Do you mean - You do not have a Collections Panel on the left side of the Library module? Do you mean - You cannot see any Collections listed inside the Collections Panel? Have you 'collapsed' the Collections list by clicking on the triangle on the Collection Panel Header? Is it possible you have started a new Catalog? Some more detailed information (and screen-clips) will help other users with an answer for you. ... View more

to get each individual slide named You will need to put this information into the metadata for each image. Then you direct each text box (ABC)  on the slideshow to the information you want- Filename, Caption, Date, Equipment, etc.... You can also select "Edit" from the drop-down menu and create your own mix of info in the Template dialog. One point:  The "Custom Text" selection allows you to type text in the box, BUT "Custom Text" is 'global'- it appears on every slide. ... View more

Also give us some info about camera model. Some DSLRs that are 'Full-frame' can be set in menus to 'Cropped sensor' ( eg. APS-C). This would open your 'full-size' raw image files in Lightroom with the crop in place. Have you tried using the Lr Crop tool on these images? ... View more

What "settings" are you giving? I see the simplest is to create your export preset something like my screen-clip: Export to a "Specific Folder"  and choose your external drive (and maybe a 'master' folder) Tick the box for [Put in a sub-folder] Save the Export dialog as a preset. Now when you use this preset, the only setting you need to do is type in a name for the sub-folder and [Export]. ... View more

And to add- Don't forget the "Painter" Tool. This little spray-can can do many tricks. 1. Mouse-click to 'Pick up the spray can", 2. choose the action from the drop-down menu,  and 3. 'Spray' away on the thumbnails in grid view. 4. Click back on the grey dot to 'place the spray-can back on the shelf' In screen-clip I have selected to add any 'sprayed' image to the [Target Collection]  (see above for Target Collection) ... View more

Yes, and it is in the very last step of the order process when you enter a credit card number. Thanks Blurb for the BEST50 discount this weekend. ... View more

Did you find an answer yet? I select photos, open the book module, then immediately "Create a Saved Book" Collection. I always re-open the book by selecting this 'Book' collection, or clicking on the small white arrow at the end of the Book collections name. As to the question- To add more photos- Drag them from the Library Grid View onto the 'Saved Book' collection in the collections panel. The 'added' photos will appear at the right-end of the filmstrip and can be dragged onto pages in the book. ... View more

Yesterday I have just experienced the same problem with Book Module.- Extremely slow to respond to anything. Just selecting (click to highlight) one page of the book took upwards of 30 seconds. It took minutes! for a right-click menu to appear anywhere. I have Windows-10 16Gb ram  Nvidia GT640  LR-CC2015.7 I did notice in my task-bar notifications there was an update for my Nvidia graphics driver. (375.95-desktop-win10-64bit-international-whql.exe) I did the update- Did a 'cold' reboot Now Book module is back up to speed! Much happier. Just sent a 216 page, large landscape book to blurb. (With internet speeds in Australia- it did take hours!!) ... View more

gm, you should study this link for some explanations- http://www.lightroomqueen.com/backup-lightroom-files/ If you understand how you would store text documents (1234.txt)  or Word documents (1234.doc) in your computer, then you would understand that Lightroom stores catalog files  (1234.LRCAT)  in a similar manner. Catalog files are a database file. looking for a file called lrcat. No, the file is not called 'lrcat', LRCAT is the file-type suffix, it might be called something like-   ' Lightroom Catalog.LRCAT '  (And you can rename catalog files to anything that suits you- *seek instructions.) And when you make a backup Lr (v6 & later) saves it as ' Lightroom Catalog.LRCAT.ZIP ' ... View more

Thanks Bob, Re-building previews in one step can prevent annoying waiting times. Am I correct in thinking the ACR cache might be - C:\Users\my name\AppData\Local\Adobe\CameraRaw\Cache  ? Is this cache really used by Lightroom, or only the Photoshop/ACR function.? ... View more

Just to clarify- The procedure suggested by Paige does NOT involve  "exporting the photos"  (or importing photos) He is talking about merging the catalog files by the menu item "Export to another catalog" and 'Import from another catalog" Post again with more questions if you are unsure. ... View more

