Thank you for this excellent video! Your teaching is easy to understand...even for this 68-year-old! I will incorporate what I've learned going forward, and over time, redo the thousands of pictures that were store improperly! Thanks again!
Finally understood the the difference between "folders" and "collections". Just getting started with Lightroom. This was a very comprehensive overview!
What a fantastic video I thoroughly enjoyed watching and will use it for referral purposes when I need to refresh my memory. I hope you continue producing videos. You are a terrific presenter and great enunciation Forest. Top video.
overwhelmed with a few thousand photos scanned from my late mom's albums that span a few decades, i came across this video while researcing how to make sense of them all and organize them in a way to share with the rest of my family - thanking the heavens that this video now gives me great hope i'll actually get this task completed efficiently.. cheers for the inspirational content!
You talked about GPS. This is very powerful and I use it a lot. Phone images are tagged unless you turn it off. Some cameras have the ability for GPS but usually by some external means. As a tip, Google Maps will take either Degrees/minutes/seconds or Decimal Degrees. Lightroom will also take either format and convert. So use Google Maps, click on a location to get the coordinates and past in either format into LR Maps. If you drag an image in LR to LR Maps, it will be tagged with that GPS coordinate. If you have a group of images with coordinates, it gets messy trying to 'unstack' the coordinates, but it can be done. Would love to see a full video on the subject.
Forest, You have a wonderful talent for instruction. I appreciate your thoughtful and organized approach. My Lightroom catalogs are now indispensable. Lisa
A very clear explanation of folders and what you can and can’t do. Thank you. Very clear - I have been struggling with this as to what folders can do and what catalogues will do.
You brought my organisation level to over 9000. Never really cared about lightroom organisation. Made a new folder for every single project and so on. switched to a year-folder for everything 2022 is happening and thats nice. but now i really know how to organize the pictures in LR and of course also on my external ssd. Great video and thank you very much
This was a fantastic video! I recently downloaded Lightroom and was looking for a concise explanation of organizing my photos. This was exactly what I needed.
Thanks. Just adding that keyword search is not case sensitive. They are great and you can use dynamic smart collections that use them plus other attributes with Boolean logic. you can also rename or delete keywords if needed.
I recently indexed thousands of photos into Lightroom Classic and was seeking some guidance of where to start in organizing them. This was very helpful and I took notes! Thank you for taking the time to explain the five points so effectively.
There are a lot of folks out there trying to tell people how to organize files in LRC who don't understand database construction. This guy gets it! Well done. The only thing I might add is that keywords could be standardized and organized in an excel sheet and imported for use in LRC. I previously made the mistake of making up KW's on the fly in LRC and things quickly spiraled out of control. Best to be deliberate and carefully think through KW structure in advance IMHO. Fantastic job and thanks for this video!
I've watched a bunch of videos on photo organization. This is the way I would like to do it! Lightroom Classic seems to be the best balance between professional product and accessibility
Great video! You are good methodician! I've learnt in one video, what I'm strugling with, started using Lightroom...I thought it was going to take several videos to understand organizing..thanks
Amazing video on lightroom organizing...I have been using lightroom for years, but had a real mental block when it comes to organizing...I found this unbelievably helpful! Thank you much!!! Look forward to other videos and am very interested in the mapping functionality you briefly touched on.
I just subscribed to Lightroom Classic and was at first overwhelmed with organization. I am very happy I found your video. You made something that was potentially very confusing into a simple explanation of how to go about organizing. Thanks very much!!
Wow this is so helpful. I have been using Collections as folders…desperate to get organised but I have some on external HD and some internal..grrr..Thanks!
Once again, an excellent tutorial video! The best bit for me? "Collections are like Spotify playlists" - that makes things so much clearer for me. Now I need to find some videos on the interchange between LR and Photoshop. Cheers!
Really useful. Havent started using lightroom yet for my thousands of now adult kids’ photos but your video has simplified the concept for me and makes sense and ill ask hubby to add lightroom to my laptop. I also need help with my thousands of hours of kids’ videos to make compilations, nothing fancy. No idea which is the best and easiest video editing program for me to use.
Thank you! Glad to enjoyed it. As for video editing, I would look into Adobe Premiere Pro. It's fairly simple to use once you get the basics down and super affordable at only $10/month.
@@forestchaput Thanks for the advice, but i think here in spain it's much more expensive (and taking into account that we make less than half of what an american makes in salary...). I wonder if my husbannd's creative cloud account includes premiere pro....ill ask him.
