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Where are my photos in Lightroom desktop app?

Where are my photos in Lightroom desktop app?

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Where are my photos in Lightroom desktop app?

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- [Instructor] You've chosen to use Lightroom CC on your computer and you've added all of your photos. Now, where exactly did Lightroom CC put those photos? Every photo imported or added to Lightroom CC makes its home in the Lightroom Cloud. During the import process, Lightroom CC makes a copy of the full resolution, original photos from their source location and uploads those to the Cloud. Once the Import and Sync is complete, the source files are no longer needed. We'll take a look here. These architectural abstracts, desert images, and ocean images were deleted from my external hard drive after I imported them. So the simple, straightforward answer is your Lightroom CC photos are in the Cloud. But this can get a bit confusing when you find out that Lightroom CC makes it possible to store photos locally, as well. I'm going to open the Preferences here, so that we can take a look at that setting. We'll go to Local…

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