10. Making Backups and Exporting Photos

Lesson overview

Lightroom Classic makes it easy to back up and export all of the images and data connected with your library, streamlining your workflow and minimizing the impact of accidental data loss. You can create backup copies of your photos on external storage during import, make full or incremental backups of your photos and develop settings or have Lightroom back up automatically, and export files in a range of formats, from images optimized for onscreen viewing to archival copies. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to:

  • Back up the catalog file and your entire image library.

  • Make incremental backups and export metadata.

  • Export photos for onscreen viewing or archival purposes.

  • Export photos to ...

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