Thank you! Super clear to understand, especially as I'm new to Lightroom. ow I know why I couldn't find some of my photos. Move within Lightroom, NOT windows, simple
By far the best and easiest to understand video on this subject. Thank you for making something that was very daunting to me look easy to understand and do! Best wishes from a sunny Scotland, UK.
I've subscribed! Your delivery is great, I'm hearing impaired and didn't have to go back, what did he say!? people ask me, does that mean I'm a big mouth, yes, in the best possible way. I look forward to learning from you.
Wow! I'm relatively new to Lightroom and this was by far the best all around organizational description I have found, and I've been looking for months. Liked and subscribed. Really helpful content. Thank You.
Thank you so much - Excellent presentation validating my approach to organization, but also provided tips that I am not currently using to enable more reliable searches and reduction of duplicate photos! I am wondering if you have presentations on the management of the LrC catalogue location and maintenance of same? Thanks again - John
Great Concise Video! QUESTION: How do I get LRC to organize my photos on the HARD DRIVE into sub folders by date. They are all just lumped together in 1 folder. THANKS!
Well done video! This is an extremely helpful video on how to organize your photos in Lightroom. I struggled with organizing my photos. This video has giving me tips to make things work in my favor going forward.
Thank you very much for this video - I have been struggling thinking that I had to label the photos with all of those attributes/ names etc! Just too much! Now totally makes sense. I would be very interested in further expanding the locations discussion, and including in the GPS etc. by this time you may have already done this video, so I will go looking ...
Excellent tutorial. Love the organization into chapters with summary of each and the quick links. I like your practical workflow and organization better than Scott Kelby's.
Newbie question. When do YOU decide to delete "unwanted" images after shooting? Like the image of your foot that was accidently taken or if you took 10 shots of the same thing and you uploaded all 10 to lightroom and then decided the best one to develop and edit. What, how and when do YOU decide to delete the extraneous, unneeded, unwanted yet uploaded images?
I have never understood Lightroom's organization tools and was afraid to try them for fear of screwing up my file structure. Now thanks to this super clear explanation I see that this is really the only way to do this. Now I feel more confident about "living" inside Lightroom. Awesome video! Thank you.
Thnx! That’s very helpful. I just installed Lightroom, so I have to figure everything out from scratch. I really like the keyword function. Now I have to take my time to reorganize my whole harddrive first 😃
Very interesting teaching I am a beginner for Lightroom Classic would you please indicate me when you want to select and drop in folder what shortcut do I have to use.
This was a great video. Perhaps you can clarify further.....I am at the beginning phase of deciding whether to use Lightroom or Photoshop. I find that Lightroom is confusing with all the collections etc. whereas Photoshop does not have all that (from what I've gathered). I am starting a food blog and so my photos will be only of food. Of course these photos will be on my hard drive but I don't see the utility to have them in collections etc....Could you comment on that?
Hi, thanks for the video. If after culling etc you choose to upload to two external drives so you have a back up and then subsequently edit an image after storing on the two drives, and you retrieve it from say drive 1, does the edited version update on drive 1, or update on 1 and 2. Or do you just end up with the original and edited copy on both? Hopefully that makes sense.
On our trip from MN to chicago to joplin MO then back home to MN. Route 66. should rgese be in a collection or a date with a word with each stop etc. How should these be sorted. Thanks
I would like more info on the Lightroom classic 5 ways to organize your images great video , I think the collections and location ones would be best for me and ??? I don't touch lightroom because I'm too scared where my photos go and then I end up with the mess I already have in photoshop as I hadn't a clue what I was doing back when I first started ..thankyou for this Video very helpful
Great video! this was a subject I didn't want to tackle, and thanks to this video, it all makes sense :) Q: Will the keywords and metadata transfer with the photo when it is outside of Lightroom? Q: What happens to the folders and the photos if I no longer have Lightroom? Do they disappear? Thank yo so much!
What tool(s) do you use for organization in Lightroom Classic?
Thank you for sharing such a well-explained, concise explanation of these tools. I can use these to help me find my brain's best process.
YES, PLEASE CONTINUE MAKING THESE FANTASTIC VIDEOS! Your teaching is extremely clear and concise!
Thank you! Will do!
I finally get it! You explained the organization in Lightroom in a way that I can understand. You’re a good teacher! Thanks
So happy it clicked!
This is the best Lightroom Organizing tutorial I've come across. Thank-you so much.
Wow thank you!
Thank you for this excellent video! Your teaching is easy to understand...even for this 68-year-old! I will incorporate what I've learned going forward, and over time, redo the thousands of pictures that were store improperly! Thanks again!
