Learning Lightroom Mobile: Import and Capture

Discover how to most effectively import, view, and capture photographs with the Adobe Lightroom mobile app.

The Adobe Lightroom mobile app offers an array of creative possibilities. You can sync photo collections effortlessly across devices—including your desktop—make over 40 one-click adjustments, or use its fine-tuned editing controls to make your photos look truly great. In the Learning Lightroom Mobile series, photographer Chris Orwig shares tips and techniques that can help you leverage all that the app has to offer. In this installment of the series, he walks through how to most effectively import, view, and capture photographs. Chris begins by providing an overview of what Lightroom for mobile is and how it works, and going over its benefits and limitations. He then shares tips for importing and viewing your photos, creating a collection and workflow, and capturing photos.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What is Lightroom for mobile and how does it work?
• Benefits and limitations of Lightroom for mobile

1. Importing and Viewing Your Photos

• Synchronizing collections for Lightroom for mobile in Lightroom for desktop
• How to quickly view your images
• Changing thumbnail size, zoom, and full screen display
• Tip for viewing lots of images
• Showing or hiding extra information with a two-finger tap

2. Creating a Collection and Workflow

• Creating new collections and importing from the camera roll
• Roundtrip from Lightroom for mobile to Lightroom for desktop and back again
• Choosing folder for Lightroom for mobile images

3. Capturing Photos

• Capturing photos and putting them into a collection
• Shooting directly into a collection
• Shooting in RAW
• Using automatic, professional, or high dynamic range