Can I move photos back and forth between LR 4 and LR5?

[aross007]

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

[Schewe]

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!

[wolfnowl]

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.

[aross007]

Thanks Gentlemen - I'll take your advice!

Alan

[Daniel Johnson]

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

[RikkFlohr]

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