How to add existing Lightroom photos to an album from Windows Explorer

Question

Hi,I have a large album of photos in Lightroom. I sent these to someone and they picked the favourite ones from the album, in a ZIP file.I want to make an album with their selected photos, but when I go to import them it flags them as duplicates and doesn't add them to the album.I can add them from Lightroom but it will take maybe 90 minutes to select the images in Lightroom that are in the Explorer folder on Windows - how do I make a selection inside of Lightroom based on Windows Explorer files?Thanks!

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

For anyone who's looking to do the same thing:

JimHess is right, you can't technically do this. But a workaround is to use Adobe Bridge to batch rename the photos with a unique keyword, eg "APPROVED", and inside of Lightroom filter for files with that keyword in the name.

selondon · Answer

An an alternative could you create a web share and the recipient could then 'Like' or 'Comment' on the required Photos?

These should then show up in Lightroom (apart from the Cloud Based Lightroom CC I think).

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