Sorting order in slideshow.

Question

Hi everybody. Am unexpectedly having problems in creating a slideshow because photos are imported sorted by capture time (??) instead of the order assigned in the selected source folder. Any advice to sort out the matter would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Ricky336 · Accepted Answer

I have no problems either changing the Custom sort order of photos in the Saved Slideshow. The problem is in the step before because in creating the Saved Slideshow the sort order of the chosen Collection is no longer retained and photos are imported/used sorted by Capture Date. So, suppose I have some hundreds of photos in the Collection, I should now change them manually in the Saved Slideshow to recreate the Custom sort order of the Collection; this would be an unnecessary duplication of efforts, boring and time wasting, a non-sense. I hoped there was a flag somewhere to avoid this but have found nothing so far, not even in the Preferences... Thank you for your attention and support.

Hello,

I think I get your problem, as I came across this issue recently. So, in the Library view, go to your Saved Slideshow in your Collections, go to Grid view and at the bottom, change the sort order to 'Custom Order'. It seems to default to 'Capture Time'. If you select ' Custom Order', the order you created in the Slideshow module, will be retained!

Make sense?

Rob_Cullen · Answer

A couple of comments-You can Custom sort images (by Drag & drop) in a Folder with one exception- Not possible if the selected Folder has a sub-folder. ie. To sort a Folder it must be the 'lowest' in a hierarchy of sub-folders.It is better to create a Collection and Custom sort the images in the Collection. And in the SS module you must 'Create a Saved Slideshow' that will retain all your design work for the SS (Identity plate, metadata, template, etc).Once in the Slide-Show module (From the sorted Collection) it is also possible to Drag&Drop images on the Filmstrip to change the Custom sort. If you might consider renaming the original image files-  Achieve your Custom sort (considering the above) then select all [Cmd+A] rename with a Preset like {Sequence#0001 - Filename}.Or- Export the files from the Custom sort to derivatives with the naming preset {Sequence#0001 - Filename}, thus a Filename sort will maintain your required order of images.

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