Lack of Parent folders problem when imp[orting from a catalogue

[ColinMcD]

I recently created a temporary catalogue.

It was created with files from one folder only. E:\Images\Img 2 - Kids\Laura\Phone Photos 2

When the catalogue was created I simply imported that folder.

After a lot of work to delete unwanted photos, the remaining images were ready to import into the main catalogue. (this catalogue has images from several folders,

All within E:\Images\Img 2 - Kids

And including other folders within E:\Images\Img 2 - Kids\Laura

The Import from Catalogue seemed to work well, but the New Folder "Phone Photos 2" appeared with a parent folder Laura which did not appear under the expected E:\Images\Img 2 - Kids path, but as a separate tree.

Trying to drag the new folder into position Lightroom rejected the command as "there is already a folder called Laura there."

To solve the problem, I removed the newly imported photos, reopened the temporary catalogue shoed both parent folders and the re-imported.

This time the import form catalogue worked as expected and the new folder appeared in its rightful place.

Colin

[Rob_Cullen]

It seems to me that you could have avoided all the problems if you had not "created a temporary catalogue."

And simply imported the {Phone Photos 2} folder into your Main Catalog. (work, edit, delete, etc, in this Main Catalog)

It sounds like you asked the temporary Catalog import to copy the 'negative' files in the folder.

[Tony_See]

Colin: Context-clicking on folders in the Lightroom catalog can reveal or hide parent folders if available.

Have you tried that?

[ColinMcD]

Thanks for the thoughts, but the problem is a bug in the import routine. I didn't need to see or hide parent folders. I knew perfectly well what was there. The issue is the import.

And yes I could have worked in the main catalogue but it would have been a slower process due to the size of the catalogue file. Thinning out in the temp catalogue worked faster.

It seems to me that I  " … could have avoided all the problems … " if there wasn't a problem/bug in the import process. I believe importing from another catalogue is a legitimate workflow after all!