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Hey Community, having a travel related issue!

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
February 26, 2025
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I travel a lot and like to post images across sites, and for clients when required. My usual process is that raw images are edited and saved as JPGs in a subfolder and I put these within the original date folder.

When I return home, I export these relevant date folders as a catalogue (where I make sure to include the JPG subfolders) and then import them to my desktop. These tend to get grouped together (not ideal) and then my JPG images no longer appear after this. It's very confusing as this is the only format I use at this stage in the process. Anything afterwards I dabble in PNG, SVG or WebP.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

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Correct answer JR Boulay

If your aim is to generate PDFs with your photos sorted by date, Acrobat is not the best choice.
You should generate them with Adobe Lightroom or Adobe Bridge.

Bob-Brown

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It sounds like your JPGs disappear because the folder structure changes when you export and import. Just select Include Subfolders and keep the same folder paths during export so the links don’t break. Turn off any auto-grouping on import to keep things organised.

Since you travel a lot, using a service like Blue Nile Livery that offers Wi-Fi and charging ports could make your trips more productive. You could edit, back up, and organise your images while on the way and everything ready by the time you get home.

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Flawless_heart6298

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Hey there! I totally get how frustrating it can be to deal with tech issues while traveling especially when you rely on Adobe tools for your work. Sometimes, switching locations or networks can mess with signins or syncing files. It might help to check if you are logged into the right Adobe account and that your software is updated before you travel this often prevents licensing or connectivity hiccups. You could also try saving your work offline and syncing it once you have a stable connection. Just curious, does the issue happen right after you change locations or is it more random during your travels?

JR Boulay

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If your aim is to generate PDFs with your photos sorted by date, Acrobat is not the best choice.
You should generate them with Adobe Lightroom or Adobe Bridge.

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe

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haro_9203Author

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Sorry for the delay Bernd, as you can see I don't log in to this so much! So the issue I'm having with Adobe Acrobat (and still having as I never actually sorted this problem) is that I can't for the life of me get the dates to sort themself out. When I run them through Adobe Acrobat it gets even more muddled and I enjoy using it, but having the dates in the correct order is a must have, as I have the aim of uploading them to a website afterwards where dates also feature (not sure if this may change things at all but just adding as much info as pos!) Thanks.

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haro_9203Author

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Ok thank you for the tip JR Boulay, I wonder if I add more detail for exactly what I am doing if then you can direct me how best to do this with Adobe Lightroom/ Bridge.
To start off, I have taken a number of images and wish to add them to my travel site (I am linking incase there are any nuances, but it is on Wordpress and has accepted all image formats before with no problem - JPG, PNG, WEBP etc). When the images go through Acrobat, the dates become all out of order. If I run them through Lightroom or Bridge, will this not happen and the dates remain intact. Is there possibly some metadata differences between the 3 programs? Or alternatively metadata which can be read on a wordrpress site? Thanks!

JR Boulay

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Why do you want to export your images as PDFs if you're going to put them on a website?
There's something I don't understand.

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Bernd Alheit

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What is your issue with Adobe Acrobat?

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