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Hey,I have 4000 raws in one folder imported and edited.I exported ALL these raws to JPEG and sorted through them deleting 3000 photos in windows explorer as it was much smoother and less laggy, rather than doing it in lightroom.Now I wish to do some further adjustements to those selected 1000 photos but I would rather do it on RAWs rather than JPEG. Sadly the RAWS are unsorted.Now I have 2 folders. 4k raws in one folder and 1k jpegs in another folder. The photos have the same names.I want to perform the following operation, From the 4k raw files I want to remove the 3k raw files I do not need. I would need a function that would compare file names in both folders. If a given file has a corresponding file in another folder than it keeps the file, if it does not it moves the file to another folder.Complicated? Perhaps lightroom cannot do that but some windows commander app or similar? Anyone have a clue?

johnrellis · Answer

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Hopefully you didn't change the filenames of the exported JPEGs. If so, use this method:

1. Assign a color label (e.g. Red), the Pick flag, a star rating, or a keyword to all the JPEGs.

2. In the Folders panel, select both folders.

3. In Grid view, select all displayed photos.

4. Use the Syncomatic plugin to copy the label, flag, rating, or keyword from the JPEGs to the raws:

5. Use Library filters to select photos that don't have the label, flag, rating, or keyword.

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