Comments on: Upgrading from Lightroom 1 to Lightroom 2

By: Lightroom 2.7 and Adobe Camera Raw 5.7 Now Available | TheLightroomLab.com | Written by Scott Rouse

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:43:56 +0000

[...] Keep in mind, this update is for users of Lightroom 2. If you’re still using Lightroom 1, you can click here to purchase an upgrade. It’s well worth it. Here’s an article that highlights some of the new features in Lightroom 2. Here’s an article on upgrading from Lightroom 1 to Lightroom 2. [...]

By: Sejal Chugh

Sejal Chugh — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:15:06 +0000

I had LR 1.4.1 installed on my mac laptop and could not print from this version (I troubleshot it for the last year calling adobe, epson, and apple but no one could fix the problem). So then I downloaded the free trial of LR 2 and can print (thank goodness!). The problem now is that I selected to upgrade my catalog and none of my photos opens. Actually the weird part is that before I relaunched LR 2 some of my photos opened and some of them were just fuzzy but you could still see them with the message “The file named XXX is offline or missing.” Now that I relaunched LR 2 I can’t see any of my photos and I get this message for every one. Can you tell me what I’ve done wrong?

Thanks a bunch!
Sejal

By: David

David — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:54:23 +0000

Dear Kelvin,

Glad I could help and actual I am going to turn our conversation into a quick post since I know that others have the same question. I agree that the Adobe site is not as friendly as it should be but I think the Adobe Forums is a great resource.

Next time you need technical help take a look for the answer, or start a new thread, over to
http://forums.adobe.com/community/lightroom

Glad we could help.

–
David Marx

By: Kelvin McMillan

Kelvin McMillan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:31:28 +0000

Dear David, Thanks heaps. I thought I might be in the nasty position of a repurchase. The Adobe site is not overly friendly when trying to work theses things out.

thanks again
Kelvin

By: David

David — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:12:37 +0000

Dear Kelvin,

This one is easy. You cannot install Lightroom v2. under Snow Leopard (10.6) from the original disk. You just need to download the latest version from Adobe and then key in your serial number. Here’s a link to Adobe’s download page.

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=photoshop_lightroom

Best Wishes,

David Marx

By: Kelvin McMillan

Kelvin McMillan — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:04:25 +0000

I have been trying to upgrade lightroom 1.1 to version two however v2 will not install on my imac (version 10.6.2). Lightroom 1.1 has been installed without any problems. I already have both installed on my pc laptop. I thought that could install on two computers? Is there a license issue ? When I try to install v2 it refers me to the software owner.

thanks
Kelvin

By: daniel

daniel — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:54:08 +0000

i upgraded to LR 2 and it says before i uninstall LR 1, i should save the license #. can you tell me where to find that to save it ?..
thanks..
you guys are a great help !

daniel

By: Lightroom 2.5 and Adobe Camera Raw 5.5 Available | TheLightroomLab.com | Written by Scott Rouse

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:18:14 +0000

By: Scott Rouse

Scott Rouse — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:06:18 +0000

Michelle,

Sorry for the delayed response. If you are currently using Lightroom 2 and you see your images in the catalog, then it has been upgraded. Lightroom 2 cannot open and view a Lightroom 1 catalog without converting (upgrading) it to a Lightroom 2 catalog. That Lightroom 2 catalog is not backwardly compatible to Lightroom 1.

Let me know if that doesn’t answer your question. I promise to get back to you in a more timely fashion in the future.

-Scott

By: Scott Rouse

Scott Rouse — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:08:43 +0000

John,

If you want your photos from your Lightroom 1 catalog to appear in Lightroom 2, you’ll want to upgrade. Lightroom will keep a copy of your original Lightroom 1 catalog, as explained in the article above.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks,
Scott

By: john

john — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:17:54 +0000

I’m upgrading from 1.4.1 to 2.0 on a Mac. The “create new lightroom catalog” appears, with two choices: “Upgrade the Lightroom 1 Catalog” or “Create a new Lightroom catalog.” The default setting is the first choice.

