How to add 6 collections together to make 1 Slideshow in Lightroom

[brucecoull]

HI I am trying to make a small slideshow of landscape images of 6 colections i have so that they play 1 after the other in the order they are in just now but am stuck and dont know if its possible or I am just not grasping it.Any help much appreciated     . Bruce.

[JohanElzenga]

Make one new collection that contains all the images. Apart from sort orders like 'file name' or 'capture date', Lightroom also offers a custom sort order where you can drag images into any order you want.

[brucecoull]

Thank you Johan for your advice ,I will try and load them as you said,I just could not work it out,many thanks . Bruce

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[Rob_Cullen]

@brucecoull   This might be pertinent to your question:

An example-         Might be for a book, and images are already organized in multiple Custom sorted collections (as Chapters). And then to get all the Collections combined into one, and have the photos stay in the exact order of the originating Collections? 

Method-

1. Create a new (empty) Collection (call it "New Collection" or "Slideshow")
2. Select the "New Collection" (the screen will be blank, no photos)
3. ***Immediately set the New Collection Sort Order to "Custom" (even though it does not contain photos)
4. Now select one of your 'pre-sorted' collections (eg Chapter-1),
5. [Ctrl+A] to select all photos, and drag&drop the photos onto the "New Collection"
6. Repeat Steps-4&5.  for each or your sorted collections in the order you want (Chapters-2, -3, -4, etc)

 (Do not then change the sort method on the Tool Bar!)

[brucecoull]

Hi Rob thank you very much for taking the time to Explain that.I have managed to do what you suggested and have a slideshow of around 12 minutes ready to play ,many thanks. Bruce.

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