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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: Jeremy Roussak on March 05, 2018, 03:03:00 pm

Title: classic cc sync
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on March 05, 2018, 03:03:00 pm

Quick question: is it possible to sync a smart collection in Classic with Lightroom CC, or does that work only for ordinary collections? I fear the latter.

Jeremy

Title: Re: classic cc sync
Post by: jrsforums on March 05, 2018, 03:11:59 pm

Smart collections do not sync....you were correct.

Title: Re: classic cc sync
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on March 06, 2018, 03:52:30 am

Quote from: jrsforums on March 05, 2018, 03:11:59 pm

Smart collections do not sync....you were correct.

Damn. I wonder why not.

Jeremy

Title: Re: classic cc sync
Post by: john beardsworth on March 06, 2018, 05:59:40 am

Why not? Probably because while it would be possible, it would be tricky. For example, the contents of smart collections can change quite quickly, so the system would have to cope with images continually being synced and unsynced. One should also think about the experience in LrMobile - should smart collections work there too, and would you have access to images which no longer met the criteria. Again can be done, but complicated. I use SCs a lot but have learnt to live without them syncing.

Jeffrey Friedl recently released a plugin workaround which might interest you - see http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/smart-collection-sync

Title: Re: classic cc sync
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on March 06, 2018, 01:05:29 pm

Quote from: john beardsworth on March 06, 2018, 05:59:40 am

Jeffrey Friedl recently released a plugin workaround which might interest you - see http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/smart-collection-sync

Thanks for that link, John. The plugin looks rather clever.

Jeremy