Awesome! That is so great to hear Susan! Thank you for watching!
Finally understood the the difference between "folders" and "collections". Just getting started with Lightroom. This was a very comprehensive overview!
Glad to hear it!
Just finished watching 5 videos about organizing in Lightroom. This is the first one that made sense! Thanks so much.
I’ve watched way too many other videos on this subject…..you made it the easiest and made the most sense. Thanks VERY much
You're VERY welcome!
What a fantastic video I thoroughly enjoyed watching and will use it for referral purposes when I need to refresh my memory. I hope you continue producing videos. You are a terrific presenter and great enunciation Forest. Top video.
Thank you for the kind words! I appreciate it.
overwhelmed with a few thousand photos scanned from my late mom's albums that span a few decades, i came across this video while researcing how to make sense of them all and organize them in a way to share with the rest of my family - thanking the heavens that this video now gives me great hope i'll actually get this task completed efficiently.. cheers for the inspirational content!
Awesome! I’m so glad I could help 😀
You talked about GPS. This is very powerful and I use it a lot. Phone images are tagged unless you turn it off. Some cameras have the ability for GPS but usually by some external means. As a tip, Google Maps will take either Degrees/minutes/seconds or Decimal Degrees. Lightroom will also take either format and convert. So use Google Maps, click on a location to get the coordinates and past in either format into LR Maps. If you drag an image in LR to LR Maps, it will be tagged with that GPS coordinate. If you have a group of images with coordinates, it gets messy trying to 'unstack' the coordinates, but it can be done. Would love to see a full video on the subject.
Roger that!
Forest,
You have a wonderful talent for instruction. I appreciate your thoughtful and organized approach. My Lightroom catalogs are now indispensable.
Lisa
A very clear explanation of folders and what you can and can’t do. Thank you. Very clear - I have been struggling with this as to what folders can do and what catalogues will do.
You're very welcome!
You brought my organisation level to over 9000. Never really cared about lightroom organisation. Made a new folder for every single project and so on. switched to a year-folder for everything 2022 is happening and thats nice. but now i really know how to organize the pictures in LR and of course also on my external ssd. Great video and thank you very much
Wow that is outstanding! Great job!
This was a fantastic video! I recently downloaded Lightroom and was looking for a concise explanation of organizing my photos. This was exactly what I needed.
Glad to hear it.
Thanks. Just adding that keyword search is not case sensitive. They are great and you can use dynamic smart collections that use them plus other attributes with Boolean logic. you can also rename or delete keywords if needed.
I watched so many videos on organizing in lightroom and yours is by far the most clear and easy way! Thanks so much!
Great to hear!
Excellent teaching style. Clear, concise, friendly, engaging. Thanks!
Appreciate it! Thank you for watching!
Thanks!
Thank you!!!
Fabulous communication skills - you do not miss a beat and it was very clear. Many thanks - great work.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I recently indexed thousands of photos into Lightroom Classic and was seeking some guidance of where to start in organizing them. This was very helpful and I took notes! Thank you for taking the time to explain the five points so effectively.
Glad it was helpful!
There are a lot of folks out there trying to tell people how to organize files in LRC who don't understand database construction. This guy gets it! Well done. The only thing I might add is that keywords could be standardized and organized in an excel sheet and imported for use in LRC. I previously made the mistake of making up KW's on the fly in LRC and things quickly spiraled out of control. Best to be deliberate and carefully think through KW structure in advance IMHO. Fantastic job and thanks for this video!
Thank you! That’s a great point for advanced keyword users!
I discovered your channel tonight. Fantastic. I'm a new subscriber. Your a very good teacher. Thanks.
Thanks for subbing we really appreciate it!
the BEST LR tut vid ive watched so far (and ive watched MANY). looking forward to seeing what else u've posted TY!!
Wow, thanks!
Definitely would be interested in a video on the map module!
Awesome. I will add it to the list!
Thanks for clarifying so many details that were colored "grey' for me. I would love to see more videos in greater depth on using collections.
Noted!
I've watched a bunch of videos on photo organization. This is the way I would like to do it! Lightroom Classic seems to be the best balance between professional product and accessibility
Great video! You are good methodician! I've learnt in one video, what I'm strugling with, started using Lightroom...I thought it was going to take several videos to understand organizing..thanks
You’re welcome!
hey, great video, would be great if you zoomed in more on the lightroom menu's. Found it quite hard to see what you were clicking on.
Wow, this is the best of tutorials I have been looking for, thanks for sharing!!!
