There is no specific maximum number of photos you can store in a Lightroom catalog. Your computer might run out of address space for your photos between 100,000 and 1,000,000 photos., and source: http://kb2adobe., and com/cps/333/333736html.
There is no specific limit, the limit is somewhere between 100K and 1 million. But in general you’re going to have poorer performance the more photos you have, and it’s going to be a non-linear decrease, ie, adding the 100,001th photo is going to make more of a dent in performance than the 1001th photo.
How many computers can lightroom be on?
It is limited to two computers, see Lightroom CC Learn & Support You can install Lightroom CC and other Creative Cloud apps on up to two computers. If you want to install it on a third computer, you’ll need to deactivate it on one of your previous machines. And I agree with you, this is quite contradicting to their slogan “Lightroom everywhere”.
How many computers can I install Lightroom CC on?
You can install Lightroom CC and other Creative Cloud apps on up to two computers. If you want to install it on a third computer, you’ll need to deactivate it on one of your previous machines.
Apparently, Adobe uses a SQLite database for the catalogs and that means it is subject to the limits of the database. Depending on how Lightroom uses the database, it could run up against these limits relatively quickly, it’s not Oracle after all.
Another frequent query is “How do I use my Lightroom catalog on multiple computers?”.
Many photographers today are working between multiple computers, for example, a laptop and a desktop. Lightroom can be activated on two computers at a time, but accessing your catalog from both machines isn’t quite so simple as Lightroom isn’t designed for multi-user or network use.
Can I access my photos if Lightroom is not installed?
Your photos can be accessed from any web browser, even if Lightroom’s not installed. There’s nothing to worry about when you get back to your main computer as the changes automatically sync. Works well if multiple people need access to the photos, even at the same time.
Again, you can watch the progress in the Activity Center. Summary: If you need access to the full Lightroom program on your other computer, the simplest solution is to place the entire catalog and all of your photos on a portable external hard drive. You can then plug it into whichever computer you want to use at the time.
Is LR photo library really that slow?
It’s certainly a bit slower than sub 10K collections, but it is usable. It does take a long time to completely start, though, since LR seems to either insist on making sure all the library photo files are actually there when it loads the libraries, or doing some sort of library scanning something.