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Hi,
When using this link to download the entire Lightroom library, how are photos downloaded, will the folder structure be intact or will it "just" be a dump of all photos in the same folder? I'm planning to upload and categorize thousands of photos but I'm curious to understand how photos are downloaded (in the folder/sub-folders or all in one folder) if I need to stop using LR for any reason.
https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/kb/download-lightroom-photos.html
Thanks
No, it's not ONE folder. Images will be downloaded into a standard capture date-based folder scheme using the yyyy/yyyy-mm-dd format.
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TBMK- Yes, ONE folder.
And the 'Downloader' is only intended for primarily one purpose- If you "stop using LR".
You files will contain Capture Date metadata that would allow a re-structure of 'Date based' folders- very labour intensive!
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No, it's not ONE folder. Images will be downloaded into a standard capture date-based folder scheme using the yyyy/yyyy-mm-dd format.
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Thanks Jim, I stand corrected. Learning every day. 🙂
I should have read the 'help' document more carefully-
"...writes them into a date-based folder hierarchy at the hard-drive location that you specify."