Top 4 Importing Tips for Adobe Lightroom Classic
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ม.ค. 2022
- Importing images in Adobe Lightroom Classic can be a bit intimidating due to all of the options, and in certain situations, how those options can impact the speed of your import.
Regardless if you are new to Lightroom Classic, or a season veteran, there is bound to be something in this video for you!
Please like this video, subscribe to the channel, and share with friends. Also, please share you import secrets in the comment section!
You had me at “importing can be intimidating.” Now I know the process can be simplified by just plugging camera or card reader directly into my computer. Thank you! Now I’m excited to learn more.
Glad to help!
for those who are still around, its never *NEVER NEVER* recommended to edit and import files directly from the storage that holds the original source of pictures. You ALWAYS wanna copy that folder to your computer somewhere, and then import from copied folder. The reason you want to do this is in case there happens to be a corruption that happens while editing. There are countless stories online of people who their computer just cuts out, or lightroom just stops working, or your storage happens to fail mid-session and then poof theyre gone. Always wanna backup your files somewhere before you begin importing and editing .
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Thanks for those clear and sensible tips; appreciate your tutorial!
You are very welcome.
Great video, very useful and straight forward! Greetings from Athens, Greece!
Thank you!
thank you for the detailed guide, it helped me install this soft
You're welcome!
Great video with info answering questions I didn’t even know I had! - Perhaps an extension topic for another video, but I am lost when it comes to the Lightroom Classic Catalogs. Naming them, finding them, and when Adobe updates, why it tells me it moves everything for me and then I’m lost again.
Thank you for all your help and patience!
I see a "all things catalog" in your future Lynzie!
thanks ! truly appreciated your suggestions
Thank you for watching. New/More Lightroom stuff on the way!
OMG THANKS SO SO MUCH THIS HELPED!!!
Glad it helped!
I think this helps in the reduced time concept. I import ALL pictures to a file name NEW. This way I can get the long-running part out of the way. I then come back within Lightroom and move from NEW to the correct folder, I can add Keywords if I want for the group of files I am moving. Repeat until NEW is empty.
When I load to Lightroom it may be from multiple days. I also tend to mix family pictures with landscapes and wildlife. Because I have multiple subject areas, moving from within Lightroom is easier for me.
Thank for watching.
Omg thanks very much ! ✨
You're welcome!
you are the best dude
You are welcome! Thank you for watching.
Thanks for the tutorial M.D. Out of curiosity, do you have a strategy for what drives to uses and/or an archiving workflow for your imported images and video?
I do, and it is much bigger conversation than a simple reply can get into, BUT. . . I will say that you want to invest in hard drives that are enterprise class/rated drives. They are rated to run for more years, and usually have a longer warranty. And I do want to say that there is a fundamental difference between backing up, and archiving work, but that is for another video.
@@PhotoKitchen425 Thanks MD, I'll be watching for the info at later date.
That was really helpful. I've been using LR for years and wish I had seen this early on. If you import ALL, will it consume a lot more space? How do you recommend deleting the images you don't want to keep to make sure we get rid of all of the associated data from the catalog?
I rate my images, Zero stars are bad images, 1 are first past and so on. Once I am through the ratings, I select all the zero stars and then delete the images.
Nice tips & tricks🙏
Thank you for the comment and support!
Thanks. Very thorough on this. Wish I could get a pic on my filmstrip into the active window and ten have access to all those tools. I can get a reference pic in, but not by dragging. I sub menu it into reference. Although my screen sez, drag and drop to active window from film strip, it doesn't work.
Thank you for watching.
Excellent video and very clear breakdown and easy to follow advice.
Many thanks, just subscribed 😊
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You will definitely become the top 1 who makes cracks
Thank you for watching.
I am very glad that you save my money
You are welcome! Thank you for watching.
Good tips , one queation I usually apply develop presets depending on the genre I ave been shhoting but they do slow down the import process, I would I bulk apply these after import if I did not do before importing ?
