Smartphone: automatically import photos into Lightroom
If you use Adobe Lightroom on your PC as well as on your smartphone, you can automatically import and synchronize your photos on the devices. We'll show you how it's done.
Adobe Lightroom: Set up synchronization on the PC
- Start Lightroom on your computer, click on "Get started with Lightroom mobile" above and click on "Sign in".
- If you want to share photos with your smartphone for synchronization, create a collection with the photos you want.
- If you click on the square symbol to the left of a collection, it changes into a synchronization symbol.
- Only previews are synced to your smartphone. The originals remain on your computer.
Synchronize Adobe Ligthroom on your smartphone
- Download the Adobe Lightroom app for iOS or Android and start it.
- If you log in to your Lightroom account, your photos will be automatically synchronized.
- The photos from your smartphone are automatically uploaded as desired, the photos from your computer end up as a copy directly in the app.
In the next practical tip, we will show you how to import and export catalogs in Adobe Lightroom.