It's the first time I see your videos... and I loved this one, I hope to continue seeing you.. 🙂
Amazing video on lightroom organizing...I have been using lightroom for years, but had a real mental block when it comes to organizing...I found this unbelievably helpful! Thank you much!!! Look forward to other videos and am very interested in the mapping functionality you briefly touched on.
you were so clear. finally, I know the difference between folders and collections. now im gonna look for how best to import
Great video, the simplest I've ever seen it :)
I just subscribed to Lightroom Classic and was at first overwhelmed with organization. I am very happy I found your video. You made something that was potentially very confusing into a simple explanation of how to go about organizing. Thanks very much!!
Glad it was helpful!
i bought a Crehana online course and it was so confusing. You made much easier to understand. thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. You just made my life a whole lot easier.
Glad I could help!
Great information! Thanks for posting! Total LRC Rookie here and learning quickly! :)
so glad to help!
Wow this video cleared up so much for me as a new user of Lightroom and got you a new scriber. Thanks for the video.
You're welcome!
Very nicely done. You are very clear and knowledgeable
Thank you!
Yes, please would like to see more on collections, the maps with metadata as well. I am originally from Missoula now in Boise, ID
Awesome! I'll add it to the list!
THANK YOU 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Definitely continue these videos as you are really good at it 😊
Thank you, I will
Thank you! Direct and simple. Keep up your excellent tutorials.
Very eye opening for this newbie. Thanks!
Glad to hear it!
Thanks really useful summary- esp collections as playlist! Finally get it !!
Wow this is so helpful. I have been using Collections as folders…desperate to get organised but I have some on external HD and some internal..grrr..Thanks!
All these years of using lightroom, I'm still learning. Thanks!
You’re welcome!
Once again, an excellent tutorial video! The best bit for me? "Collections are like Spotify playlists" - that makes things so much clearer for me. Now I need to find some videos on the interchange between LR and Photoshop. Cheers!
Glad to hear it!
Totally agree with the Spotify analogy!! Thank you RMSP!!
very well done! thank you for the effort and the sharing. thumbs up.
Many thanks!
Best video I have ever watched. More info about locations without gps pls. Thanks
Awesome! Thank you.
THANK YOU for the organized, simple explanations. There are so many confusing videos out there on this subject; yours is one of the best. Grateful!!
Thank you!
I like your clear explanation. I’d like to see how you use maps. I want to tag locations but my cameras don’t have GPS.
Great easy to follow tutorial !!
great video, super useful and short! watched before even starting LR !
Great to hear!
Really useful. Havent started using lightroom yet for my thousands of now adult kids’ photos but your video has simplified the concept for me and makes sense and ill ask hubby to add lightroom to my laptop. I also need help with my thousands of hours of kids’ videos to make compilations, nothing fancy. No idea which is the best and easiest video editing program for me to use.
Thank you! Glad to enjoyed it.
As for video editing, I would look into Adobe Premiere Pro. It's fairly simple to use once you get the basics down and super affordable at only $10/month.
@@forestchaput Thanks for the advice, but i think here in spain it's much more expensive (and taking into account that we make less than half of what an american makes in salary...). I wonder if my husbannd's creative cloud account includes premiere pro....ill ask him.
Clear information and good demonstrations!
Thanks so much!
Very clear, very well done! Thank you so much
You're very welcome!
Great video, very informative and concise. I loved that you referenced the keyboard shortcuts as you were doing things. Thanks!
Great info, understandable and very useful. Thanks
Very informative and excellent presentation! Thanks!
Great info! Just updated to Lightroom Classic and needed help with organizing files..thanks!
Glad it helped!
Thank you! Super clear to understand, especially as I'm new to Lightroom. ow I know why I couldn't find some of my photos. Move within Lightroom, NOT windows, simple
Yes! Always glad to help out!
Great video! Clear, easy to understand, and follow. Thanks so mcuh.
Glad it was helpful!
Outstanding tutorial! I've watched many videos on organizing Lightroom and this one was the best by far.
Wow, thanks!
By far the best and easiest to understand video on this subject. Thank you for making something that was very daunting to me look easy to understand and do!
Best wishes from a sunny Scotland, UK.
You're very welcome!
Fantastic! Very well explained!!…..Subscribed!!!
Awesome, thank you!
Damn, you are a good teacher Forrest.
I've subscribed! Your delivery is great, I'm hearing impaired and didn't have to go back, what did he say!? people ask me, does that mean I'm a big mouth, yes, in the best possible way. I look forward to learning from you.
Thanks for the sub!
yes please... would like info on: 1- the map module 2- more details on organization.