I tell all of my students that you are going to wait for LRC to do things, the question is, when do you want that waiting to happen. If you have a import preset, and when you import you are NOT on a deadline, then run the preset, and the images will import and render faster. You can then apply that preset later, to images that need it, and save time that way. You still have to wait on a bulk apply, but at least you are up and running sooner. BUT . . . if time is not an issue, do all of that work on import, and while it will take longer, you could be walking the dog, doing yoga or catching up on Netflix. You are going to wait, it is just when do you want that waiting to happen.
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Hi and thanks for the info. Wonder if you can advice I had a catalog with images that I did not have the actual physical files but I could open them in Lr c. When update to version 12.5 I lost the images. When I open the same catalog with the new version , any advise how to recover them.?
Look at the filename of one of the images that is missing, inside of LRC, then do a search by that file name on your computer. Hopefully you can find the actual file. Once you have you know where the files are, go to the Folder panel in Library module of LRC, and right click on the folder where those particular images are stored, and select "Find Missing Folder". In the dialog window select the folder where the images are stored and that should find all of the images in that folder. You may find it updates other folders too.
And you "lost" the images in 12.5 because the preview files didn't carry over when you updated the program.
Thanks for the video. I'm a new photographer and have seen a lot of things on purchasing LrC and Photoshop as a package deal. But the only thing I've been seeing are student teacher packages. Is this no longer a thing? Is LrC enough these days? Thanks again.
No you should be able to purchase the LRC/Photoshop package in a non-edu price point. LrC might be enough, depending on your photography.
Very good release
You are welcome! Thank you for watching.
Thanks for these tips. Quick question on file renaming. You say not to to avoid gaps in sequences from thrown out photos. But it's not clear to me how you prevent that by not renaming photos on import. I rename to prepend yyyymmdd_ to the original filename so if any photo gets accidentally moved to another folder, I know where it came from by going to the year/mm folder structure. Just wondering if you could explain what you meant.
Great question. Basically, and I don't go super deep into this concept in the video. I import my images, then I cull/edit them down, so I remove all the out of focus or bad compositions from my work. Now some people choose to never delete, which is fine, but once I do remove bad work, I then rename my images. This way all the bad work is gone, and I don't have gaps when I deliver work to a client. I do use date as part of my file names as well.
I’m so screwed. I’ve been using Lightroom since Lr3. I recently upgraded to LrC subscription.
I’m using a Mac. I have a total inventory of over 17,000 pictures. What I’ve been doing for years is I would download the original files into Finder on my Mac. I would then organize the folder with a unique name in the pictures folder on my Mac.
Right now, if you were to go into the pictures folder in finder, it all looks very organized.
Then, when I was ready to edit in LrC, I would import the folder.
I’m am SO confused as to what I’ve done to myself over the last 11+ years. Things seem to be all over the place. Even though all the Max folders are organized, when I look in Lr library, all the photoshoots seem to be combined at random.
Thankfully, it looks like all of my imported files were “copied” using the regular copy feature.
I have no idea what I’ve done or how to go about fixing it.
I’d be willing to pay you an hourly fee to have a FaceTime or zoom meeting with me to see if you can guide me on the best way to attack this issue.
Your video has helped me on how I will approach things moving forward. But I want to clean up my mess.
Please message me if this is something you can help with.
Sorry for all the trouble. So if you are organized on your computer, you should be OK in LRC. My guess is that you might have used the date function, or maybe moved/copied when you imported.?
Capture One just released new support for DNG a few days after this video was posted, so in general, DNG is still the best archive format imo.
Thanks for watching!
Great tips! I do have a question: Is there anyway to preview EXIF before I import a particular photo?
Not that I know of Adam, at least directly in LRC. Capture One gives you a bit of data, but nothing as in depth as EXIF.
@@PhotoKitchen425 Thanks for the response!
You are very welcome @@advertusmedia
Will copying to Lightroom classic allow me to continue post processing without the card inserted in the reader?
. If I remove the card from the reader, it will tell me “file not found”. Thank you.
I just got the Z9. I never had this issue with my dslr cameras.
