Misplaced edits in Lightroom 4: I need help on getting edits into the right folder. Here is what I did. I imported the photos from the camera into the destination folder, developed...

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

I need help on getting edits into the right folder. Here is what I did. I imported the photos from the camera into the destination folder, developed them and assigned keywords as I usually do.

But I did something unusual without knowing it because that destination contains only the unedited files with keywords. The edited ones are in the Previous Import catalog. In trying to sync them with the destination folder, I added the edits to the Quick Collection but cannot find a way to get them into the destination folder.

How do I get those edits in Quick Collection into the destination folder?

Thanks for the help.

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

abc1234 wrote:

I need help on getting edits into the right folder... (show quote)

In Library, just highlight them all in the film strip along the bottom of the screen by clicking on the first one, hold Shift down, and click on the last one. Put your mouse on any one of the group and drag the whole batch to the right destination folder and let go. They all move there.

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

marcomarks wrote:

In Library, just highlight them all in the film strip along the bottom of the screen by clicking on the first one, hold Shift down, and click on the last one. Put your mouse on any one of the group and drag the whole batch to the right destination folder and let go. They all move there.

I tried that already. Tells me the files already exist. They exist physically in the destination folder only but are cataloged two different places and sets of information. Puzzling.

Searcher Loc: Kent, England

abc1234 wrote:

I tried that already. Tells me the files already exist. They exist physically in the destination folder only but are cataloged two different places and sets of information. Puzzling.

Have you got 2 copies of each image?

Open the Quick collection, select an image, Right click and select "Show in Explorer"
Make a note of the file name and file path.

Open the destination folder , find the same image, right click and select "Show in Explorer"
Make a note of the file name and file path

Are these two names and paths exactly the same or are they different?

If either the file name or path is different, the problem is resolved, there are two copies. If they are the same, then there is something else going on which needs fixing.

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Searcher, good answer, wrong question. Thanks for your suggestion.

The problem is that the edits show in Quick Collection but the destination folder is empty. When I go to copy from Quick to destination, I get an error message saying the files already exist.

I fixed the problem by moving from Quick to a temporary folder and syncing, copying and a few other now-forgotten steps. Very roundabout.

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

abc1234 wrote:

Searcher, good answer, wrong question. Thanks for your suggestion.

The problem is that the edits show in Quick Collection but the destination folder is empty. When I go to copy from Quick to destination, I get an error message saying the files already exist.

I fixed the problem by moving from Quick to a temporary folder and syncing, copying and a few other now-forgotten steps. Very roundabout.

A "collection" is different from a file location. a collection is just a group of photos that share an attribute, their location is irrelevant.

Also...LR shows the same data (images) in different ways depending on what's selected on the film strip...so one image could be showing up in several different places.

Not sure what the problem actually is.

go to the develop module and down to the film strip and choose "all photographs" as the display method....until you modify MORE images..."previous import" just means....the last batch you imported"...and really has no significance.

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

You didn't accidentally make a "virtual copy" and work on that instead of the original did you?

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Rpavich, I never figured out the problem but as far as I remember, it was my standard workflow. Will be more careful next time. No, I did not make a virtual copy. Some other subtle misdirection on my part.

That is one thing I like about LR. You can put the file anywhere and LR keeps track of it. 90% of my post-processing is now done in LR.