This step is very important because you don’t want to loose track of where your photos are being saved.
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Now that we have our source selected and have told Lightroom how to handle the photos, it is time to choose where we want to save our photos. There are various reasons for doing this but unless you understand why you would want to convert the file to a DNG, I suggest importing with the regular Copy option when importing from a card or camera. Lightroom has the ability to convert your camera’s raw files into DNGs. The Add feature leaves the media in the location that it already is but still adds it to your Lightroom catalog.Ĭopy as DNG: A DNG file is a RAW file format created by Adobe. When Move is selected the photos or video that you import will be moved from their current location to the new location that you specify in the next step.Īdd: Just like the Move option Add cannot be used unless the media is already on a hard drive. This feature can only be selected when the media is already on a hard drive. Move: You cannot choose the move option when importing from a card or camera. This is more than like the option you want if you are importing from a card or camera. Before we get to that point, I’d like like to explain the difference between Copy, Copy as DNG, Move and Add.Ĭopy: Copy will leave the files in the original location while creating a copy on the destination that you specify. If you are importing from a camera or card, Lightroom will create a copy of the photos on the drive that we specify in the next step. Now we need to tell Lightroom how to handle the photos that you are importing. You can simply uncheck the photos that you do not want to import or you can click the uncheck all photos box at the top of the window and check only the ones that you want to import. STEP 7īy default Lightroom will check every photo within a given folder structure. If your device or drive has multiple layers of folders, you may want to click the Include Subfolders box. Navigate to the card or drive that you want to import your images from. Lightroom Classic import screen check boxes STEP 6
If you do not see any of these devices click on the word “Source” below the hard drive icon and they will become visible. On the left hand side of the window you will see all of your connected hard drives, media cards, and cameras. To get started go to File > Import Photos and Videos. Now that you have you Lightroom catalog created, it is time to import some photos into that catalog. IMPORTING YOUR PHOTOS IN LIGHTROOM STEP 5 Call this folder LR Catalog and press Create. With your newly created folder selected, click the New Folderbutton once more. Now Click the New F older button in the lower left hand corner of the dialog box.
Navigate to the external drive that you want to save your photos to and click on it. NOTE: Your Lightroom Catalog my operate slightly slower on an external drive but I think the benefits of having all your data in one place is worth the trade off. (The catalog can be moved after it has been created) For the sake of simplicity and to retain the ability to work on your photos on any computer I’ll be explaining how to create a Lightroom catalog on an external drive. The first option is to store it on your computer’s internal hard drive and the second is to store it on an external drive. There are two options for storing your catalog. You might want to call it something like Your Name Lightroom or Yourname – 2020 – Catalog.
In the top of the dialog box give your catalog a name by typing in the Save As field. Once you have opened up Lightroom, click File > New Catalog. In order to avoid confusion and to make sure that you know where your Lightroom catalog and photos are being stored, I’m going to have you create a few folders to store these files in. When a a file is moved or renamed, Lightroom will no longer be able to relocate it and you will manually have to reconnect the image or folder. Since Lightroom is only referencing your photos it is extremely important not to rename or move any images or folders on your hard drive that Lightroom is referencing. You can reference multiple hard drives from a single catalog but I strongly discourage this in most cases since you are less likely to loose track of your files if they are on one drive under a single parent folder. Lightroom does not actually store your photos within the program, it only references them from wherever you have stored them on your hard drive. SETTING UP A LIGHTROOM CATALOG FOR THE FIRST TIME BEFORE YOU GET STARTEDīefore we get started, it is important to discuss how Lightroom handles your images.
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