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Donilee327203535sxe
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October 4, 2023
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Loosing photos.

  • October 4, 2023
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I'm having an issue seeing photos that I have dragged from Photo Mechanic to Lightroom to edit. When I look back to Photo Mechanic for the same photo it has disappeared. What am I doing wrong? I don't know what setting I would use to fix this or why this is happening?

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    Seaquence
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    October 7, 2023

    Ive been using Photo Mechanic for first edits for a long time. Ive lost images before when dragging and dropping. I  'T' rate my edit, drag once to a folder on my desktop, then upload those copied images to LR and Ive never had a problem since doing that.

     

    I like the idea of Sean's suggestion on direct through PM preferences setup. Might have to try.

     

    Bill

    Sean McCormack
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    Sean McCormackCommunity Expert
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    October 5, 2023

    From what I remember of Photo Mechanic through helping a sports photographer, there's a built in way to transfer files back and forth to Lightroom for editing. No dragging or dropping required. 

    Here's an older video on setting this up. 

    Sean McCormack. Author of 'Essential Development 3'. Magazine Writer. Former Official Fuji X-Photographer.
    Rob_Cullen
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    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 4, 2023

    What Version of "Lightroom" are you using? Lightroom-Classic that stores files locally, or Lightroom that moves your photos to the Cloud?

    If LrC, What options have you set in the LrC Import dialog- [Copy, Move, Add]?

    Post a screen-clip of the Import/Add photos dialog.

     

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.3, Photoshop 27.5, ACR 18.3, Lightroom 9.3, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .
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    Donilee327203535sxeAuthor
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    October 4, 2023

    I have Lightroom-Classic. Where specifically do I go to see the LrC Import Dialog? 

     

    Rob_Cullen
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    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
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    October 5, 2023

    I am not a Mac user, so not familiar with dragging photos from one App to LrC (Windows limitations).

    The photos must Import to the LrC catalog by some method, and would usually be done by first opening the Import dialog from the [Import] button-

    Perhaps your Mac is defaulting to an Import Dialog that you don't see.

    And the Import Options I mentioned appear at the top of the Import screen-

    And, if your Import dialog is set to a default [Move] option, then the Import is moving your files to a location (Set in the Destination panel) that is not the same as PM saw them.

    All supposition, I'm afraid.

     

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.3, Photoshop 27.5, ACR 18.3, Lightroom 9.3, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .
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