Catalog Merge

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September 26, 2022
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Edited my travel images on my laptop and once completed, exported as a catalog, to an external drive. Plugged the drive into my desktop to merge catalogs. process shows the images, edited and RAW but all images are "greyed" out and will not import.An I missing something here? Lightroom Classic 11.5 and Windows 10

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JohanElzenga

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Edited my travel images on my laptop and once completed, exported as a catalog, to an external drive. Plugged the drive into my desktop to merge catalogs. process shows the images, edited and RAW but all images are "greyed" out and will not import.An I missing something here? Lightroom Classic 11.5 and Windows 10

By @Heirloom Bob

You haven't selected anything. Check 'All Folders' in the top left corner...

-- Johan W. Elzenga

Heirloom BobAuthor

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No option to Check "All Folders"

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

Those sure look like normal checkboxes to me... Have you tried the three folders individually?

BTW: Not exporting the negatives should not be the problem. In that case you can still import the new images, you just can't move them to another location because they are still linked to the original image location, which is 'missing'.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

TheDigitalDog

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With the Export with Catalog, did you use the option to export the 'negatives'?

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"

Heirloom BobAuthor

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Good thought. I will export again.

Yes...I had selected Export Negative Files and Included available previews. Export in progress.

TheDigitalDog

Inspiring

This works for me, YMMV: I clone (backup) my entire hard drive of photos, the catalog (one), presets etc to multiple drives. I take a clone on the road and work on that, adding images, editing, whatever. Then when I return, I clone that drive to the other(s), and only the new images, edits, etc are cloned back. It is fast, and it allows me to have access to all the other images on the road. Might be worth trying.

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"

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