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actuglp
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April 25, 2022
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P: Disable Auto Advance while tethered

  • April 25, 2022
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Hello,
I'm using Auto Import on Adobe Lightroom Classic.
When a photo is imported, it is automatically selected. Even though I'm processing the previous photo, which cuts me off in my work on the photo.

Is it possible to configure automatic import so that the treatment photo selection does not change automatically on the last imported photo?

Thank you for your help

 

PS: I use Adobe Lightroom Classic 11.3.1 and macOS 12.3.1

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    actuglpAuthor
    Participant
    October 20, 2022

    Hello,
    it's perfect, it works with the update!
    THANK YOU !!!

    Rikk Flohr_Photography
    Community Manager
    Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    October 20, 2022

    Released in 12.0

    Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
    johnrellis
    johnrellis
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    October 20, 2022

    @Rikk Flohr: Photography, please mark this Idea as implemented.

    johnrellis
    johnrellis
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    October 20, 2022

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    LR 12.0 finally implemented an option to disable Auto Advance with Auto Import:

     

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      Courtney_ICS
      Participant
      June 27, 2022

      Hello,

       

      We are shooting and editing at the same time using Camranger 2. We are shooting in JPG and using the auto import to get them into lightroom Classic on a Mac.

      When the new photos are coming in, it automatically shows the imported images unless you have multiple images selected. Is there any way to not have it go to the new images? It makes it very difficult to edit when the photos are constantly moving off the ones you are trying to edit!

       

      Thank you in advance!

       

      johnrellis
      johnrellis
      Legend
      June 30, 2022

      This is a longstanding misfeature of LR that Adobe has never bothered to address.  See this post for a clumsy workaround:

      https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/p-disable-auto-advance-while-tethered/idc-p/12930073#M15309

      johnrellis
      johnrellis
      Legend
      June 30, 2022

      Moderators, @Rikk Flohr: Photography, please merge with this existing Idea:

      https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/p-disable-auto-advance-while-tethered/idi-p/12902002

      fafor
      fafor
      Known Participant
      May 8, 2022

      Hi,

      I have got a sony camera and I use imaging edge remote app on mac OS. Folders are set correctly and everything works, except for one little thing.

      As I take photos, the new ones are being imported to an existing folder and whatever I am doing with a different photo, when a new one is imported the selection of the photo switches to the new one. This is sometimes desirable but sometimes not.

      As I will be taking photos I need another person at the same time to use the computer and select and rank the photos that I take. If with every new photo lightroom will deselect current picture and select and jump to a new one this will be much harder. Is there a way to avoid this?

      Cheers : )

      johnrellis
      johnrellis
      Legend
      May 8, 2022

      You'll need to use this workaround:

       

      1. Uncheck the option Preferences > Select The Current/Previous Import Collection During Import. 

       

      2. When you want to work on a photo, add it to the Quick Collection or another collection and work on it from there.

       

      There's been a longstanding feature request from many years ago to add an option to correct this. But the feature request didn't get copied to the new forums, so all the votes for it were lost.

      johnrellis
      johnrellis
      Legend
      May 8, 2022

      Moderators, @Rikk Flohr: Photography, please merge with the existing Idea:

      https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/p-disable-auto-advance-while-tethered/idi-p/12902002

      Bob Somrak
      Bob Somrak
      Legend
      April 25, 2022

      In LrC preferences UNCHECK "Select the Current/Previous ........." and it will do what you want.  You might have to restart LrC to make the setting work.

       

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      actuglpAuthor
      Participant
      April 26, 2022

      Hello,
      thank you for your reply.
      I just tried but no difference.
      I'm developing on a photo, cropping, and when the 2nd photo arrives in automatic import, the selection automatically switches to this new photo, I don't stay on the image I'm working on.
      Thank you !

      Bob Somrak
      Bob Somrak
      Legend
      April 26, 2022

      I just tried this and if you are editing a photo in the designated Auto Import folder than the image in Develop changes to the new photo but if you are editing an image in a different folder than the image in Develop does not change.  Not sure if this is a bug or as designed. @Rikk Flohr: Photography ,  do you know if this is as designed?

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