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djm1
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December 25, 2016
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Where do I find pictures that I have previously imported to Lightroom?

  • December 25, 2016
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I am a relatively new user of Lightroom. I imported some pictures earlier today, saved them on my Mac, worked on them, went out, took some more shots, imported those and worked on them too. Now I want to go back to the first lot I imported. Where do I find them? I just save everything in my Pictures folder under dates. When I try to import them into Lr once again, I can't because Lr tells me that they have already been imported. That may be so, but I can't find them. Where do I look for pictures that have previously been imported to Lr, so I can work on them some more in Develop mode?

Thanks for helping this poor fool!

David

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    解決に役立った回答 dj_paige
    I also removed most of the files from Lr, because they are now located elsewhere and I don't want to use up more space than necessary.

    This is a mistake, there is no reason to remove the photos from LR. You can store the photos on any disk you want where there is enough space.

    So the proper workflow is Import photos into LR, telling LR to store the photos on whatever disk has enough space and whatever folder you want the photos to be in. Edit, add metadata, etc. Do not remove the photos from Lightroom! Close Lightroom. Next time you return to Lightroom, you will find all of your edits and metadata.

    Now, since you have removed the photos, the only way to get the photos back into LR is to import them again, and Lightroom will assume these are new photos it has never seen before, and they will have no edits and no user-supplied metadata.

    Now when I open Lr and want to import those same CR2 files from their new location, they are all greyed out, as are half the JPGs.

    This means you didn't really remove the photos from Lightroom, so you are prevented from importing a photo a second time. Do not import the photos a second time! You have to find the photos in LR, clicking on All Photographs, and then you will be able to make use of them.

    Under the All Photographs menu item you showed last time, the pictures look like they are there, but they're not, because I have moved them, and Lr does not not know where the photos are now stored.

    If the photo thumbnail is there, you should see an exclamation point icon in the rectangle surrounding the photos, click on the exclamation point icon and then you can direct Lightroom to the proper location of the file.

    Also I have not assigned keywords or metadata to anything. I just store under date folders - I find it easy.

    This has a major drawback. Today, you may be able to remember what date the photo was taken and go to the proper folder. But when you have thousands of photos, you will not remember the dates the photos were taken. This is why assigning keywords and other metadata is so important, the keywords and other metadata will enable you to find the photos when you are no longer able to remember the date the photo was taken.

    Please take some time and read or view some beginner material on Lightroom. This will make your life much simpler. The investment of time will be well worth it.

    https://www.lightroomqueen.com/quickstart/

    Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 | Adobe TV

    Please take some time and make changes to your workflow. Please read my second paragraph at the start of this message, please try to conform with the best-practices workflow that I have described, you will make your life so much easier and get a lot more out of Lightroom.

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    Jose22742501vk42
    Participant
    April 5, 2024

    I downloaded photos with their subfolder titles, but when I open LRC, some of these subfolders' titles appear in the right side list of subfolders under the year "2023" folder title, but, they do not appear in the left side's list of folders which I can open.  Every time I open LR, it ask me to respond whether I am "Done" or "Cancel" the Import, which never asked me before upon opening LR. Any advice to find these "lost subfolders"?

    Jose

     

    dj_paige
    dj_paige
    Legend
    April 5, 2024

    @Jose22742501vk42

    instead of asking your question at the end of a 8 year old thread, please start a new thread with your question. In that new thread, explain in detail, and provide screen captures of the problem.

    dj_paige
    dj_paige
    Legend
    December 25, 2016

    You can click on All Photographs and then scroll up or down to find the previously photos.

    Or you could click on the folder name to find them.

    Or you could assign keywords and metadata to photos when you import them, and then use the keywords and other metadata to find the photos.

    There are plenty of ways to do this.

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      djm1作成者
      Participant
      December 29, 2016

      Hi dj

      You kindly sent a message to this poor incompetent user a few days back, but I can now no longer import any previously edited pictures into Lightroom. I imported, worked on, made JPGs of my edits and exported both the CR2 Raw files and the JPGs to another external drive. I also removed most of the files from Lr, because they are now located elsewhere and I don't want to use up more space than necessary. Now when I open Lr and want to import those same CR2 files from their new location, they are all greyed out, as are half the JPGs. Under the All Photographs menu item you showed last time, the pictures look like they are there, but they're not, because I have moved them, and Lr does not not know where the photos are now stored. Also I have not assigned keywords or metadata to anything. I just store under date folders - I find it easy. So, question is - once again unfortunately - how do I reimport into Lr? How do I tell Lr where to find pictures I want to work on?

      Thanks for your advice.

      Kind regards

      David

      JP Hess
      JP Hess
      Inspiring
      December 29, 2016

      Apparently, in the paperwork that you have, you have a TAN code that has to be redeemed. I don't know any more about that because I don't use Leica Cameras. From what I understand, that code

      Are you replying in the proper thread? There's no mention of TAN codes or Leica cameras here ...


      Senior moment, I guess. I thought I was in the right discussion.

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