René Roberts
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- Mar 8, 2014
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- Location
- Northern California coast, USA
- Lightroom Experience
- Advanced
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- Classic
I have been using LR since version 3, have just upgraded to LR 6 from LR 5.4, (actually LR Photoshop CC). I'm very comfortable with library and develop operations, but not a "guru". My catalogue structure works for me. I'm on a MAC, running OS 10.11.4.
Something strange has just started happening with my most recent imports. I have one image folder on my hard drive, a root folder named "PHOTOS LR Cataloged". Within that root folder are a number of other subfolders with subject and place names. My workflow is as follows:
1. Download images from camera and place them into new named subfolder within the main PHOTOS folder; OR place them into an existing named subfolder within the PHOTOS folder.
2. In LR, File > Import, then navigate to "PHOTOS" and click on that root folder to highlight it if I'm importing a new subfolder; OR click on an existing subfolder within the root if I'm importing into that.
3. Click "Import". Voila, photos are placed in the same locations in the catalogue as they exist on my hard drive. New subfolders are created in my catalogue if needed, or images are placed in existing subfolders. This has worked for years.
Now the rub. It didn't work for the last import. I recently created two new subfolders within my root PHOTOS folder, and also had batch of images to place within an existing subfolder. I created this structure within my hard drive PHOTOS folder, dragged and dropped all my images to their proper places, and then did three separate imports.
When importing, for each of the two new subfolders, I highlighted PHOTOS before clicking "Import"; for the images that I'd placed in an existing subfolder I highlighted that subfolder name before clicking "Import".
What happened was that all the imports placed all subfolders totally outside of my root PHOTOS folder. Not only are the two new subfolders outside the PHOTOS folder, but the existing subfolder that was under PHOTOS was also moved outside with the new images inside of it! I have tried three things to put everything in their proper places:
Moving the folders with LR, I get a message that the images are already there in the "new" location;
Deleting the subfolders from LR catalogue and reimporting, highlighting the root folder where they were to go (I tried this twice);
Opening LR from my backup (thinking my catalogue had gotten corrupted), and reimporting;
Upgrading from 5.4 to the latest version of 6.
The subfolders continue to live outside the root PHOTOS folder of the catalogue. I do not know how to get them into the root folder where they belong. Moreover, I have new batches of images to import and am afraid I will end up with everything living outside the main folder.
Please help!!
Thanks
Something strange has just started happening with my most recent imports. I have one image folder on my hard drive, a root folder named "PHOTOS LR Cataloged". Within that root folder are a number of other subfolders with subject and place names. My workflow is as follows:
1. Download images from camera and place them into new named subfolder within the main PHOTOS folder; OR place them into an existing named subfolder within the PHOTOS folder.
2. In LR, File > Import, then navigate to "PHOTOS" and click on that root folder to highlight it if I'm importing a new subfolder; OR click on an existing subfolder within the root if I'm importing into that.
3. Click "Import". Voila, photos are placed in the same locations in the catalogue as they exist on my hard drive. New subfolders are created in my catalogue if needed, or images are placed in existing subfolders. This has worked for years.
Now the rub. It didn't work for the last import. I recently created two new subfolders within my root PHOTOS folder, and also had batch of images to place within an existing subfolder. I created this structure within my hard drive PHOTOS folder, dragged and dropped all my images to their proper places, and then did three separate imports.
When importing, for each of the two new subfolders, I highlighted PHOTOS before clicking "Import"; for the images that I'd placed in an existing subfolder I highlighted that subfolder name before clicking "Import".
What happened was that all the imports placed all subfolders totally outside of my root PHOTOS folder. Not only are the two new subfolders outside the PHOTOS folder, but the existing subfolder that was under PHOTOS was also moved outside with the new images inside of it! I have tried three things to put everything in their proper places:
Moving the folders with LR, I get a message that the images are already there in the "new" location;
Deleting the subfolders from LR catalogue and reimporting, highlighting the root folder where they were to go (I tried this twice);
Opening LR from my backup (thinking my catalogue had gotten corrupted), and reimporting;
Upgrading from 5.4 to the latest version of 6.
The subfolders continue to live outside the root PHOTOS folder of the catalogue. I do not know how to get them into the root folder where they belong. Moreover, I have new batches of images to import and am afraid I will end up with everything living outside the main folder.
Please help!!
Thanks