Recreate Lightroom Folder/Albums as Collection Sets/Collections in Lightroom

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
October 6, 2024
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I created folders and albums in LR and now have started using LRC, but Lrc doesn't automatically create the same structure as Collection Sets/Collections. It'll be very annoying if I have to do it manually as as far as I can see Collection Sets = Folders and Collections = Albums. Shouldn't be rocket science.... At the moment, every single folder from Lightroom (cloud) is just listed in a single list under "From Lightroom"... great, thanks!

Also would be good if this was automatically maintained when I sync the two, if it doesn't already.

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colinf11252574

Known Participant

I have this same issue. But with Mac instead of Windows.

It isn’t surprising that the same issue is on Mac as it is a syncing issue.

I too started Lightroom life with LRC but then decided I’d like to have my images on all devices, so migrated to LR (Lightroom Desktop or Lightroom CC - whatever the correct name is now). Everything was good for awhile, but I missed the MAP module.

So I thought to myself, if I just open LRC and allow LR to sync back, I should see all my folders and albums on LRC within the LR Mobile Collection Set, and see my folders as subordinate collection sets, and my albums as collections. But no. All I see is a list of my Albums as Collections. All the hierarchy I created in LR is all gone in LRC.

This is a current issue and needs to be solved, so those of us that want to use both LR and LRC can do so seamlessly.

Obviously this was raised a year ago, and it is still the issue still exists.

Please LR Developers look into this for us...

GoldingD

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Never been involved with that. But using google yields:

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michael_4143Author

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Thanks, but I really do not understand why Collection Sets are not equivalent to Folders, and Collections are not equivalent to Albums. To me, it's a no-brainer as everything is just an indexing of the files on the storage media. That way I can use the same structure between Lr and LrC.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

Thanks, but I really do not understand why Collection Sets are not equivalent to Folders, and Collections are not equivalent to Albums. To me, it's a no-brainer as everything is just an indexing of the files on the storage media. That way I can use the same structure between Lr and LrC.

By @michael_4143

They are the equivalent. It's just that while collections do sync with albums, collection sets do not sync with folders. Don't ask me why. You can use the same structure (I do), but you will have to manage collection sets / folders manually at both ends.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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