arrange by time capture

[markm37245026]

hi all, editing in lr and then moving images to ps and then back to lr and now images are not in sync re time capture, in the develop module how can i organise images in time of capture ie start to finish...hope this all makes sense and thank you in advance

cheers mark

[Martin Scozzese · Accepted solution]

Mark,

From my understanding of your question and issue, there are two answers that I can provide that may be of assistance to you.

1. Under the Preferences settings, select the External Editing tab and ensure that Stack With Original is checked. This will ensure that any photos edited in Photoshop are placed next to the original file in Lightroom.
2. To organise images by capture time, you have to first navigate to the Library module and select Grid view (keyboard shortcut is G). Once there, you should see the Sort drop-down options beneath the grid of thumbnails. If Sort is not showing here, click on the small arrow to the right-hand side immediately beneath the thumbnails and ensure Sort is selected. Highlight all the images in the Grid view, then choose Capture Time from the drop-down list. This will reorder your images.

I hope this helps.@

[markm37245026]

worked a treat, really appreciate your quick and exact response:)

cheers

[markm37245026]

hi Martin, just another question, i imported some images into lr without making a catalogue, edited all the photos and had them all ready to export and then decided to go to the library to import one more photo and voila all my edited photos are gone, is there any way of getting them back

[Rob_Cullen]

without making a catalogue

Well that is not possible. If you have imported photos they must exist in a Catalog. (To get the Adobe descriptive terms correct!)

A Catalog is the database file with the suffix " .LRCAT" that contains ALL your editing work.

decided to go to the library to import one more photo and voila all my edited photos are gone

This suggests to me that you were editing the "some images" by highlighting the "Previous Import" line in the Catalog Panel.

When you imported "one more photo" this one photo now becomes the "Previous Import" which is a 'Virtual' folder that does not physically exist.

Your Imported photos are in a FOLDER. Scroll down and Search below the 'Catalog' panel to the 'Folder' panel and find the FOLDER where your images are stored in your computer.  Your photos may have been 'Copied' to a folder destination you are not aware of. And this may depend on the option you used at import- {Copy} {Move} or {Add}

[DebBett]

Help!  I can't find the little arrow and my sort options have disappeared.

[Rob_Cullen]

You can toggle visibility of the TOOL-BAR on/off with the keyboard key  'T'.

eg. not visible-

eg. visible-

The arrow/triangle is at the far-right end of the Tool-bar (as in above screen-clip)

Click the 'arrow' to open the menu where you can check the Tools you want visible on the Tool-bar. (Note: a narrow width of your workspace may hide some of the tools even if checked to appear.)

[DebBett]

omg, thank you!!!  I'm making a note about that in a safe place for next time I unwittingly do the same thing.