Exporting Tiff and JPEG Simultaneously Onto Desktop ( I don't want this to occur)

[angelom65881300]

As of yesterday, when I export a tif file to my desktop, it is now creating a folder titled "2024" and exporting the tiff file(s) to it while also exporting the jpeg (w/watermark) to my desktop directly. Prior to yesterday, I was able to just export the jpeg to my desktop.

How do I remedy this situation?

Thank you in advance for your feedback.

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[AxelMatt]

Which version of Lightroom do you use?

Which version of MacOS do you use?

Which export settings do you use? If possible show us the settings in a screenshot.

[angelom65881300]

Good Morning "AxelMatt",

Thank you for your help.

To answer your questions:

Which version of Lightroom do you use?

Which version of MacOS do you use?

Which export settings do you use? If possible show us the settings in a screenshot.

Then the following appears on my desktop in order of appearance:

Then, I have to drag the file out of that folder and return it to its original folder. So uneceassary, and frustrating, to say the least!

NOTE: I will be purchasing a new computer (MAC) in the upcoming months.

Thank you again, I hope that you can help me out.

Be Well,

~Angelo

[AxelMatt]

As I see in your export settings the export location is set to "/Users/Owner/Desktop/2024"

So I think it's normal that there's a 2024 folder onto your desktop.

But everything else doesn't fit together.

What has been changed on your system before the issue occour?

Try resetting the preferences of Lightroom Classic:  How to reset Lightroom Classic preferences (adobe.com) 

It's recommended to backup your preferences before you reset the preferences to the default settings: 

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/preference-file-and-other-file-locations.html

[angelom65881300]

So I think it's normal that there's a 2024 folder onto your desktop.

That was never the case before yesterday.

But everything else doesn't fit together.

I'm not following here? What set off the red flags?

What has been changed on your system before the issue occour?

Nothing that I am aware of.

Try resetting the preferences of Lightroom Classic:  How to reset Lightroom Classic preferences (adobe.com) 

It's recommended to backup your preferences before you reset the preferences to the default settings: 

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/preference-file-and-other-file-locations.html

I am going to hold off on this until I read back from you about item #2.

Once I purchase my new equipment and then will be able to update to the latest version of Lightroom, Ps, ACR; will this problem correct itself? I am currently using Photoshop 2020 due to incompatibility to my current OS.

Once again, thank you so much for helping me out!

[AxelMatt]

So I think it's normal that there's a 2024 folder onto your desktop.

That was never the case before yesterday.

But everything else doesn't fit together.

I'm not following here? What set off the red flags?

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By @angelom65881300

What do you mean with "red flags"?  If you mean the red border in my screenshot then here was the location for the export was set. the location has to be configured manually by the user. I don't head about any automatism.

It is possible that you set it yourself, even if unconsciously. 

Try to reset the preferences and check.

[angelom65881300]

IE Red Flags: I was referring to your comment about, "but everything else doesn't fit together".

It's certainly possible that I might have inadvertently changed something, although I am hard pressed to recall how or when? 😉

I'll try to reset the preferences and see what happens, and share the results.

Thank you for your time!

[richardplondon]

Some people get caught out by the Export dialog's ability to make multiple forms of export simultaneously for a chosen batch of images. I am not sure if this explains your issue or not, but just to make sure you are aware.

In the Export screen there are settings in the main part of the dialog, and there are panels on the left where export presets show. If you click on a preset this "recalls" the settings that were recorded into that, and shows them in the main part of the dialog. So that is what your export will then consist of. However if you click the checkbox against a preset (or against more than one preset) then the export setup (or multiple setups) then gets carried out. For example, you might export a TIFF to a certain subfolder and also export a couple of different standard formats of JPG into their own different subfolders, by checking the relevant presets, and all of that will then happen with a single click of the Export button.

In other words: to avoid unwanted additional exports happening, make sure there are no checkmarks against any export presets listed down the left side of the export screen.

[angelom65881300]

@richardplondonI apprecaite your advice. As I stated, before this problem occurred, all I used LR for was to put a watermark on the JPEG for SM and website consumption(S). The export only consisted of said jpeg w/watermark with desktop as the destination. Now, alongside that item, I now get a folder marked" 2024" with the tiff file inside of it. I then have to drag that file back into its original folder, otherwise, I can lose that tiff altogether if I am not careful. I was not aware of initially, and trashed a couple of post processed images, and had to re-process them all over again.

[angelom65881300]

@AxelMattI reset the preference and nothing changed.

[angelom65881300]

For your reference: When I'm about to import an image, this is what appears on the right side. Those two sub-folders (below desktop) were never there before. I can't ascertain how to remove them. Can that be the issue?

[AxelMatt]

For your reference: When I'm about to import an image, this is what appears on the right side.

By @angelom65881300

In your first post your worte about export, now you talk about import.

What's the excat issue? 

Please describe exactly what you're doing.

[angelom65881300]

Correct, and that is still what I am asking about. I showed the Import portion to display those two subfolders under desktop. I did not want to continue the process of exporting due to a new folder being created, and then having to remove the exported file back into its original folder. Did not mean to be confusing.

[richardplondon]

To get the issue of not-as-expected EXPORT out of the way, it would be helpful to see a screenshot of the entire Export screen.

So far as IMPORT: the whole circumstance of this is a little confusing (as below), but first some explanations about the interface which may help. You will only see a "Destination" panel like this when you are doing a Move import or a Copy import. The other type of import is Add, and in that case there are no destination options since this merely takes a file that is not imported to the Catalog, and imports it without doing anything else. These are choices at the very top of the Import screen. If you are moving or copying, and you have chosen to Organize "By Date" as shown in the screenshot, that is what explains the creation of a 2024 folder and it is also what explains the imported files moving or copying away from wherever they were created.