So, should I upgrade or create? Thanks!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:31:05 +0000

Hi Scott,
I had the same problem as caryn.
I had played with Lightroom 2 as a sample and then months later upgraded. It never asked me to upgrade my catalog during the second time and I didn’t do it the first time because I didn’t know if i wanted to keep it.

Suggestions on how to get it to do that step now that it’s upgraded and didn’t ask for it initially (or secondly?)?

Thank you for your help.
-Michelle

By: Lightroom 2.3 and Adobe Camera Raw 5.3 Available | TheLightroomLab.com | Written by Scott Rouse

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:33:28 +0000

[...] Keep in mind, this update is for users of Lightroom 2. If you’re still using Lightroom 1, you can click here to purchase a $99 upgrade. It’s well worth it. Here’s an article that highlights some of the new features in Lightroom 2. Here’s an article on upgrading from Lightroom 1 to Lightroom 2. [...]

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:55:05 +0000

That’s weird, Sam. For that, you’d have to contact Adobe directly.

First, you might try fully uninstalling Lightroom (keep your catalog and images) and reinstalling it. See if that works.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:49:42 +0000

I purchased Lightroom, and then upgraded to 2.2 when it was available, but it does not accept my serial number. It shows it on the screen with a big red “X”. I retype it and still does not accept it. What do I need to do?

Thanks,
Sam

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:32:20 +0000

Wesley,

Sorry about the problems your having (and my delay in responding). I would suggest removing/uninstalling Lightroom 2 from your MacBook Pro and then reinstalling it. See if that works for you. If it’s working on the tower, then the catalog itself is probably fine.

Let me know how it goes.

-Scott

By: Wesley

Wesley — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 05:48:31 +0000

Hi Scott,
I stumbled upon your website for Lightroom while trying to solve a problem I have been having with Lightroom 2. Recently I decided to upgrade to from Lightroom 1.4. I decided to do the download and use a MacBook Pro labtop. The problem I have been having is that everytime I try to open up an old catalog, and go through the “upgrading process of the catalog, Lightroom opens up only partially. I cannot see anything in the “grey” areas where the images usually and I cannot see the left and right panels. I can only see the sections that say at the top with the module names and the black areas below the grey. When I click onto the Library or Develop modules I get a dialog box saying “An error occured when attempting to change modules”. This does not occurs when I open up the application itself with a new catalog.
Since Lightroom allows you to download two copies of the program I installed one in another Power Mac computer tower. When I open up Lightroom using the same old catalogs as I use in the labtop I don’t seem to have this problem and everything is fine.
Can you offer some suggestions as to how I can resolve this problem ???

Thanks, Wesley Wong (wesleywongphoto@yahoo.com)

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:24:51 +0000

Glad you found it. No problem. Let me know if you have any other questions.

By: caryn

caryn — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:48:16 +0000

sorry to bother you, i found it!

By: caryn

caryn — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:37:44 +0000

hey scott,
hope you’re doing great!
what happens if the ‘upgrade’ dialog box never comes up? it will let me open my catalogs, but says nothing about upgrading.
thank you!!!
-caryn

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:21:42 +0000

I had a couple questions about whether or not your Lightroom 1 settings copying over to Lightroom 2. I failed to point it out in the article, but all of your presets and templates that you created in Lightroom 1 are either stored in a central location that would be available to all Lightroom catalogs (including your new Lightroom 2 catalog), or in a folder called “Lightroom Settings” that exists in the same directory (folder) as your original Lightroom 1 library. [See the image above titled "Lightroom 1 and Lightroom 2 Catalogs side-by-side."]

Since Lightroom creates a copy of your library and converts it for use in version 2 in the same directory, those presets will be available to you once you upgrade to Lightroom 2.

Questions? Please let me know in the comments.