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NatalieTulip
NatalieTulip
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June 29, 2022
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Drag and drop images from Lightroom library to Indesign

  • June 29, 2022
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Please help! My usual workflow while working in MAC OS was drag and drop JPG images directly from Lightroom library to Indesign document (I am a photographer and make photobooks). After migrating to Win 10 this became no possible. Is this a problem with OS or settings? I can drag and drop only from Explorer.

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Community Expert
LaubenderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 29, 2022

Hi @NatalieTulip ,

installed Lightroom Classic on my Windows 10 machine.

Did a quick test to drag & drop an imported image file to my InDesign document.

No success. The place cursor of InDesign was not populated with the image.

 

FWIW: Could be, that I did something wrong. Did not use Lightroom in years…

 

Please post here, if you find a solution on a Windows machine.

Or if you get a hint if this feature was available in previous versions of Lightroom.

 

Thanks,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

NatalieTulip
NatalieTulipAuthor
Participant
June 30, 2022

Thanks for testing. I think there are not many ways to do it wrong (unless you tried to drag not jpg but some other format).. I don't know for previous versions cause used to do it with no problem in Mac OS. Should it be possible to request the official rep of  Adobe (Lightroom) app?

L
Community Expert
LaubenderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 30, 2022

Hi @NatalieTulip ,

my tests were done with JPEG images.

Hm. Maybe it's better to look for a solution in the Lightroom Classic user forum or start a new thread there:

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic/ct-p/ct-lightroom-classic?page=1&sort=latest_replies&filter=all&lang=all&tabid=discussions

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

    Ian Sayers
    Ian Sayers
    Inspiring
    June 29, 2022

    I can test this later on a PC but use it all the time on my Mac system. I will report back...

      L
      Community Expert
      LaubenderCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 29, 2022

      Hi @NatalieTulip ,

      there is also a place > InDesign command in Adobe Bridge for Windows 10 to the place cursor of an open InDesign document. Also possible: Drag & drop from Adobe Bridge.

       

      Have Lightroom not installed on my Windows 10 machine, so I cannot test this.

       

      Regards,
      Uwe Laubender
      ( Adobe Community Professional )

      NatalieTulip
      NatalieTulipAuthor
      Participant
      June 29, 2022

      Thanks, I know about Bridge possibility. I need Lightroom badly!

       

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