Lightroom Classic CC automatically creating folders?
May 20, 2018 16:23:33 #
When I import my photos from memory card, LR asks the destination but once I have given the proper destination folder it creates an entire subfolder system with year, then year and time. How do I just have it import the photos without the added folders?
May 20, 2018 16:29:44 #
nimblenuts wrote:
When I import my photos from memory card, LR asks the destination but once I have given the proper destination folder it creates an entire subfolder system with year, then year and time. How do I just have it import the photos without the added folders?
You need to go through your import settings.
I have a year folder and all new downloads go into a sub folder with the date. If I do multiple imports at first they show as separate but shortly there after only appear in one folder of the date the shots were taken.
Oh, on one import if you have shots taken say two days in a row at first they appear together but if you check the file tree you will find two date folders (or more as the case may be).
And you can rename the folders, split them, merge them etc. But do it all in LR or LR will lose track of them.
May 20, 2018 17:19:41 #
What import settings do I need to apply? I don't find an option on folder structure or whether or not LR will create folders for me. But it does anyway. Note, I only want to create my own folders in LR, not what LR thinks my folder structure will be.
May 20, 2018 17:32:58 #
nimblenuts wrote:
What import settings do I need to apply? I don't find an option on folder structure or whether or not LR will create folders for me. But it does anyway. Note, I only want to create my own folders in LR, not what LR thinks my folder structure will be.
Give us a screenshot of your import settings
May 20, 2018 17:50:18 #
May 20, 2018 17:57:19 #
nimblenuts wrote:
When I import my photos from memory card, LR asks the destination but once I have given the proper destination folder it creates an entire subfolder system with year, then year and time. How do I just have it import the photos without the added folders?
That's not a bug, it's a feature. It enables you to find an image based on date shot, which can come in handy. There's no duplication of files, just a different way for the LR database to display data.
May 20, 2018 18:33:01 #
You control how it builds folders or not in the Destination section of the Import sequence.
The instruction manual was updated only 10 days ago. Check Chapter 4. https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/lightroom_reference.pdf
The instruction manual was updated only 10 days ago. Check Chapter 4. https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/lightroom_reference.pdf
May 20, 2018 18:59:05 #
nimblenuts wrote:
What import settings do I need to apply? I don't find an option on folder structure or whether or not LR will create folders for me. But it does anyway. Note, I only want to create my own folders in LR, not what LR thinks my folder structure will be.
In the Destination Section, uncheck "Into Subfolder"
May 21, 2018 07:34:48 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
That's not a bug, it's a feature. It enables you to find an image based on date shot, which can come in handy. There's no duplication of files, just a different way for the LR database to display data.
I agree, I have about 6 TB of images and they would be nearly impossible to search if I didn't have them sorted by DATE and TIME shot. Plus, I can use key words to make searching easier too but the DATE and TIME are my fall backs. Otherwise my storage would be a real mess.
May 21, 2018 10:35:08 #
nimblenuts wrote:
When I import my photos from memory card, LR asks the destination but once I have given the proper destination folder it creates an entire subfolder system with year, then year and time. How do I just have it import the photos without the added folders?
Simple answer: Before you click Import in the Lower Right Corner look at the Destination box and uncheck Into Subfolder. While your there click on the Organize box and change it from "By date" to "Into one folder".
I have some other suggestions, but they go beyond the scope of your question. If interested, send me a PM.
Bud
May 21, 2018 14:52:26 #
nimblenuts wrote:
Here is a screenshot...
Those are your preferences not your import settings. As someone has done a screenshot of their import settings, you should click on the Import button and then carefully examine all the different choices you have in the RIGHT hand panel. Go through them all and make sure you are telling LR what you want it to do in that panel.
May 22, 2018 16:44:17 #
Thank you, problem solved!
WF2B wrote:
Simple answer: Before you click Import in the Lower Right Corner look at the Destination box and uncheck Into Subfolder. While your there click on the Organize box and change it from "By date" to "Into one folder".
I have some other suggestions, but they go beyond the scope of your question. If interested, send me a PM.
Bud
I have some other suggestions, but they go beyond the scope of your question. If interested, send me a PM.
Bud
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