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Inspiring
August 30, 2012
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P: Import only pictures with "lock" from camera

  • August 30, 2012
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Hi,A tool frequently used by photojournalists is to use the lock to flag pictures for import and filing. This allows you to review and flag on the camera as you are shooting a lot of frames, rather than taking the time to import and review hundreds of pictures while you're on a tight deadline.PhotoMechanic allows the photographer to only import the locked images. Would it be possible for Lightroom to have this feature?From what I understand, all that happens is that the file system flag for "read-only" is set and that is how PM recognizes it. Why can't Lightroom?

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    Kendrick Wong
    Participant
    October 2, 2024

    Its now Oct 2024 and feature is still not avail..Safe to see its not being looked at..lol

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      wpgphotog
      Participant
      October 18, 2021

      I'm in the process of moving my sports photography workflow to an ipad pro. I've always used photo mechanic and am now looking for this solution. Does it still not exist?

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      FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
      Inspiring
      September 7, 2020
      8 years on and this is still something worth having.
      As a photojournalist I have moved away from my Mac PowerBook and am using LR on my mobile or ipad. 
      I have a 2 step process. Import into LR then send to Shuttersnitch which does the rest. LR is best because of the connected/wifi/card reader ease of import. 
      The Protected image import would be a wonderful thing. Would have me stuck on LR and not looking for alternatives.

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      FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
      Inspiring
      February 16, 2020


      I often “lock” images as I’m shooting on my camera as a way to select keepers. I’d like the ability for Lightroom mobile to show which photos are locked on the import screen. This would greatly help with the ability to quickly import locked keepers, edit, and share to social media during events I’m covering for work.
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        DougCoulter
        Known Participant
        January 23, 2020


        Is there no way to select and import ONLY "protected/locked/tagged" pictures in Lightroom? I've been using photomechanic for this purpose, but I'm wanting to move to an ipad based workflow to import selected images on the go, then import all the rest on a laptop at a later time. I'm sure this has been talked about, but I can't find any decent info to go on. Much appreciation for any help.
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          FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
          Inspiring
          December 23, 2019


          Photojournalist often tag/lock photos in camera when on assignment. It would be great if there were a way to import only locked photos into Lightroom natively without the use of buggy third-party plug-ins. Photomechanic has this capability, why doesn't Lightroom?
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            FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
            Inspiring
            December 22, 2019
            This conversation started 7 years ago and Adobe has yet to implement this feature...ridiculous!
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              FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
              Inspiring
              January 24, 2019
              Rob,

              Is your plug-in still available?
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              FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
              Inspiring
              February 15, 2018
              IN BRIGE the option should be implimented 
              SORT > Locked Files
              Adobe please release this simple feature
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              FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
              Inspiring
              November 12, 2016


              Most of the time I know when I shoot the pictures wich picture I want, but by the time I'm going to cull the images I don't know it anymore. If Lightroom would see a locked image (locked in camera) as a picked one. it would speed up my culling process a lot!
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