Friday, February 21, 2025

Why you should put a few more words into your Lightroom Classic Folder Names

 

Are you lost in your Lightroom Classic catalog of images sometimes? Can't find the folder much less the image you are looking for? It may be because you aren't adding enough data to the database (called the catalog) to assist you.

The Import process and the Folders Panel both give you a lot of options but you have to flesh out the data sometimes.

Look above to see a screenshot of part of my Folders Panel. You will see a nicely arranged chronological setup but also like to add descriptions to the dated folders.

Don't be too verbose or the name will truncate with the ... So, anything longer than 3 words or so is wasted. You can see that I can scan and find the Birdhouses pretty quick!

To edit a folder:

    Right Click* on the folder and choose "Rename..." from the contextual menu that appears. Click and type to add your new name.

    Click Save

 

*Some  Mac users will use Control key and  Click to get the contextual menu.



 

 

 

New Work 2025 Jan and Feb

New Work 2025 Jan and Feb

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Steve Gandy
P h o t o g r a p h y

 SteveGandy.com/photography


 

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Friday, October 30, 2020

Saturday, May 12, 2018

Still Confused about which Lightroom to buy?

See the graphic below that I received from Adobe's marketing arm. I add some boxes and text to help explain. I think the problem stems from the poor name choices. But they are also confusing the issue with graphics like these. In point, note how the same application is shown differently on both sides:

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC is the same as Lightroom CC. Whew, it gives me a headache everytime I see this stuff from Adobe.

Note: Now Lightroom CC is just Lightroom. Lightroom Classic CC is now Lightroom Classic.


Monday, April 9, 2018

Finding Lost Folders or Images in Lightroom

Finding Lost Folders or Images in Lightroom

The issue is that the files are now on a different disk or have been moved on the original disk. So, Lightroom is confused about the “path” to those images.

  • On the top most folder that is showing the ? mark icon, do a RIGHT CLICK.
  • Choose Find Missing Folder
  • Navigate to the folder wherever it is and choose it. 
  • Lightroom will do the rest. It will update its database for all the images.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rodxD9-j8rQ



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