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P: Option to display dates in Import Photos and Videos dialogue

Community Beginner ,
Dec 14, 2021 Dec 14, 2021

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Please consider adding an option to display dates next to photos in the Import Photos and Videos dialogue, either under the filename or in a list view.

 

Use case: I want to see at a glance which photos are from today or from the last few days, so I can import just those, and ignore older photos.

 

Known workarounds that aren't ideal:

  • A. Mouse-over photos to find where the latest batch starts.
    • I have to keep mousing over images to hunt, and that's much slower than being able to read dates at a glance.
  • B. Wait for all thumbnails to load, then skim by thumbnail
    • I mostly do this today, but it can be slow, especially for my Fuji RAW photos
  • C. Just import everything and let Don't Import Suspected Duplicates sort it out
    • I'm somewhat aggressive with culling/deleting photos, so some old photos still on my memory card may be treated as new again if I've deleted them from Lightroom

 

I can use A and B as workarounds (C isn't workable), but it would be really nice to add skimmable dates I can view at a glance.

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Explorer ,
Oct 25, 2022 Oct 25, 2022

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It would be nice to add a view to the import interface to group photos by date. An even better way would be to group photos by event (ie.: a wedding with photos taken from the afternoon until the night, even if the night goes on till 3am).

 

This would make the management of a big memory card containing multiple events much easier

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LEGEND ,
Oct 30, 2022 Oct 30, 2022

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I assume you know about sorting the Import window by Capture Time?  I agree that grouping, with visible headers identifying the day or time period, would usually be better.

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LEGEND ,
Oct 30, 2022 Oct 30, 2022

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