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How to sort images so RAW files show first, before JPGs?

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December 4, 2021
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I shoot with Nikon so my RAW files are NEFs. I would like to sort my images in Lightroom by type or by extension but I want my NEF files to appear before the JPGs and not the other way around (which is what I'm getting). I've done this many times before and can't get LR to do it with this last shoot.

What have I forgotten?

Using LR Classic 2021 on a Mac. That's the latest LR I can use because my OSX is Mojave. I hope there's a solution without needing an upgrade. I've done this in older LR versions.

Thanks in advance!

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Todd Shaner

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Try Sort type 'Added Order.' My Canon DSLR raw + JPEG imports sort with the raw CR2 files first and then the JPEG files. I'm sure it's camera model dependent, but give it a try.

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eye=artAuthor

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Thanks! I tried added order with no results. I'm beginning to think it's alphabetical!!!! CR2s before JPGs!

Todd Shaner

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Added Order may determined by the Sort setting in the Import module. Try a new import with Sort = File Type in the Import module settings. Then use Sort = Added Order and Sort = File Type in the Library module. Do either of those sort settings place the JPEG files after the NEFs.

GoldingD

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Create a separate folder for RAW, a separate folder for JPEG, move the files.

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eye=artAuthor

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Thanks, that's an idea. But I didn't have to do this before.

Sean McCormack

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Reverse the sort order in the Toolbar. A-Z to Z-A.

Sean McCormack. Author of 'Essential Development 3'. Magazine Writer. Former Official Fuji X-Photographer.

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eye=artAuthor

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Thanks but reversing the order does not work. It just means Ascending or Descending. What it does is place the last photo shot first. That's not what I want. I want the Ascending order (first to last) but all the NEFs first.

When I go to previous imported folders, that's exactly what I see. But I can't replicate it.

Has LR changed something?

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eye=artAuthor

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"Alphabetical. CR2 before JPG. Could it be this?"

At this point, we can't know what you were seeing before. But it's unequivocally the case that when you have View > Sort > File Name selected, Grid view will be sorted alphabetically by file name, and XXX.JPG comes before XXX.NEF alphabetically. And when you have View > Sort > Capture Time selected, and there is XXX.JPG, XXX.NEF, and XXX.TIF, all with the same capture time, then LR will sort those three files first by capture time then by their extension (.JPG, .NEF, .TIF).

Yes. But I’m not sorting by File Name. I’m sorting by File Type or File Extension. And the alphabetical rule seems to apply here as well. Unfortunately.
Thanks for your input. At this point I’m about ready to surrender and just live with it.
I think that in the past when you switched from File Type to File Extension (or vice-versa, don’t remember), the display swapped between showing RAWs or JOGs first. No longer.

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions.

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F. McLion

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Sorry that I don't have a direct answer for you.

Are you shooting RAW+JPG and importing with the setting to treat as separate photos?

Out of curiosity, what is the reason and purpose for that.

Which version exactly are you using, as there is no such thing as LrC 2021.

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eye=artAuthor

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Thanks, it's LR Classic 10.4.

Yes, shooting RAW+JPG, I guess as separate photos. Set it up a long time ago.

My reason is I only edit the NEFs. The JPGs are there for extra insurance. So I want the NEFs showing up first for editing. I used to be able to do this but maybe LR changed this?

F. McLion

Community Expert

If you have jpg as sort of backup only, I suggest to make sure the following setting is NOT checked.

This way you see each photo only once, as you work only with the raw, that would make much more sense.

Personally, I make sure to have a good backup of the raw file, and I never shoot raw & jpg.

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