Sequencing a group of photos: My family has tasked me with collecting and post processing photos of my 95 year old wife's mother who will pass in the next few days. I have edited the...

gtobey Loc: Beaverton, Oregon

My family has tasked me with collecting and post processing photos of my 95 year old wife's mother who will pass in the next few days. I have edited the group in Lightroom and will make them available via Lightroom Export. My question is how to sequence the photos, the images depict my Mother-in-Law from early chidhood to old age. Perhaps someone who has done sequencing for a wedding book has a suggestion.

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

gtobey wrote:

My family has tasked me with collecting and post processing photos of my 95 year old wife's mother who will pass in the next few days. I have edited the group in Lightroom and will make them available via Lightroom Export. My question is how to sequence the photos, the images depict my Mother-in-Law from early chidhood to old age. Perhaps someone who has done sequencing for a wedding book has a suggestion.

Not sure about the sequencing, but I have done several projects for similar purposes where I used Picasa to come up with a Photo Collage with a bunch of the pictures "thrown" around on the space.

Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago

Sounds like you have a handle on it already.
Chronicle the good times and high points along the timeline of her life.

oldtigger Loc: Roanoke Virginia-USA

gtobey wrote:

My family has tasked me with collecting and post processing photos of my 95 year old wife's mother who will pass in the next few days. I have edited the group in Lightroom and will make them available via Lightroom Export. My question is how to sequence the photos, the images depict my Mother-in-Law from early chidhood to old age. Perhaps someone who has done sequencing for a wedding book has a suggestion.

just remember you're celebrating the life of a person, not the death.

wisner Loc: The planet Twylo

Create a collection in Lightroom's Library module. Select the images you wish to use and use the keyboard command Command/Control N,to make your collection. Give it a name. Click on the collection and you will be able sort your images as you deem appropriate. You can only sort them manually in a collection. Once done, select all and go to File>Export. I suggest you create a custom name with a sequence. Export them as jpegs with the sRGB color space.
Good luck!

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

gtobey wrote:

My family has tasked me with collecting and post processing photos of my 95 year old wife's mother who will pass in the next few days. I have edited the group in Lightroom and will make them available via Lightroom Export. My question is how to sequence the photos, the images depict my Mother-in-Law from early chidhood to old age. Perhaps someone who has done sequencing for a wedding book has a suggestion.

This should give you what you need to do what you want:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/lightroom/using/WS7B9C3FA3-9409-4f68-A94A-2E610CB9283C.html

Capture48 Loc: Arizona

gtobey wrote:

My family has tasked me with collecting and post processing photos of my 95 year old wife's mother who will pass in the next few days. I have edited the group in Lightroom and will make them available via Lightroom Export. My question is how to sequence the photos, the images depict my Mother-in-Law from early chidhood to old age. Perhaps someone who has done sequencing for a wedding book has a suggestion.

Simply drag and drop where you want them in the filmstrip in the library module of LR. Then Control + A to select all, and F2 to rename

revhen Loc: By the beautiful Hudson

I sequence using method that preserves the order I want. First I name then number 0 (or no number)-9 (10 is seen as a 1 with an addition and so gets you back to the beginning). Then I do a0(or blank)-9, then b0-9, c0-9, etc. Letters can be upper or lower case: the computer treats both the same I've found. For example: Trees, Trees 1, Trees 2, . . . . Trees a, Trees a1, Trees a2, . . . .

Capture48 Loc: Arizona

revhen wrote:

I sequence using method that preserves the order I want. First I name then number 0 (or no number)-9 (10 is seen as a 1 with an addition and so gets you back to the beginning). Then I do a0(or blank)-9, then b0-9, c0-9, etc. Letters can be upper or lower case: the computer treats both the same I've found. For example: Trees, Trees 1, Trees 2, . . . . Trees a, Trees a1, Trees a2, . . . .

WOW-sounds very complicated when you can simply Drag-n-Drop to an order you want in Lightroom.

revhen Loc: By the beautiful Hudson

Capture48 wrote:

WOW-sounds very complicated when you can simply Drag-n-Drop to an order you want in Lightroom.

I don't use Lightroom. I guess I'm just a complicated person. Wife calls me "interesting." Guess it's the same thing. Hope she doesn't mean "interesting" as in the ultimate Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times."

:lol:

Capture48 Loc: Arizona

revhen wrote:

I don't use Lightroom. I guess I'm just a complicated person. Wife calls me "interesting." Guess it's the same thing. Hope she doesn't mean "interesting" as in the ultimate Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times."

:lol:

I got ya, but the OP said they used LR, thats why the LR suggestions.

As long as you keep your wife happy, you should be happy!! At least thats what I am told.

zigipha Loc: north nj

when you say "sequence" the phots - what is your viewing mechanism?

if you export as jpgs, they are just files in a folder and you need to rename them.

if its a photo book/slide show, then its sequenced in the application

Capture48 Loc: Arizona

zigipha wrote:

when you say "sequence" the phots - what is your viewing mechanism?

if you export as jpgs, they are just files in a folder and you need to rename them.

if its a photo book/slide show, then its sequenced in the application

No, the OP said they use LR, and LR can sequence in any order they want and rename in that order with one keystroke. There is no need to rename them after the fact.

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