- Lightroom Version Number
- 10.2
- Operating System
- Windows 10
Hi guys,
Happy to have found this forum. My name is Jay, and I have been using Lightroom Classic on Windows 10 for many years now for private purposes. I have done a bit of research, and I think it's time for me to completely migrate to the product that is now called "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom" (cloud-based), previously Lightroom CC.
So far there is only one thing I do not understand, though, which I need to resolve before migrating my catalog of 100k+ pics to the cloud: it concerns the concept of virtual copies.
I understand that Lightroom (cloud-based) does not support virtual copies. So, when migrating my classic catalog, I understand that all virtual copies will become two identical copies (like separate pictures) in the new Lightroom. Is this correct?
However, my current classic catalog consists of really many virtual copies, I’d guess about close to 50 percent. (For example, I have a collection of a trip, say “Paris May 2020”, and some other collections based on that trip, for example for separate restaurant visits during that trip.) So is it correct that, when migrating to Lightroom, the collections with my separate restaurant visits will contain full identical copies of the pictures, even though they are already contained in the Paris album?
If all of the above is true, how is it possible then, that within Lightroom (cloud-based) I can put a picture into different albums, actually without it being duplicated? Isn’t this a virtual copy? Can't one use this for migration?
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
Cheers
Jay
Happy to have found this forum. My name is Jay, and I have been using Lightroom Classic on Windows 10 for many years now for private purposes. I have done a bit of research, and I think it's time for me to completely migrate to the product that is now called "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom" (cloud-based), previously Lightroom CC.
So far there is only one thing I do not understand, though, which I need to resolve before migrating my catalog of 100k+ pics to the cloud: it concerns the concept of virtual copies.
I understand that Lightroom (cloud-based) does not support virtual copies. So, when migrating my classic catalog, I understand that all virtual copies will become two identical copies (like separate pictures) in the new Lightroom. Is this correct?
However, my current classic catalog consists of really many virtual copies, I’d guess about close to 50 percent. (For example, I have a collection of a trip, say “Paris May 2020”, and some other collections based on that trip, for example for separate restaurant visits during that trip.) So is it correct that, when migrating to Lightroom, the collections with my separate restaurant visits will contain full identical copies of the pictures, even though they are already contained in the Paris album?
If all of the above is true, how is it possible then, that within Lightroom (cloud-based) I can put a picture into different albums, actually without it being duplicated? Isn’t this a virtual copy? Can't one use this for migration?
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
Cheers
Jay