Note:
Working with Lightroom on your mobile devices? See Save, share, and export photos with Lightroom for mobile (iOS) and Save, share, and export photos with Lightroom for mobile (Android).
You can now share and invite others to view or contribute to an album. You can also select photos which aren't a part of any album, share them through an invite, and request others to contribute to the album. This way, you can easily access all your desired photos in one place.
To share and invite others to an album, follow these steps:
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Select an existing album from the Albums panel or create an album. You can also select multiple photos in the Grid view. Once you've made the selection, do one of the following:
- Ctrl-click (macOS)/right-click (Win) the album or selection of photos and select Share & Invite from the context menu.
- Click the Share & Invite icon
at the upper-right corner of the grid header.
- Click
at the upper-right corner of the grid header and select Share & Invite.
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Click
to copy the link to share it with others. If your Link Access setting is Anyone can view, you can also click the Facebook or Twitter icons to share the album on these social media sites.
To invite others to view or contribute to your album, enter their email addresses in the Invite section and click Invite. The invitees will then receive an email to access your album.
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In the Invite section, you can view the list of the email addresses you have sent the invite to. Next to each email address, click the drop-down list to set the album access setting of that person:
- Can View The invitee can view the shared album, add comments in photos, and mark them as Favorite.
- Can Contribute The invitee can add photos to the shared album, add comments in photos, and mark them as Favorite.
- Remove Removes the invitee from the shared album list.
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In the Share & Invite dialog box, click the Customize tab to view and edit the following settings:
- Title Displays the name of the album. Deselect it to hide the name. By default, the existing album name is displayed. If you have selected a set of photos in the grid, the date and time when you generated the link is displayed as Title.
- Author Displays the name of the person who generated the link. Deselect it to hide the name.
- Theme Select the desired arrangement of photos that you want in your share. You can choose from Photo Grid, One-Up, and Column.
- Appearance Select Dark or Light to set the color theme of the arrangement of photos.
You can also click Customize on web to further edit the arrangement of photos in your shared album, add text, and so on.
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In the Settings tab, you can edit the following settings:
- Under General:
- Allow JPG downloads Select this setting to allow others to download the shared set of photos.
- Show metadata Select this setting to allow others to view metadata of the shared set of photos.
- Show location data Select this setting to allow others to view location info of the shared set of photos. Deselect it to hide location info.
- Allow comments and likes This setting is selected by default to allow your viewers to leave comments and likes on your shared photos. Deselect it to disallow viewers to comment and like.
- Under Link:
- Allow access requests This setting is selected by default to let people request access to view your shared photos.
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To modify the share settings of the group album, click
icon in the left panel. In the Shared to Web panel, expand the Photos folder to view a list of the shared albums. You can then do one of the following:
- Right-click (Win)/Control-click (Mac) a desired album and select Share & Invite from the context menu.
- Click the Share & Invite icon
at the upper-right corner of the grid header.
- Click
at the upper-right corner of the grid header and select Share & Invite.
- Under General:
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Starting from Lightroom desktop version 3.1, you can contribute photos using Lightroom desktop, in addition to Lightroom on the web, to any shared group album where you are invited as a contributor.
If you're using an earlier version of Lightroom desktop, you can contribute photos to shared group albums using the Lightroom on the web link, which is sent to you in an email invite.
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If the group album owner has provided contribution access to you, you can add photos. To contribute, do one of the following:
- Switch to the All Photos view and select photos that you want to add using the grid view. While being in the grid view, click
. Then, drag-and-drop the selected photos to the shared group album.
- In the Shared with You panel, right-click (Windows)/Control-click (macOS) the album and select Set "<album name>" as the Target Album. Then, select photos you want to add from My Photos or Albums and press the T key.
- Click
icon in the upper-left corner of the window to add photos. In the import screen, click the Add to Album drop-down list and select Shared with You > <Shared group album name>.
- Switch to the All Photos view and select photos that you want to add using the grid view. While being in the grid view, click
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- Alternatively, use the link in the email invite to view or contribute to a shared group album. Click the View album button in the body of the email to view the shared album on Lightroom on the web. If you have access to contribute (which is granted by the shared group album owner), click the Add Photos button to contribute photos.
- The photos you contribute to shared group albums can be deleted within 48 hours of adding them.
- Starting from Lightroom desktop version 3.2, you can export photos that were contributed by others in shared albums. To do this, ensure that the album owner has provided download access to you.
Lightroom allows you to share selected photos or albums and publish your creative work as an online project to services such as Adobe Portfolio, Blurb, and WHCC. To publish to these online services, you begin with adding a connection.
