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LR Classic does not merge raw and jpeg while importing

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
July 9, 2018
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Unlike described in the tutorials and manuals, LR Classic would keep raw and jpeg separately, even though they have the same filename except for the extension.

Will it be resolved any time soon?

Example:

I import from Nikon D7100, where I store raw and jpeg on two different SD cards. Even though I unchecked the preference "keep raw and jpeg separately", both pictures would show up side by side in the grid view instead of a single picture "+jpeg".

Same when importing from a file system.

This really an annoyance when you have large numbers of photos!

JP Hess

Inspiring

I have never understood the option "Treat JPEG files next to raw files....." As a means of providing a way of importing the JPEG as a sidecar. If that option is left unchecked then Lightroom simply doesn't import the JPEG file. If the option IS checked then the JPEG will appear alongside the raw file as a separate image. That's the way I have always used it, and I don't think it has ever been any different.

Just Shoot Me

Legend

JimHess wrote
I have never understood the option "Treat JPEG files next to raw files....." As a means of providing a way of importing the JPEG as a sidecar. If that option is left unchecked then Lightroom simply doesn't import the JPEG file. If the option IS checked then the JPEG will appear alongside the raw file as a separate image. That's the way I have always used it, and I don't think it has ever been any different.

Actually if you leave that option unchecked LR does copy the JPG file to your hard drive, in the same folder as the RAW files, and imports them into the Catalog. It also hides them from view. If you try to import them from the folder they were copied to LR doesn't show any new files in that folder as they are already in the catalog.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

As far as I am aware when you shoot raw + jpeg with your camera there will be two files saved to the card. The raw file will have a jpeg thumb nail file within the raw file header.

When I shoot raw + jpeg and import into Lightroom using copy from the SD card then both files get copied to the HDD as separate and individual files. Both are displayed in Lightroom as separate files. I am away from my desktop at present but will check to see what happens when I have to treat jpeg files next to raw files unchecked.

I can tell you right now. Both files still get copied to the HDD as separate and individual files, but the JPEG will not show in the catalog.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

Just Shoot Me

Legend

That is happening because they are 2 different files on 2 different memory cards and imported at different times, 2 different imports.

This is not a LR problem and does not need to be corrected.

If you want the JPGs to be imported, but hidden from view in LR, and Copied to your storage media, HDD, at the same time then set the camera to record both the RAW, NEF, and JPG files on the same card. Then when importing the JPGs will get copied to the HDD and imported into LR as hidden Sidecar files for the NEF files.

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foxlynx99Author

Participant

I disagree.

As mentioned in my report, the same happens when importing from a file system.

Therefore I do not believe the reason is storing on two memory cards instead of one.

Nevertheless, I will test storing raw+jpeg on the same HDD, to verify your suggestion.

Thank you for your insights.

Sean McCormack

Community Expert

The other aspect of this is that if what you're asking was to be done, you would never see edits returned as JPEG (with the same), because they'd be converted to sidecar files. I often save to JPEG in Photoshop for non critical files to save space and they return with the original filename (not the -Edit version).

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

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

I don't see this problem with my cameras. This might be due to the fact that you store the raw and jpeg files on separate SD-cards, so they are not imported at the same time. Or perhaps the D7100 writes a slightly different capture time, that confuses Lightroom. But if you don't want to see the JPEG files separately, why do you import them at all? What purpose does it serve you to have the jpegs? As they are on a different card, you don't have to import them in the first place.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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