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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: aross007 on October 31, 2013, 10:17:46 pm

Title: Can I move photos back and forth between LR 4 and LR5?
Post by: aross007 on October 31, 2013, 10:17:46 pm

I have LR 4, and have signed up for the "Photographers Special" CC license which includes LR 5.  I have a desire to run Lightroom on 3 machines.  I know that I can move the catalog and files from 4 to 5, and since I plan to use LR 4 on a laptop for travel I could probably continue to move them into the LR 5 catalog at the end of the trip.  But what if I wanted to move a collection that I had processed in 5 back to 4? would that work?

Thanks,
Alan

Title: Re: Can I move photos back and forth between LR 4 and LR5?
Post by: Schewe on October 31, 2013, 11:48:51 pm

Quote from: aross007 on October 31, 2013, 10:17:46 pm

But what if I wanted to move a collection that I had processed in 5 back to 4? would that work?

Nope…if you have a license to LR4 you might as well get the upgrade ($79 US) so you can run three seats of LR5. Trying to work in LR4 & 5 will be messy!

Title: Re: Can I move photos back and forth between LR 4 and LR5?
Post by: wolfnowl on November 01, 2013, 01:30:57 am

Indeed.  By LR 5.2 there are too many upgrades over LR4.  IF you were to stick with the same sliders that are available in LR 4 and export the metadata out to the files from LR 5 then re-import the images into LR 4... what I'm saying is that it gets really complex really fast.  Jeff's suggestion is much better.

Mike.

Title: Re: Can I move photos back and forth between LR 4 and LR5?
Post by: aross007 on November 01, 2013, 10:16:22 pm

Thanks Gentlemen - I'll take your advice!

Alan

Title: Re: Can I move photos back and forth between LR 4 and LR5?
Post by: Daniel Johnson on November 04, 2013, 02:04:09 pm

So... I upgraded awhile back from LR4 to LR5 -- but LR4 was not automagically uninstalled. Any reason not to uninstall 4?

Title: Re: Can I move photos back and forth between LR 4 and LR5?
Post by: RikkFlohr on November 04, 2013, 05:45:09 pm

If you don't need it, you can get rid of it.
It doesn't hurt anything to leave it there either.