata.
- You are only given 58 GB of disk usage space. After adding 29 photos, I was already at 38 GB used.
The disk usage space limit of 58 GB is a huge drawback, and the reason why I will not be exploring Lightroom mobile further for personal use. I have more than 50,000 personal images in my Lightroom catalog (having adorably precious twin daughters will bloat any photo archive). Being able to access only 0.1% of these images from my iPad via Lightroom mobile is simply not acceptable.
I don’t think Lightroom Mobile is going to change the workflow for anything that I currently do, but I’m glad to be aware of it and monitor the progress of subsequent releases. If you’d like to see it in action, I suggest you download the App, setup a test collection within Lightroom of duplicate images that you don’t care if you screw up, and then start playing around. It shouldn’t take more than 15 minutes to get everything working.
In summary, I think Lightroom mobile is moving towards something really great for Lightroom, but right now it is much too limited for my use.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]