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February 20, 2022
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P: Automatically add Lightroom Classic exported files into a collection.

  • February 20, 2022
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In Lightroom Classic, when I export a file as a jpg I choose where the jpg file gets saved. What I would like to be able to do is to have LrC import the new jpeg files into a single collection of my choice after it creates the jpegs.

 

Example of how this is useful: I have a collection of RAW files that reside in multiple different folders in the Library but in a single collection. I plan to export this collection of these RAW files into jpeg files. I will save the individual jpegs back into the original folders where their respective RAW files were stored. However, I want to add (import) the new, exported jpegs into a single new or existing collection together. This would be a function that parallels the import function that allows you to not only import files into the Library but also add them together into a Collection. If this ability could exist when exporting it would save considerable time since the new jpegs were added back into their original folders which will require searching for them and manually adding them into a collection (even a “Target” collection).

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DdeGannes
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 22, 2022

I agree this would be a useful feature.

 

Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.3; PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
Bob Somrak
Legend
February 20, 2022

I don't think you can do this automatically but when you do an Export and use "Add to This Catalog" a special "Temporary" collection is created or replaced by a new Export called "Added by Previous Export".   Immediately after the export is DONE select all the files in this collection and drag them to the collection of your choice.

 

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