Publish photos online

In any module except the Book module, choose File > Email Photo.

Lightroom Classic displays an email creation dialog. 

In the email creation dialog, click the From pop-up menu and choose Go To Email Account Manager.

The Lightroom Classic Email Account Manager window appears.

To begin configuring a new email account, click Add at the lower-left corner of the window. 

In the New Account window that appears, specify the following:

Specify an alias name for the account. Choose a name that will help you recognize the email id that you want to associate with this account.

Choose a service provider from the drop-down list. If your service provider is not in the list, choose Other. 

Click OK.

In the Lightroom Classic Email Accounts Manager window, specify the following:

Outgoing Server Settings

For common service providers, such as Gmail, Lightroom Classic automatically adds SMTP server and port settings, as well as the security and authentication options.

For more information about specifying these settings, contact your email service provider or see the provider’s website.

Credential Settings

Enter your Email Address and Password. 

In the left column of the window, the gray circular icon next to the Account Name and the 'Not Validated' label indicate that your account credentials are yet to be validated in Lightroom Classic.    

Once you have specified all the account credentials in the previous step, click Validate to have Lightroom Classic establish a connection with the outgoing mail server.

If the validation is successful, the circular icon next to the Account Name (in the left column) turns green and a label 'Validated' is displayed. You can now use this email account to directly send photos by email from Lightroom Classic. 

If you're facing problem validating your Gmail account in Lightroom Classic, see Unable to validate email account in Lightroom Classic for a solution. 

In the Grid view of the Library module or in the Filmstrip, select one or more files that you want to share via email. Selected files can be photos or videos.

Choose File > Email Photo or press the keys Cmd (Mac)/Ctrl (Win) + Shift + M. 

In the email message window, do the following:

Enter one or more email addresses. When sending to multiple recipients, use ';' (semicolon) between the email addresses to separate them. You can also add email addresses or groups from Lightroom Classic Address Book by clicking Address in the upper-right corner of the window. For details, see Add email addresses and create groups in Lightroom Classic Address Book.  

(Optional) Enter the subject line of the email.

(Optional) When sending email using a web-based email account such as Gmail, Lightroom Classic allows you to enter the body text/message of your email. You can also use the formatting options provided in the email message window.

(Optional) To change the email account that sends the message, click the From pop-up menu and choose a different email account. To know how to configure a new email account, see Configure email account settings for Lightroom Classic.

Click the Preset button and choose a size for the attached photo or photos.

Click Send.

• If you chose an email application saved on your computer, the email message opens in that application. Add a message if desired, and then click Send in your email application. 
• Otherwise, if you chose a validated web-based email account, Lightroom Classic directly sends the email. 

In any module except the Book module, choose File > Email Photo.

In the email message window, click Address at the upper-right corner.

In the Lightroom Classic Address Book window that appears, click New Address.

In the New Address window, do the following: 

Enter an alias name of the contact that you want to add. 

Enter a valid email address of the contact.

Click OK.

The address now appears in the Lightroom Classic Address Book window.

To create a Group, click New Group in the Lightroom Classic Address Book window.

In the New Group window, do the following: 

Enter a name for the group that you want to create. 

In the left column, select one or more addresses and click (>>) icon to move them to the right column.   

Click OK.

The selected addresses are added in the group. The group now appears in the Lightroom Classic Address Book window.

In the Grid view of the Library module or in the Filmstrip, select one or more files that you want to share via email. Selected files can be photos or videos.

Choose File > Export, or click the Export button in the Library module. Then, choose Export To > Email in the pop-up menu at the top of the Export dialog box.

Specify the export settings such as a destination folder, naming conventions, and other options in the various Export dialog box panels.

Use the File Settings panel to choose a color space, output quality, and file size. When you are exporting to email, Image Format is set as JPEG and cannot be changed. For details, see File settings.

In the Image Sizing panel, specify how to size the image — dimensions and resolution. For details, see Image sizing. 

For information on settings in the other panels, see Export files to disk or CD.

(Optional) To save your export settings for reuse, click Add at the bottom of the Preset panel on the left side of the Export dialog box. See Save export settings as presets.

