Compare Images in different folders?

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August 4, 2020
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I know how to compare images in the same folder, but is it possible to compare Images in different folders?

TIA - Richard

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Conrad_C

Community Expert

Just a note for any Mac users reading this thread — on the Mac, to view multiple sources at once (folders or collections or both) you want to Command-click each folder, not Ctrl-click.

And for both Mac and Windows, Shift-clicking selects a range of sources in the same list. In other words, the multiple selection modifier key shortcuts work the same as they do on the Mac or Windows desktop.

ManiacJoe

Inspiring

Something I just learned:

You can display the contents of multiple folders in the same grid by selecting the first folder then CTRL-click on the extra folders.

Richard___G

Inspiring

I'm definitely going to give this a try. Thanks!

Richard

Richard___G

Inspiring

Thanks to all. This is working perfectly.

Richard

JP Hess

Inspiring

Another alternative would be to create a collection specific for the images that you want to compare.

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Richard_GGGAuthor

Known Participant

Thanks everyone for the suggestions!

I hadn't hought about Collections, d'oh. I will now wtrart using them for this. What I did was export the two images to a "Compare" folder. This also gives me the option to experiment with and image without affecting the original. Makes me feel safer.

Best to all!

D

dj_paige

Legend

You would be wise to stop thinking in terms of doing everything with folders. Lightroom Classic has many superior tools for handling image tasks than folders.