If you have searched all drives and not found any  xxx.LRCAT  files.  You do not have a Catalog! Have you searched for  xxx.LRCAT.ZIP   files on all drives?  Lr6 versions create backup catalogs in ZIP format. Have you been making regular catalog backups since April 2016 ? Why wouldn't the catalog have moved over with all the other data? I do not have an answer for that. It is not a Lightroom problem. Maybe the Apple Store can give an answer. The Apple Store data transfer may not have been 'complete'. How do I create a new catalog? Lightroom may automatically ask you to start a new catalog when you run Lr. Or- on the Lr Menu>File>New Catalog... Or- hold down the [Alt] key when you start Lr and a dialog opens showing all existing catalogs and an option to [Create a new catalog...] A new catalog will require you to import all your photos by using the "ADD" option in the import window, and choose the top-most folder of your images on the external drive. (or just choose the Drive as the 'source') "ADD" will leave all you photo files in their exact same location and folder structure. A new catalog will not show any edits you previously did to photos unless you exported some developed images. (or possibly saved .XMP sidecar files to your images.) ... View more

The most likely answer is that you opened an 'old' catalog-  one you created before you did the deletions and edits. Maybe you opened a previous 'Backup' catalog. A mistake that can lead to confusion. backup file from about two weeks ago This is probably the latest version of your work, and if so, make this your 'master' catalog. You do know that Lightroom catalogs do not contain your photos? A catalog is like a library index that has references to your photo files. Good practice is to only have the one working catalog in a common place like "My Documents" or a "Pictures" folder. All backups should be saved and stored on a separate physical hard-drive in an "Out-of-the-way" location so as to avoid confusion. ... View more

Your screen-clips do not show me the folder location where you "imported to"  - I only see the 'Previous Import' shortcut. And what folder are you moving the photo into?  -  I only see the error dialog. So- what folder is the image in? (after you imported from the iphone by the 'copy' method) What folder are you trying to move it into? ... View more

The obvious first question- You have searched all drives (internal & external) for any catalog files that have the suffix  { *.LRCAT } and you don't have Time Machine backups? ... View more

Is it possible you are importing the picture from a folder on the hard-drive to another folder on the Hard-drive using the "Copy" method? This will leave the original where it is and put a copy in the 'Destination' folder as well. So you couldn't move it back to the original folder from the Destination folder using Lr. Are you trying to move a picture between folders that are in the same folder hierarchy?  Look at your menu/Library option to "Show Photos in Sub-folders" Well, IT IS NOT there Have you searched the system folders using Explorer/Finder to see if the picture actually is in both folders? ... View more

Check you have the Brush Flow and Density both at 100 (or high). Adjust only the other sliders in the Brush tool panel-  (Sliders in the Basic panel below do not affect the brush) Are you referring to the visual change in the Develop module and Grid view? ... View more

With a new computer the Printer driver installed may change with the operating system. You can copy Lightroom print templates from the 'global' location of Lightroom Settings- (old computer to new computer) C:\Users\Your Name\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Print Templates\User Templates If you store preferences "with the catalog"- look there. If the templates do not work correctly in the new system you will have to- 1. Select a template in the Print module. (copied from the 'old' system) 2. Re-enter the Page Setup dialog to confirm or change the printer properties in the printer dialog. 3. Right-click the Print Template and choose to "Update with current settings" ... View more

I see the same as Jim. Nothing will let me pick the color from the image in the main develop window or the computer desktop screen! Not even with ALT/OPT, not with CTRL. (Windows-10 CC2015.7) I can pick a color on the image in the Navigator preview panel, the Filmstrip, desktop icons, other software windows. ... View more

I would be doing this in Photoshop. Open a new 'document' that is 4:3  (eg. 1920x1440pixels) Black background. (Save a Ps 'preset' or a Black 4x3 photo in Lr) Open the 'Portrait' image in Ps (from Lightroom-  Ctrl+E) and drag "Move tool"  it onto the Black 4:3 document. Use Transform [Ctrl+T] to resize and fit on the 4:3 document.  (Hint: To see all the Transform frame press [Ctrl+zero]. ) Save as a jpg for the digital screen. If the Black 4x3 background was already in Lr, you could just select both Background and image and [Open as Layers in Photoshop] ... View more

I click the Right upper hand corner and choose the path. I highly recommend you expand the Destination panel in the Lower-right. This will give previews and small indicators on folders telling you exactly where files are being stored. The + indicates new folders being created. The number indicates the number of files copied to that folder. The Tick is a flag you can remove to selectively stop images being imported to that folder. ... View more