Comments on: Keys to Getting Organized in Lightroom Classic Part 2

By: Rob Sylvan

Rob Sylvan — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 19:25:43 +0000

In reply to Pratik. Hmmm ... I'm not sure that is worth your time. I would just keep the existing photos organized as they are, and employ the new folder structure to all future imports.

By: Pratik

Pratik — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:19:08 +0000

In reply to Rob Sylvan. Yeah! That's gonna be a pain since I'll have to know the exact month and date for each photo. Currently, all photos from a month are categorized into e.g. 2017 > September

By: Rob Sylvan

Rob Sylvan — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 00:51:19 +0000

In reply to Pratik. Hi Pratik, It sounds like you just want to rename the folder currently called "Month" to "Year-month-Day" is that right? If so, just right-click the folder and choose Rename from the contextual menu, then enter the desired name. Repeat for any other folders (tedious, yes, but the only way to keep the catalog and renamed folders connected in LrC).

By: Pratik

Pratik — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 15:01:50 +0000

If we already have the folders organized by Year > Month, how do we change it to the Year > Year-Month-Date? I understand that I’ll have to still go in and rename the days folder to add in context.

By: marc labro

marc labro — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 03:48:26 +0000

nice tuto Rob,
can you please explain (or give a link to a previous post) how to clean iphone
after importing filmstrip and lightroom mobile librarty into LR classic ?
I am not interested at all by bidirectional editing and updates. just using LR mobile as easier transfer mode than usb and dropbox.
In LR classic preferences, i specified a folder D:\photos\LR_mobile with subfolder 2021-09-25 format for sync images.
In LR mobile i have create a inbox folder with auto from filmstrip.
So in LR classic 3000 HEIC images appear in inbox. Now i want to clean my iphone and delete these 3000 heic.
Should i create a “From iphone” folder on my hard disk, pause sync in LR classic, inside LR classic move all content of inbox sync folder to “From iphone”folder so any delete from iphone won’t delete in LR classic, link being broken.
Then, in iphone, delete all filmstrip and LR mobile inbox folder content.
Then reactivate sync in LR classic ?

By: Rob Sylvan

Rob Sylvan — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 17:09:25 +0000

In reply to Dale. The right side of the Import window when using Copy/Copy as DNG (or Move).

By: Dale

Dale — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 22:57:27 +0000

Where is this “Destination” panel you are referring to?

By: Rob Sylvan

Rob Sylvan — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 11:15:44 +0000

In reply to Ray Derkacz. Could be useful, but I don't see Adobe ever implementing it. I'd recommend standardizing on a single location/entry point knowing, as you do, that you can move photos and folders using LrC later. Just get the photos in, and then use LrC to manage them and don't waste time on the import screen.

By: Ray Derkacz

Ray Derkacz — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 08:23:34 +0000

I think it would be a useful option within the Import function to have a confirmation message re the destination folder. Default is the last one used but whilst I normally use the same one I do occasionally change it but then forget to change it back for a subsequent import! Not the end of the world as files can subsequently be moved, just annoying.

By: Rob Sylvan

Rob Sylvan — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 21:50:04 +0000

In reply to Lambert. That's incorrect. If you use the Copy function during import into Lightroom Classic then the copies are what are being monitored/referred to/managed by Lightroom Classic, not the originals. You cannot delete the originals from within LrC because they are not in LrC. Deleting from within LrC would only delete the photos you just imported, which would be counter-productive.