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toklas
toklas
Inspiring
July 14, 2020
Question

How to Stop Stacking of images sent to Ps? Title changed by Moderator.

  • July 14, 2020
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hi!
is LR automatically stacking photos by capture time or can i switch it on and off?
i see how i can unstack folders manualy, but i would like to switch this feature off in general. is that possible?
(when organising my archieve i`just confused by stacks and already deleted wrong versions)
thanks for any help.

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Just Shoot Me
Just Shoot Me
Legend
July 22, 2020

This is something LrC does Not Do by itself. If it is happening seeming all by itself then there is something wrong with your install or the preferences file (Doubt something wrong with preferences because that option is not in the preferences).

 

To call that function, feature, up you have to b e in the Library module, Photo menu item, Stacking sub item then Click On "Auto-Stack by Capture Time". It is Not a Always on or off option, No check mark appears next to it as a Always on option, feature, function. It is a One Time option. There isn't even a keyboard shortcut for it.

 

 

Then after you select that option a Dialog window comes up with a Slider bar for the time between shots to be stacked and, here is the big part, A CANCEL button. 

 

 

 

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 14, 2020

    Lightroom does not stack images unless you tell it to. I think this is not about stacking at all. I think you mean that Lightroom is creating dated folders on import. That is something you can indeed turn off. In the import dialog, look at the Destination panel and select 'Into One Folder' for 'Organize'.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
    toklas
    toklasAuthor
    Inspiring
    July 14, 2020

    thanks, no i dont mean dated folders. i mean stacks.

    i try to explain better:

    i have a folder with raw files.
    i edit a raw file in photoshop and save it as tif-file
    i do a virtual copy of that raw file with different adjustments
    know LR creates a stack including these three files. of course they have all the same timestamp

    i can go to image/stacks and check "unstack" and the stack is gone. when i do the same in this folder or some other folder i automaticaly end up with stacks again. i would like to disable this automatic stacking. how to do it?

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 14, 2020

    Aha. You should have said it only happens when you send an image to Photoshop. That is a setting in Preferences - External Editor.

     

     

    Also remember that stacks are location-specific. If you (un)stack images in a folder, they will not be (un)stacked anywhere else, like in collections.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
      Ian Lyons
      Community Expert
      Ian LyonsCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 14, 2020

      You should be able to stop it by clicking on the 'Cancel' button in Auto-Stack by Capture Time input panel

      toklas
      toklasAuthor
      Inspiring
      July 14, 2020

      thanks, i tried, it doesnt stop stacking

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