garett_wood
New Member
- Joined
- Sep 6, 2019
- Messages
- 9
- Lightroom Version Number
- 8.4
- Operating System
- Windows 10
So I now have a desktop and laptop to work with. I use my laptop when I'm on the road working... I needed to take some of my photos with me from my desktop to work on with a client - this is what I did..
1. I exported the folder I needed as a catalog to a hard drive, and imported as a catalog to my laptop. (I have one main catalog I keep all my photos in on the desktop)
2. I worked on these files, created new output files, etc.
3. From the laptop, I used the 'export this folder as a catalog' function and exported that to an external hard drive.
4. Go back to my desktop, plug in the external drive, choose 'import from another catalog' - this is where the problem happens, all the photos I didn't touch don't show up (they show in the box on the right greyed out with an exclamation point in them). Any new photos I created show up in the new photos dialog box, below in the changed photos, the photos I changed in any way show up, the rest don't. The issue is, I'm importing them to a new folder location on the desktop, not to the original location where I might expect this behavior. I want to reimport all the photos as they are on the laptop. I'm not sure why LR is deciding that 'hey, these photos exist in some other location in this catalog so i'll ignore them).
I need to get the laptop catalog into my desktop catalog and not sure what to do. Thanks!
1. I exported the folder I needed as a catalog to a hard drive, and imported as a catalog to my laptop. (I have one main catalog I keep all my photos in on the desktop)
2. I worked on these files, created new output files, etc.
3. From the laptop, I used the 'export this folder as a catalog' function and exported that to an external hard drive.
4. Go back to my desktop, plug in the external drive, choose 'import from another catalog' - this is where the problem happens, all the photos I didn't touch don't show up (they show in the box on the right greyed out with an exclamation point in them). Any new photos I created show up in the new photos dialog box, below in the changed photos, the photos I changed in any way show up, the rest don't. The issue is, I'm importing them to a new folder location on the desktop, not to the original location where I might expect this behavior. I want to reimport all the photos as they are on the laptop. I'm not sure why LR is deciding that 'hey, these photos exist in some other location in this catalog so i'll ignore them).
I need to get the laptop catalog into my desktop catalog and not sure what to do. Thanks!