But more basically: if you are exporting a TIFF then this TIFF would normally not then appear inside the Catalog. There is no need for it to do so since the original photo with its edits - that you made this TIFF from - is still there to continue working on. It is possible to choose for an exported image version (a JPG, say) to be made but also to immediately be imported back to the Catalog, by selecting a checkbox in the export settings. But I can see no convincing reason to do so, and lots of convincing reasons to not do so. It's different when extenally editing an image since in that case the aim is to supplement the original image with another new original (showing the results of editing done in e.g. Photoshop). This image and the LrC edits get passed directly - you would not first export a TIFF and then separately open up this TIFF into your other editor (such as Photoshop). 

To understand the wider workflow context might really help make sure that any advice will suit the case usefully. IOW, often the problem turns out to be a task issue - it's not always a technique issue.

[Conrad_C]

So I think it's normal that there's a 2024 folder onto your desktop.

That was never the case before yesterday.

By @angelom65881300

That means before yesterday, the Export Location that AxelMatt highlighted must have been set to something else, and that is what changed (although it isn’t clear why). Because currently, Lightroom Classic is exporting to exactly where the exporting settings are set to save: On the desktop for the user account “Owner”, in a folder called “2024”.

If that isn’t where you want the export to go, then it’s necessary to change the Export To setting to the folder where you do want the images to go. Before yesterday, that Export To setting must have been pointed to another folder.

In other words, he didn’t mean it was “normal” in terms of what you want. He means it’s definitely “normal” in that where the file ended up is 100% consistent with what the Export setting says the destination folder will be. If that destination folder is not correct, it should be corrected before clicking the final Export button so that the export goes where you expect and want it to.

[angelom65881300]

Gentlemen,

I tried different combinations as per all of your suggestions, but unfortunately, I am still encountering the same issue. 

So I think it best, to just deal with the added steps of returning the TIFF file, etc to its original folder when all is said and done.

I am hoping that once I get my new equipment where then I can update from my current version (2020) that whatever this "bug" is will no longer be an issue.

I thank you all for your help!

HaPPy Thanksgiving.

[angelom65881300]

As of yesterday, when I export a photo to my desktop, it now also creates a folder with the tiff files inside that were imported along with the JPEG file (w/watermark). Before that, the export was just the JPEG, as I intended and wanted. (see screenshot attached).

In my "ignorance" the first time that this occurred, I deleted the folder on my desktop, only to find out afterwards that I deleted the tiff files as well. So, I had to go back to square one to reprocess the raw file. UGH!!!

I am quite sure that I did not alter any of the settings, so I am perplexed why this is occurring all of a sudden.

How can I reset my settings so that the export will return to my original intent?

I am grateful in adavnce for any and all insistence.

~Angelo

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[nikunj.m]

Hi, thanks for reaching out to the Adobe Community! 

Could you check if the option to Put in Subfolder is checked in the Export window? 

Thanks,
Nikunj

[angelom65881300]

@nikunj.mI will later today, and get back to you. TY

[angelom65881300]

[richardplondon]

Any subfolder name given will only apply if the box next to that is checked. This will happen, or not happen, inside whatever is the chosen Export To: "specific folder".

To change that "specific folder" destination click the Choose button.

[Conrad_C]

I thought of a couple situations that might cause an export to go to the desktop, especially if you originally set a different export destination but it somehow got reset to the desktop.

1. The intended folder no longer exists or was moved or renamed.

But I guess this shouldn't be a problem if you just chose that folder in the Export dialog box a moment ago, because a folder can only be selected if it's actually there by that name.

2. The intended folder has a problem with permissions.

Check the intended folder and make sure it is not set to Locked or Read Only (you can do this in the Finder using File > Get Info), and if it's on another volume, make sure macOS has permissions to write to that volume (you can do this in System Settings / Privacy and Security / Files and Folders).

These ideas come from having seen that other applications can put items on the desktop if there is a problem with the destination folder. For example, in the macOS Finder, if I select three files in a folder and use the command File > Compress to create a .zip archive of them, if they were in a read-only folder or volume, the .zip archive can’t be written there so macOS creates the new .zip archive on the Desktop where it does have write permission. I wonder if there is a similar cause here, in at least some of the cases.

[angelom65881300]

@Conrad_CI appreciate your feedback. As I mentioned initially, prior to this "bug", I was simply able to export a jpeg image to my desktop.

Now, not only does that happen, but a folder also appears with a "2024" label and inside of that folder is the tiff file. That tiff file no longer appears in its original folder, as an example "Cape Cod". So, I have to drag the tiff from the new folder on the desktop back into its original location.

I am hoping that once I am able to update to the latest version of Lr (new equipmemt soon), that this problem will remedy itself.

[richardplondon · Accepted solution]

What file type, and where, is the image that you are exporting this JPG copy from?

Is that (for example) a camera Raw or a camera JPG, or is this the "the TIFF" that you have referred to? I have never encountered an Export action changing the folder location of the original source file concerned; altering the folder location of any file that already existed, for that matter.

Export makes new files (or otherwise overwrites in-place).

You have also mentioned an IMPORT action and this did seem as if it may be directing to this same Desktop \ 2024 location. So a little more clarification would help please.

[angelom65881300]

@richardplondonI first import a tiff file from a specific folder IE Autumn 2024 into Lr, then export itto my desktop as a jpeg. Again, before this problem reared its head, I would simply have that jpeg image on my desktop, no folders.