Delete multiple selected folders from Catalog

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Not sure if this is available in LR2 Beta, as haven't brought myself to have a go yet, but in 1.4.1 there is no ability to select multiple folders from within the folders panel and remove them from the library.

I keep each shoot's rawimages in a folder structure: imagedir\yyyy\yyyy-mm-dd title\raw and final JPG images in a folder called final at the same level E.g. imagedir\yyyy\yyyy-mm-dd title\final
During a recent import I ended up with the final directories containing the jpgs by accident and wanted to remove them from the library, so I filtered for just JPGs and removed these easily enough, but was left with all the final folders still there, which I wanted to remove, so Ctrl-clicked each to select multiple folders and right-clicked the first and selected delete to find it only deleted the first folder from the library. I then had to individually do this for each folder to get rid of them.

Another great feature would be to be able to select images and move these to a different path in the library (moving the to another drive for instance) whilst retaining/moving their directory structure. The only way I have found to do this is to manually create the directory structure then drag/drop the individual images, or alternatively from within the file system, move the folders manually, then within LR, re-point the broken links to the new directory location (found this to be the best way). It's a pity you can't do this from within LR easily. Is this worthy of a feature request?

Thanks, Paul
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pjamedia;14'22 said:
Not sure if this is available in LR2 Beta, as haven't brought myself to have a go yet, but in 1.4.1 there is no ability to select multiple folders from within the folders panel and remove them from the library.

No, the 2.' Public Beta doesn't seem to want to do this either. May be worth a Feature Request.

Another great feature would be to be able to select images and move these to a different path in the library (moving the to another drive for instance) whilst retaining/moving their directory structure. The only way I have found to do this is to manually create the directory structure then drag/drop the individual images, or alternatively from within the file system, move the folders manually, then within LR, re-point the broken links to the new directory location (found this to be the best way). It's a pity you can't do this from within LR easily. Is this worthy of a feature request?

LR 1.4.1 will do this. In the folder browser, Left Hand Panel, you can drag and drop a folder or folder tree to another folder to move the selection, (which acts on the catalog and files on disk as well, as you'd expect.)
The one complication is that the 'root' top level target folder must exist in the catalog prior to the move.

If the target folder does not currently exist in the catalog, then there are 2 use cases here, depending on whether the desired target folder is an 'ancestor' folder in the catalog images directory tree.

1. If the target directory is to be created new, or exists completely external to the current LR Catalog folder tree, simply click the "+" button on the Folder header in the Left Hand Panel. This will pop up a browser where you can find or create the target folder. You have to ensure that *no* folders are selected when you click the "+", or the folder creation will default to a subfolder of the selected folder.

2. If the target directory is an nth-generational parent of a folder currently contained in the catalog, a work-around is required. Read Victoria's blog here:
http://photoshopservices.wordpress.com/?s=hierarchy

Improvements are rumored/promised for the V2 final release.


Thanks, Paul
www.pjamedia.com

At worst the only LR-external, 'manual labor' should be copying/deleting the dummy file in Victoria's work-around.
 
Great reply - thanks!
I have raised a feature request with Adobe suggesting the multiple-folder catalog removal.
Cheers, Paul A
 
I have a vague recollection that this has changed in 2.'... but don't quote me on that!
 
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