So is your intended workflow to leave the images on the memory card? I would strongly recommend against this. I would use the Copy feature of LRC and get the images on an internal hard drive.
Hello, just starting in LRC. Half of my storage on my Mac is photos. I copied my photos library to an external HD. I then tried to import all of the photos and albums that were already created into LRC but even after checking off to include subfolders it says no photos found and there are no photos or albums under the HD on the left side panel. Help please!
OK, I have a few questions. Did you see the photos originally in LRC? Do you have a catalog with those images still in place? You can drag and drop a folder or folder in the Folder Panel in LRC to a new HD if you want.
i have a weird issue where the edits are being saved in the original folder where the image is in. so if i have 2 pictures in a folder on a ssd that i put all folders in just for light room pictures. i also have a separate ssd for the light room catalog. if i start working on the 2 photos and i edit them with light room and Photoshop and other software it saves every edited photo in the same folder that the original is in. so if i edited a photo 3 times i have the original photo with 3 edited photos of the same original. i thought all this info was saved in the catalog, im so confused .
You only really have information saved to a catalog when you work in LIghtroom Classic. If you work outside the program, you may not see the changes, especially if you are using apps other than Adobe.
HELP! I shot a Nikon D5600. I am trying oto import my raw files (NEF files) from my sd card. I choose all my options, once I hit import it sits there as if its loading the photos for a very long time but nothing ever shows up (I chose embedded & sidecar, always have). So because nothing shows up I have to exit out of the top bar where i shows Copy and import and I get a window that pops up and says "Could not copy a file to the destination folder because it is not writeable" then shows the number of my photos. I have no idea why it is doing this. I have not changed anything different then what I have done in the past when importing photos. Help!
Do you see the thumbnails from the SD card load in the import window? If you don't, it is a problem with the card, but if you do, it sounds like where you are copying them too is out of hard drive space.
Um. Can you help me understand what is considered a "long" time to wait for the 1:1 option to load? What constitutes long? What timeframe?
It depends on the speed of the computer components, and the size of the images. Could be a second or two, to 10 seconds or more, but this is usually on much older computers. But for many that are running older computers and get that new 40-60MP sensor, that time can really add up.
can you import to a collection set directly from the card or does it need to be to a folder then take those images to a collection set
You can import directly to a collection, but those images still need a folder location on your computer. Collections are specific to LRC, and are a great way to consolidate images, especially images that are of a similar subject, but taken at different times. The folder structure is how the images are actually stored on the computer.
You can choose to do both at the same time in the import dialogue.
When im in develop section , when hitting zoom in on the photo, it does not show in full resolution, it looks kind of low resolution, any help boss ? Regards
I would use the Navigator Panel, located in the left column, and then zoom into 100%. That is a 1:1 pixel ratio, or what the real quality of the file looks like. You may not be zoomed in enough, or too much. Either way, the Navigator panel will tell you the current magnification.
Hi, quick question if I may
I usually have my camera save both raw and jpeg on the card
But when I import only the raw gets imported. Why would that be?
Thanks
Caula
So first, make sure you know you are shooting JPG and RAW on the camera. Next go into LRC, then go to Preferences, and click on the General tab or button at the top of the screen. In the Import Options section, make sure to check, "Treat JPG files next to RAW photos as separate Photos". I personally think this just add twice as many files to you HD, but that is the work around.
Excellent. I knew there was something. Thank you so much for replying 🥂
The setting only change what you see in the import as I see it? “
…as separate…” gives you the choice to select either or both on import.
That’s great but I don’t see any options files ie desktop,photos etc to import to ? Anyone help? 😮 thanks.
You can import from the left hand column by selecting an location on your computer.
how can i add a single photo to a folder? I already tried right clicking and choosing "import to this folder" but the stupid thing creates a sub folder and puts a single image into the subfolder which is massively annoying. It does that even when create subfolder is unchecked,.
You can just drag the time to the folder panel, to the folder you want. It is very drag and drop friendly.
I want to convert my dng files to the original RAW ( NEF ) files...how ?
