I am new to light room classic cc. i have imported a bunch of photos and there is no organization to them. I want to start over and i can't seem to figure out how to remove all photos from lr as a group.
can they be removed as a group and if so how?
thanks for any help
In the Library mode, view the entire catalog. Select all the images and use ALT+Backspace. This will remove all the selected images from the Catalog (remove from catalog, don't delete from disk).
When you say "no organization", what is the issue? Do you want them in folders on disk or in collections inside LR. LR doesn't care how your images are arranged on disk as long as each file resides in the location it did when imported into LR. You can also select images or groups and move them to new locations inside LR without having to remove and re-import.
DirtFarmer
Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA
LR is good for organization. You only have to learn how to use it. Don't feel bad if you don't grasp it all instantly. It's worth pursuing.
For example you can add keywords to your photos. Later on you can search on keywords and find all the photos appropriate to those keywords.
You can filter the photos by metadata (date, lens, focal length, aperture, camera model, and lots of other things).
You can create collections with a name that tells you what the subject is and you can put all the photos appropriate to that name in that collection.
When you're looking at your library (all your photos) you can sort them in chronological order, imported order, edited order or several other choices.
All that information is contained in the catalog.
If you really want to start over, the easiest way is to start a new catalog (File -> New Catalog). If you don't want to use what you have already done, you can just delete the old catalog. There's no limit to the number of catalogs you can have. You can combine catalogs. You can extract selected photos and put them into a new catalog.
I'd recommend some online tutorials on the LR basics. There are a lot of them. I'm partial to Julianne Kost (
http://tv.adobe.com/show/adobe-evangelists-julieanne-kost/) but there are lots of other good ones out there.
CHG_CANON wrote:
In the Library mode, view the entire catalog. Select all the images and use ALT+Backspace. This will remove all the selected images from the Catalog (remove from catalog, don't delete from disk).
When you say "no organization", what is the issue? Do you want them in folders on disk or in collections inside LR. LR doesn't care how your images are arranged on disk as long as each file resides in the location it did when imported into LR. You can also select images or groups and move them to new locations inside LR without having to remove and re-import.
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Why not delete from the disk?? If he going to restart from scratch. Why not reinsert his card then begin as if this is his first import.
traderjohn wrote:
Why not delete from the disk?? If he going to restart from scratch. Why not reinsert his card then begin as if this is his first import.
You're reading / assuming details not presented by the OP ... More details from the OP would help the discussion, much more than guessing at what they did / didn't say.
start by selecting a single new folder.
" trip to Italy, 2018"
move all relevant pictures carefully to this folder.
start folder #2
"trip to California 2018"
number 3
" Photos from 2017"
etc,etc
a significant benefit of lightroom is the ability to organize your group of photos and putting them where you can find them.
pretty easy to do but i recommend being very careful about moving the photos around initially.. I have temporarily "lost" photos w careless activity here! They are still there but need to be refound.
CHG_CANON wrote:
You're reading / assuming details not presented by the OP ... More details from the OP would help the discussion, much more than guessing at what they did / didn't say.
I'm thinking "start over and remove them from the group" has a different meaning for me. Nothing is lost by deleting them from the disk. Then "start over".
traderjohn wrote:
I'm thinking "start over and remove them from the group" has a different meaning for me. Nothing is lost by deleting them from the disk. Then "start over".
Only if you still have them stored elsewhere. Otherwise deleting them from the disk means deleting them from the disk and losing them forever!
DirtFarmer
Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA
While I recommend storing photos in folders with titles indicating the subject, Lightroom doesn't care where the folders are stored. You can organize them within LR even if they're randomly scattered throughout your disk.
Having said that, there is value to folders with titles. It allows people to find your photos by subject without knowing how to use LR. My family photos may be of interest to my family when I kick off, but there is nobody in my family who knows how to use LR.
charlienow wrote:
I am new to light room classic cc. i have imported a bunch of photos and there is no organization to them. I want to start over and i can't seem to figure out how to remove all photos from lr as a group.
can they be removed as a group and if so how?
thanks for any help
As noted by others, deleting your photos from the catalogue does not delete them from your hard disk. The catalogue is just a data base of where your photos are located. Before importing them again into the catalogue, you'd be better off to organize them into folders on your hard disk. I use a format of "yyyy mo - text description" for folder names. On Import, you can assign tags and other identifiers to help find the photos later on.
You could also create a new Catalogue with a different name and import your folders into that, and if you like the results, just delete the old catalogue. Your original photos will not be affected.
DirtFarmer wrote:
LR is good for organization. You only have to learn how to use it. Don't feel bad if you don't grasp it all instantly. It's worth pursuing.
For example you can add keywords to your photos. Later on you can search on keywords and find all the photos appropriate to those keywords.
You can filter the photos by metadata (date, lens, focal length, aperture, camera model, and lots of other things).
You can create collections with a name that tells you what the subject is and you can put all the photos appropriate to that name in that collection.
When you're looking at your library (all your photos) you can sort them in chronological order, imported order, edited order or several other choices.
All that information is contained in the catalog.
If you really want to start over, the easiest way is to start a new catalog (File -> New Catalog). If you don't want to use what you have already done, you can just delete the old catalog. There's no limit to the number of catalogs you can have. You can combine catalogs. You can extract selected photos and put them into a new catalog.
I'd recommend some online tutorials on the LR basics. There are a lot of them. I'm partial to Julianne Kost (
http://tv.adobe.com/show/adobe-evangelists-julieanne-kost/) but there are lots of other good ones out there.
LR is good for organization. You only have to lear... (
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Also visit Julieanne's personal site,
http://www.jkost.com, as well. I've seen her live, several times. She is a wonderful trainer.
dsmeltz wrote:
Only if you still have them stored elsewhere. Otherwise deleting them from the disk means deleting them from the disk and losing them forever!
You are right. He wants "to start over" all of his pictures are still on the card.
traderjohn wrote:
You are right. He wants "to start over" all of his pictures are still on the card.
Why do you keep assuming there's a card involved? Why do you keep assuming these are copies of images rather than the originals?
Or, are you physically there and should be working directly with OP with all your detailed knowledge of the situation including all the details unsaid by the OP?
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