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To remove photos, open the grid view of the desired public set of photos or an album and right-click (Win)/Control+click (Mac) over the selection of photos to be removed. Select Remove Photo from the context menu. The selected photos are then removed but not deleted from the publicly shared set of photos or album and you can still find them in All Photos.
You can export photos to a folder on a computer or to an attached or networked drive such as a Flash drive. When you export photos, you create new image files that include the edits and other metadata changes you’ve made to the photos.
Starting from Lightroom version 3.0, you can export edited photos as JPEG, TIF, or Original. Lightroom desktop version 3.2 and later allows you to export photos as DNG too. You can also view export options for JPG Quality, Output Sharpening, File Naming, Color Space, and more.
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In the Share menu, you can find preset options to quickly export your photos. Select JPG (Small), JPG (Large), Original, or Previous Settings. Lightroom will then prompt you to select a location to export the photos to. If you want to access more export options, click Custom Settings.
You can also do one of the following:
- Press Shift+E to view Custom Settings for exporting photos. You can also choose File > Export to do the same.
- Command-click (macOS)/right-click (Windows) the photos and select Export from the context menu to view the export options.
- Press Command+E (macOS)/Control+E (Windows) to quickly export the selected photos with the previously used export settings. You can also do this by choosing File > Export with Previous. Note that this will include your previously used location settings as well.
The Share menu with Export options - Press Shift+E to view Custom Settings for exporting photos. You can also choose File > Export to do the same.
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Dimensions
You can choose from the following options:
- Small: Limits the length of the saved JPEG photos to 2048 pixels. The breadth is scaled accordingly to maintain the original aspect ratio.
- Full Size: Exports the selected photos in highest available quality in JPEG format.
- Custom: Applies the specified pixel value to the long edge of the photo and uses the original aspect ratio of the photo to calculate the other edge. The long edge value can't exceed 65,000 pixels.
Include Watermark
Select this option to include a text or graphic watermark in your photo. Click the Settings icon to view the customization options. For more information, see Add a text watermark or Add a graphical watermark.
Click More Options to access:
- Options to export photo(s) with all metadata or export with copyright only
- File Naming You can choose to name your exported photo(s) as the original name, custom name, or in 'date-filename' format.
- Output Sharpening Set the sharpening settings based on the medium in which you want to view the photo(s) and amount of sharpening you want.
- Color Space Choose a color space based on the intended output. See the in-app tool tips for more details.
The Export screen in Lightroom desktop
Easily add and customize text watermarks in Lightroom desktop. The watermark settings sync across the mobile platforms of Lightroom. To add a watermark, follow these steps:
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Use the desired settings from the following options:
- Edit your watermark in the given text field.
- Font Select the font you want to use from the drop-down list. When this setting syncs and your mobile app doesn't support the selected font, it'll revert to the default font on mobile.
- Style Select from options such as Regular, Bold, Italic, or Bold Italic.
- Rotate Click the icon to rotate your watermark in the right direction. The preview is visible in the selected photo.
- Color Choose between black or white for the text color.
- Use Drop Shadow Switch on the toggle to use a drop shadow for your watermark.
- Anchor Choose where you want to place the watermark on your photo. Click one of the anchor points to see the preview.
- Size Drag the slider to the right to increase the font size and to the left to decrease the font size. You can also add a numerical value to get the font size. you need
- Opacity Drag the slider to the right to increase the watermark opacity and to the left to decrease the watermark opacity. You can also add a numerical value to get the opacity you need
- Horizontal Offset Drag the slider or add a numerical value to precisely position your watermark horizontally.
- Vertical Offset Drag the slider or add a numerical value to precisely position your watermark vertically.
Add a graphical or signature watermark to your photo
Introduced in Lightroom 4.0 (October 2020 release)
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Click the folders icon to upload a PNG or JPG file. Use the rest of the given settings to rotate, set anchor points, adjust the size, opacity, and horizontal and vertical offsets to position your graphical watermark the way you want.
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- Ensure that your PNG or JPG file has a transparent background to get a seamless graphical watermark on your photo.
- You cannot upload a watermark that is larger than 5 MB.
You can choose to download the photos in an album locally on your computer. Storing an album locally allows you to edit photos in that album even when your computer is not connected to the Internet. For example, when you're traveling somewhere without Internet and want to work on your photos. Edited photos are automatically synced to the cloud whenever you're next connected to the Internet.
Caution:
You can no longer upload photos to Facebook from Lightroom. See this TechNote for more information.