You can extract a RAW files from a DNG, but you can't get the original NEF back. I haven't done this before, but a quick google search netted some solid results. Why do you want to go back to NEF?
What about if you already have the pictures on a SSD folder and then you upload it too lightroom can you keep it in the same folder? without creating any duplicates
Yes, you would just use the Add function for importing, not Move or with or the Copy functions. But you will have to leave the drive plugged in to work on the images. Lightroom can handle multiple drives with no problem.
@@PhotoKitchen425 is this the better option?
It really depends @@bigfishstudio2575. If you want to keep the SSD connected all the time, the "Add" function is great. But if that is drive you don't want to keep connected, then I would use "Move" and put the images on your "other" drive. I would then get the images off the SSD so you have only one set to manage.
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Thank you Joe!
why can't I import photos from multiple locations into the same library?
Are they the same photos, or different photos from different locations? Can you see the locations in the import window?
Did you import to you computer or to a hard drive?
I have an external RAID (group of hard drives) that I import to. I don't have any content on my internal computer hard drive other than program files.
I need help and I hope I can explain it right..
I use LRC for a while, but I have the feeling my work flow is messed up.
My photos are everywhere on different hdd.
And I have also had too much photos imported than necessary (raw files which I want to delete)
I bought a NAS recently for backup
But here it is..
I bought also a 8 tb hdd and I want to keep that as my head hdd.
now I am having everything on a external hdd but it's smaller.
What can people tell me.
Just start a new catalog on the 8tb and import everything?
I hope I had explained this right. 😂
Here is my quick answer/question. Do you already have a LRC catalog with all of the files imported on them, regardless of what HD they are stored on? If the answer is yes, you can go to the Folders panel in the Library Module and just drag and drop folders from one HD to the next, no need to create a new catalog and reimport if you have already don all of that work. This is a good topic for a future video, please stay tuned.
Yes on the first question. I have all my photos on a external 4tb drive.. but I might want have it all on the largest one. now I copy past the same what I have on the 4tb to the 8 tb.. I should have done that in LRC itself I quess
If you had everything in the catalog already, yes, you should do it, or have done it in LRC.
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@@PhotoKitchen425 also thank you for the quick response.. I appreciate it
You are very welcome
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So what if none of this works but always did?
I get a bar that looks like it wants to add to the catalog but instead it sits there like a useless modern day worker… and does nada.
Tried off 3 separate external drives and the Mac.. files are Canon Raw and never a prob in A decade
Preview opens it but logic won’t
I need more information. The problem is that LRC locked up on import? Or you can see the images? Have you make sure you have permission for those hard drives to Read/Write?
BEEST!!!
Thank you
Not working..whenever i go to develop page it changes
The Develop Page will change, since it is not designed for organization, you should do you importing from Library.
Pretty cool cheat
Thank you.
This seems more complicated than copying images to your drive first then importing by “adding”. I make a folder structure year/month/sub folder if needed.
There are a few reasons why this is not more complicated. If you have shot over multiple days, Lightroom does all the importing and making of folder automatically, and it reduces any human error on import. But that is small detail, and certainly doesn't sell the idea. The biggest is that when you copy from your camera/card to your computer, then import, you haven't had Lightroom check the images on the initial copy.
The amount of people I have consulted for that have waited a day or two after the initial copy, then imported, only to find that a file/image was corrupted, and they have already formatted their memory cards would shock you.
So this might seem more complicated, but with the auto check feature of images, and auto creation of folders, it is really not.
But it is minor plus.
@@PhotoKitchen425 I didn't know about Lightroom verifying the files, but I do this primarily because I like creating my own file structure. I'm hands on diligent that way. But I could use a suggestion on how to keep my scanning process from getting insane, DNG/ConvertedTIFF/ColorCorrectedTiff/Jpg export gets a little unwieldy...
Glad to help @@Owenwithee , just know that LRC will do all the organizing for you if you want it to. All you need to do is set you date and time correctly on the camera. To your question of exporting, do you use presets when you export?