Click Export.

Lightroom Classic open the email message window with the export photos as attachments. 

• If you saved your custom export settings in the previous step, the email message window displays the name of the Preset at the lower-left corner. 
• Otherwise, the email message window displays the Preset option as Custom Settings Defined In The Export Options Dialog.

To proceed further, see Send photos as email attachments. 

In the Lightroom Classic Publishing Manager dialog box, look under Flickr Account and click Log In.

Follow the prompts to allow Flickr to communicate with Lightroom Classic.

A description that appears next to the connection name in the Publish Services panel.

Set photo titles using a photo’s filename, IPTC Title metadata, or Leave Blank. Choose the preferred behavior when updating photos: Replace Existing Title or Leave Existing Title.

A collection or set of any photos that you choose that resides in your Flickr Photostream.

A photoset based on rules that you define. See Work with smart collections.

• To edit, rename, or delete a photoset, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) it in the Publish Services panel and choose Edit Collection, Rename, or Delete.

• To remove an unpublished photo from a regular photoset, select it in the photoset and press Delete.

• To add or remove photos in a smart photoset, change the rules of the smart photoset.

• To view the photos in a photoset, select the photoset in the Publish Services panel. The photos are organized in the following categories, or queues, in the image display area:

  New Photos To Publish

  Photos that have not been exported.

   

  Modified Photos To Republish

  Photos that were edited in the Library or Develop module after they were exported.

   

  Published Photos

  Photos that have not been modified since they were exported.

   

  Deleted Photos To Remove

  When you press Delete to remove published photos from a photoset, Lightroom Classic marks them as Deleted Photos To Remove. They are removed from the photoset in Lightroom Classic and from Flickr the next time you click Publish.

   

• Select a photoset and click Publish.

• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a photoset and choose Publish Now.

In the Publish Services panel on the left side of the Library module, click the Adobe Stock connection Set Up button.

In the Lightroom Classic Publishing Manager dialog box, look under Adobe Stock.

Specify the settings in the Lightroom Classic Publishing Manager:

A description that appears next to the connection name in the Publish Services panel.

Select the first link. When you set up the publishing service for the first time, it takes you through an on-boarding sequence. Log in using your existing Creative Cloud credentials. For more information on Adobe Stock account creation, see Adobe Stock Contributor Learn and Support.

After completing the on-boarding process, ensure that you select Save in the dialog.

(Optional) To change your Adobe Stock connection settings at any time, click the + button at the top of the Publish Services panel and choose Adobe Stock > Edit Settings.

To add photos, do one of the following:

• Set the Adobe Stock collection in the Publish Services panel as the Target collection
  1. Right-click / Command-click the Adobe Stock collection, and then click Set as Target Collection.
  2. To add a file to the queue of files ready to be published:
     • Press B, or,
     • Right-click/Command-click a file, and then click  
• Drag photos from the Grid view to the Adobe Stock Published collection in the Publish Services panel.

To manage your Adobe Stock collection:

• To rename the collection, double-click the collection in the Publish Services panel and type a new name. The default name of the collection is Submit to Adobe Stock.

• To remove a photo from the collection, right-click the photo, and select Remove from Collection.

• To view the photos in a collection, select the photoset in the Publish Services panel. The photos are organized in the following categories, or queues, in the image display area:

Photos that have not been published to Adobe Stock.

Photos that have not been modified since they were previously published.

When you press Delete to remove previously published photos, Lightroom Classic marks them as Deleted Photos To Remove. They are removed from the collection in the Publishing Services panel in Lightroom Classic. However, the deleted photos aren't automatically removed from the Adobe Stock Contributor portal — you need to remove them manually.  

To publish photos to Adobe Stock, do one of the following:

• Right-click / command-click the collection in the Publishing Services panel, and then select Publish Now.

• Click the Publish button below the module buttons (above the image display area).

When the upload completes successfully, Lightroom Classic displays the Image(s) successfully Uploaded dialog.

You can click Continue To Adobe Stock link in this dialog to continue to the Adobe Stock Contributor portal.

See Adobe Stock | Upload and manage content for more details.