Import photos in Lightroom for mobile (iOS)

• If you're in the Albums view tap the add photos icon at the lower-right corner of the screen.
• If you're in the Grid view (viewing photos within an album), tap the add photos icon at the lower-right corner and then choose Add From Camera Roll from the menu that appears.

Tap a photo from the Camera Roll to open it in the Camera roll edit view.

In this view, you can apply Adjustments and Presets, and also use the Cropping Tool on the photo. See Edit Photos for more details.

To add the edited photo from the Camera roll to Lightroom, tap the Confirm icon () at the upper-right corner of the screen.

To cancel the addition of the photo to Lightroom, tap the Cancel icon () at the upper-left corner of the screen.

Launch the Lightroom app, and navigate to All Photos or select an album. The Import button appears at the bottom-right corner of the screen.

Connect your mobile device to the camera memory card, camera, or USB storage device. In the Device connected dialog box, tap Continue. 

Tap Import in the bottom panel.

Tap From Camera Device.

In the Direct Import screen, you can view the files in the attached media. Tap the Add To drop-down list for options - All Photos, Current Album, or Create a New Album to import the photos to. The default location for import is the current album you are in.

Select the photos you want to import. You can also do the following:

• Tap <title of the camera card or storage device> to import all the photos from the card. If the card has no assigned title, tap Untitled.
• Tap a displayed date to import all the photos that were captured on that date.

Tap the  icon to see the available import options:

Selects all the images displayed in the import interface. This option is enabled once all the thumbnails of the images from the connected device are loaded. 

Deselects all the selected images displayed in the import interface.

Displays JPG and PNG images only from the connected device.

Displays raw images only from the connected device.

Select the thumbnail size from Tiny, Small, Normal, or Large.

Tap Import at the bottom of the screen. The selected photos are then copied from the attached camera or memory card to Lightroom.

In the Copying complete dialog box, you can decide to keep the copied photos in the attached media or delete them. To keep the copied photos in the attached camera or SD card, tap Keep. To delete them, tap Delete.

Safely disconnect the attached media when you get the notification in the bottom of the screen.

The imported photos and videos can be viewed in the assigned album, All Photos, or in Recently Added.

In a desired iOS photo app, select a photo that you want to open in Lightroom for mobile (iOS).

Tap Share and choose Lightroom from the given Share options.

In the dialog box that appears, do one of the following:

• Click Got it to import the photo on the next launch of Lightroom for mobile (iOS).
• Click Launch Lightroom Now to open the photo in the Lightroom app.

Tap the () icon in the Lightroom app to navigate to Recently Added where you can find the selected photo.