texaseve Loc: TX, NC and NH

Some real instructions! I know this works... have done this before, just could not remember what I did (a couple years ago) on my PC. I am working on Mac most of the time now.

Shellback Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas

No problem -
some program offer the same function when using - either viewing or editing while others use different programs.

one scenario -
"open" will pull up a photo in windows photo viewer while "edit" would pull it up in paint.

and to change the "edit" function - you hack the registry
while changing the "open" function is much easier as you assign the default program via selection options.

Shellback Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas

no arguments here - just showing how to set the system up to pull it into the import module with one click...

lloydl2 Loc: Gilbert, AZ

DEJ - what is your purpose for using LR if you are not making use of the catalog (one of its primo features), and if you are saving your photos back to a photo gallery thereby making the edits you've made permanent and losing the ability to be able to go back and non destructively re edit or even go back to the original image, a different crop, etc.? Why even use lightroom? I can't tell you how many times I've gone back to many of my photos in lightroom to re edit and get a different effect. Doing this while preserving the original photo as lightroom makes all changes non destructively and the ability to catalog and find my images and all the changes (change history) in a single place. People here are trying to help. Are you open to using Lightroom the way it was intended and being a beneficiary of the true benefits that Lightroom provides? If not, maybe there is a different tool that would work better for your work flow!

Indi Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.

OK...still friends? :lol:

Yooper 2 Loc: Ironwood, MI

He doesn't have the images in his Pictures or anywhere else on the computer. He wants to import them directly from his card or camera to Lightroom. I do it all the time. The photos will go directly to Lightroom from the drop down box on the screen. You don't have to open the drop down box. It appears when you insert the camera card or plug your camera into the computer. You then choose where you want ALL the photos to go. My choices are Dropbox, Elements 13, Lightroom, Photoshop, and Windows Photos (MY Pictures). The other method is to open Lightroom and Import directly from the card or camera. You can't use Open With unless the photos are already on the computer.

REJ Loc: Ontario Canada

Of all the replies I received on my initial question, Shellback was the only one who looked at the the question, not only did Shellback answer the question, a list of steps was provided to get to that answer. In my world that is how a question should be answered.

Your reply however seems to point out that I don't meet your standards. Should I care?

The guy I remind you of. If his main interest is white water what is wrong with him returning the sea kayak.

With your picture and your list of worldly thoughts and your list of equipment you remind me of a politician who honestly believes that his way is the best way to control the angry masses. Maybe, but I would not vote for you. Thanks for your reply. REJ

Shellback Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas

Of course...
And here's a lil' Irish toast for ya :lol:

Here's to you and here's to me
I pray that friends we'll always be,
But if by chance we disagree,
The heck with you and here's to me!

And have a wonderful St Patty's Day :mrgreen:

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

Interesting. On both my Win7 and Win8, even though I can browse to select LR 5 to open a file, pressing enter does nothing - it does not add it as a default or otherwise - I cannot actually enable right click to open in LR.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

Sorry, but that is not what the original question was....He asked to EDIT IN Lightroom... and balked at IMPORTING....not once was a direct import from camera or card even mentioned.

I see the problem with long threads is that people revise what was asked and begin going down new roads to answer unasked questions

Original post & question....



Now, all that being said, the answer is simple - LIGHTROOM requires photos be IMPORTED before they can be edited. There are a couple ways to IMPORT, but they all IMPORT. Refusing to acknowledge the facts do not alter them.

BooIsMyCat Loc: Somewhere

Not really.
IF you open LR normally, it will display images that have been imported and allow you to edit them.
IF you click on an image and OPEN WITH "LR" then LR will open to the IMPORT function, allowing you to import and THEN edit.

As far as I know, you cannot edit an image in LR unless it has been imported first.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

:thumbup:

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

Not my standards, I didn't write the software. It's your choice to use the software the way you like, even if you use it in ways it was not intended to be used. Not my problem, not my concern. But don't complain that it doesn't work the way YOU want to use it, if you aren't using it correctly - according to Adobe's standards. Just like the guy with the kayak - he wanted one type of kayak, but wanted to be able to do something different than what it was intended for - his choice, his problem.

I am far from being always right. That would be downright narcissistic of me, wouldn't it? But just because you could, in a pinch, use a hammer to drive a nail into a piece of wood, it doesn't mean that it's the right tool and that you are using it successfully. My suggestion to learn LR and how to do things within it as they were intended will eliminate your current and possibly future difficulties with the software. Consider it a suggestion, like I would suggest to the guy with the screw and the hammer, that a screwdriver might be more efficient since the screw has threads and are designed to hold things together when the screw is turned - which is the point. It is not the point to get the screw into the wood - if it were, then the hammer is as good as a shoe or a rock. OR, as an alternate, maybe consider using a nail or a spike, for which the hammer is ideally suited for. It is not as good as a screw for fastening two pieces of wood together, but it will do.

The guy with the kayak - he ended up seeing the benefit of having the right tool for the job, and bought two kayaks. Funny how things work out sometimes.

I could care less what you do with your software - not my problem. I use LR just fine with no issues.

BooIsMyCat Loc: Somewhere

NO... reread the statement - "the drop down menu reads open in or edit in".

That clearly says "open" OR "edit".

My interpretation of the OP's question was simply how does one go about starting said program when s/he clicked on an image file.

Seems you got stuck on "EDIT" and based your response(s) on that one word.

fredpnm Loc: Corrales, NM

Wow!