Variation on importing photos to light room

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January 2, 2023
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When I import photos to photoshop I typically have batches (from a photo shoot) of 10 or 20, but occasionally over 100. The format I use is YYYY_MM_DD_NNN_Descriptor. Where Y is year, M is month, and DD is day. N stands for a 3 digit number sequence, and descriptor is a free form text description of the theme of the shoot, typically the location. Up until now I have been leaving the metadata Title option blank. If I then want to upload the files to Flickr, I either have to edit the titles manually once uploaded manually or do it in photoshop. If I set the title to the photo name, then I know exactly which file they are referring to if they want to buy the print.

I know I can set the photo name to the metadata title, but I want to go the other way around. Maybe if the file (photo) name can be applied to metadata fields (more than one, like label and caption also) then it is something that is flexible.

Mike Bowen

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Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

Maybe you need a Plugin like- 'Search Replace Transfer' or 'LR/Transporter'

https://www.photographers-toolbox.com/index.php

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .

M

MikeBowenPicsAuthor

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I will look at the plug ins, but when I looked at the ones listed here I
went to install 2 of them and Light Room Classic couldn't see the files.

Mike

Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

Questions about Installing the Plugins will require an answer from someone familiar with the Plugins.

And what is meant by "Light Room Classic couldn't see the files." ? No previews in the Catalog? Shown as Missing in the Catalog?

How exactly did you- "I either have to edit the titles manually once uploaded manually or do it in photoshop."?

You do know that renaming files 'outside' of Lightroom-Classic will render them as "Missing" in the Catalog.

So do the Grid preview thumbnails show the 'Missing' icon [!], or do folders in the folder panel show the Folder 'Missing' icon [?]...?

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .

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