Wow! I'm relatively new to Lightroom and this was by far the best all around organizational description I have found, and I've been looking for months. Liked and subscribed. Really helpful content. Thank You.
Glad it was helpful!
best video to organisation of Lightroom! Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much - Excellent presentation validating my approach to organization, but also provided tips that I am not currently using to enable more reliable searches and reduction of duplicate photos! I am wondering if you have presentations on the management of the LrC catalogue location and maintenance of same? Thanks again - John
why i didn't see your video along time ago?! perfect video and i loved how you made it easily understandable
Thanks!
Very Good Explanation! Thank You
Glad it was helpful!
Great Concise Video! QUESTION: How do I get LRC to organize my photos on the HARD DRIVE into sub folders by date. They are all just lumped together in 1 folder. THANKS!
fantastically thorough video with well thought out advice for organization. Definitely what I was looking for.
Glad to hear it!
Well done video! This is an extremely helpful video on how to organize your photos in Lightroom. I struggled with organizing my photos. This video has giving me tips to make things work in my favor going forward.
Glad to hear it!
Just found your video. Well done and appreciated.
Thank you kindly!
Thank you very much for this video - I have been struggling thinking that I had to label the photos with all of those attributes/ names etc! Just too much! Now totally makes sense. I would be very interested in further expanding the locations discussion, and including in the GPS etc. by this time you may have already done this video, so I will go looking ...
I have not done that video yet, but it's on the list. Thanks!
Good job explaining LR!
Love your video. Very helpful. Would love to see more on the map module.
More to come!
This is a fantastic video, thank you!
You're very welcome!
Excellent tutorial. Love the organization into chapters with summary of each and the quick links. I like your practical workflow and organization better than Scott Kelby's.
Thank you so much!
Very clear and well explained. Please make a video on geo-location.
Will do!
congratulation , excellent material
Newbie question. When do YOU decide to delete "unwanted" images after shooting? Like the image of your foot that was accidently taken or if you took 10 shots of the same thing and you uploaded all 10 to lightroom and then decided the best one to develop and edit. What, how and when do YOU decide to delete the extraneous, unneeded, unwanted yet uploaded images?
I have never understood Lightroom's organization tools and was afraid to try them for fear of screwing up my file structure. Now thanks to this super clear explanation I see that this is really the only way to do this. Now I feel more confident about "living" inside Lightroom. Awesome video! Thank you.
You’re welcome!
Thnx! That’s very helpful. I just installed Lightroom, so I have to figure everything out from scratch. I really like the keyword function. Now I have to take my time to reorganize my whole harddrive first 😃
Glad it helped!
thanks so much for explaining it all in a way one can actually understand. This was very informative and clear!
Glad it was helpful!
thank you so much very helpful to me all the best and happy christmas from trev in sussex uk
Happy holidays!
Very interesting teaching I am a beginner for Lightroom Classic would you please indicate me when
you want to select and drop in folder what shortcut do I have to use.
You explain things really well. Thank you!
You're very welcome!
This was a great video. Perhaps you can clarify further.....I am at the beginning phase of deciding whether to use Lightroom or Photoshop. I find that Lightroom is confusing with all the collections etc. whereas Photoshop does not have all that (from what I've gathered). I am starting a food blog and so my photos will be only of food. Of course these photos will be on my hard drive but I don't see the utility to have them in collections etc....Could you comment on that?
thank you for all the great info !
You bet!
Hi, thanks for the video. If after culling etc you choose to upload to two external drives so you have a back up and then subsequently edit an image after storing on the two drives, and you retrieve it from say drive 1, does the edited version update on drive 1, or update on 1 and 2. Or do you just end up with the original and edited copy on both? Hopefully that makes sense.
Great video would love to see more on organising images.
More to come!
On our trip from MN to chicago to joplin MO then back home to MN. Route 66. should rgese be in a collection or a date with a word with each stop etc. How should these be sorted. Thanks
Soooo helpful. Thanks you very much
I would like more info on the Lightroom classic 5 ways to organize your images great video , I think the collections and location ones would be best for me and ??? I don't touch lightroom because I'm too scared where my photos go and then I end up with the mess I already have in photoshop as I hadn't a clue what I was doing back when I first started ..thankyou for this Video very helpful
Glad it was helpful!
Great video! this was a subject I didn't want to tackle, and thanks to this video, it all makes sense :)
Q: Will the keywords and metadata transfer with the photo when it is outside of Lightroom?
Q: What happens to the folders and the photos if I no longer have Lightroom? Do they disappear?
Thank yo so much!