How to Import Images into Lightroom Classic

[@markchung1935]

Very good thanks, now I understand a little bit more about LR!

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

In glad it helped. Thanks for watching!

[@bertchristman4357]

I have seen many videos on LRC and this is the best and easiest to understand. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain it to a novice

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

That is so good to hear! Thanks for watching!

[@digitdouglas]

Thank you Jason, very helpful, I like how you present things, easy to follow and understand

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!

[@dataventurer9998]

On a tear today for some ideas about the many ways to import and set up the file structure. Thanks for a concise and helpful tutorial! I liked the tip about getting the Parent folder structure to show up!!!

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

Excellent. Glad it helped and thanks for watching!

[@digitdouglas]

Thank you, very well presented

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

@@digitdouglas thanks for watching!

[@patrickknowles7685]

Hi, I have a a raid 1 setup, so if I wanted to, I could choose make a second copy to another external hard drive, just checking before I do anything wrong,

[@magetower]

Correct, you can have the second copy go wherever you like.

[@patrickknowles7685]

@@magetower Thank you so much for answering my question so promptly,

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

Thanks for watching! You’ve already got the answer. You can have the second copy go wherever you want. This helps to make sure you have a second copy of the original.

[@patrickknowles7685]

@@jasoneldridgephotography Hi Jason, I have watched so many KZbin videos on LRC , Thank you so much for taking the time to help people like me that are not sure how to get around LRC, you’re videos are simply the best, I have learned so much since watching them,

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

@@patrickknowles7685 thank you for the comment, I’m glad they are helping!!

[@rustyandjudyfeuge1289]

Excellent. Well explained. Thanks!

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

I’m glad it helped! Thanks for watching.

[@johananGR]

Thank you. Very helpful!

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

Glad it helped. Thanks for watching!

[@01Dirtnapper]

Thank you.

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

@@01Dirtnapper you’re welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@Rdavis6593]

Very clear instructions. Thanks.

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MaxQ2989]

Nice vid but you did not mention how you made your destination folders or how to modify or add destination folders. ??

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

@@MaxQ2989 you can use the file system already built into the operating system of your computer. Create the folder as you would normally and then just find it as your destination folder. You can also create a new folder from Lightroom by right clicking the destination folder and hitting "create folder" but all it does is bring up your file system for you to create it per the usual method. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching.

[@MaxQ2989]

@@jasoneldridgephotography thanks for responding! Have a great day!

[@marykrigbaum9021]

How can you help someone who has almost never used Light Room desktop except for mobile? Good video. I'm a photographer working on an easy way to catalog images & thumbnails for copyright? Sorry for the loaded question.

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

Thanks for taking the time to watch the video. I have a couple of other videos which might help you out. One is for sorting your catalog and the other is for keywording images. Both of those would likely be used if you are trying to put a catalog together for the purposes of copyright. How to Sort your Catalog kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5i7aq19r62HpNEsi=7nIg1tJvvFMLbyyv How to Keyword Images in Lightroom Classic kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnm5dYR3m65nrMUsi=LAcn5KByMoZqTwsA Hope these help.

[@marykrigbaum9021]

@@jasoneldridgephotography Do you have a beginner video?

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

@@marykrigbaum9021 all my videos are currently up on the channel. When you say beginner are you talking about beginning editing or is it strictly sorting and keywords?

[@peterebel7899]

Better to put the files with the computer's file manager (Windows explorer/Mac's Finder) to the destination. This is done in seconds and you can instantly add them to the LR catalogue.

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

I have done it both ways over the years and still prefer using Lightroom. These days it happens super fast so it isn’t an issue. That said it is about finding a workflow that works for you. If using the explorer or finder makes more sense then it is certainly not incorrect. Thanks for watching.

[@peterebel7899]

@@jasoneldridgephotography I used LR since version 1. In the early times I had issues. Doing it in the file system is super fast, then comes LR 🙂 where I take lot of advantage of the Library Module. I geo-tag every picture in LR map module, this gives location metadata for every file within seconds. Every picture gets some keywords as well which makes finding super convenient if needed.

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

@@peterebel7899 I tried really hard to do the keywords but I would forget and then have thousands! Hahaha. So…. Well, here we are. Lol

[@peterebel7899]

@@jasoneldridgephotography I do use a stringent keyword structure mandatory for every file: - Event - Subject (see below) - I call it flow of year (the date without year) to be able to search i.e. flowers in blossom around mid April - The date comes with the file oo Camera - The location comes either oo camera or edited in the maps module. Subject: there is a structure to find down to the kw used. Just as an idea: i.e. animals-mammals-dogs-wulf i.e. persons-collgues-company i.e. artefacts-vehicles-cars- Ford-Model T You got it (the biological structure is identical to the scientific approach in taxonomy) If I need i.e. as a present for a friend horse pictures I just filter this person and the name of the horses. Bang, you have the pictures taken in 15 years to select from.

[@tectoramia-sz1lu]

Interesting. I like the way that you don't say "You must do it this way"

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

There are not of “must do’s” in photography. There are some great suggestions or guidelines though. The important thing here is to understand what file system makes sense to you. Thanks for watching!

[@janvonkrogh7772]

I think you should have saved your files to an external harddrive, and not to the computers harddrive. For a new user of LrC that is essential. Saves space on the mac and make backups easier.

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

I save all of my images for a given year to my Mac hard drive to keep the computer running fast and efficient. At the end of every year I export it all and import it to a master catalog I have on an NAS. I also have a cloud backup for everything. It is important to find what works for you as everyone does it differently. This was just to show people how to import into Lightroom Classic. Thanks for watching.

[@GlendaleHouse]

I know you always use raw images, does Lightroom work with jpegs ?

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

Yes it will work with jpeg images. While you will not have as much control as with a RAW image you will have a great many options and adjustments. Thanks for watching!

[@GeertSaenen]

thanks!

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

Welcome!

[@ataner4857]

Hello, I have a request. I have downloaded photos into Lightroom but when I go to Develop the photos are at the bottom of the bar but the rest including just the edit page is completely greyed out with no editing options. I can't even see the photo in the preview still just at the bottom of the bar. Please advise, thank you very much

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

The first question I would have is, did you move the photos on your computer at any point after you imported them onto Lightroom? Do you see a small exclamation mark on on an image (filmstrip at the bottom)?

[@ataner4857]

@@jasoneldridgephotography No no I didn't move the photos or have exclamation marks I just can't open the photo at all for editing.

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

@@ataner4857 and you have signed into your Adobe account etc? If you have then I have no idea why it would all be grayed out. You might have to reach out to Adobe to find out more. Last thing I would consider is what camera are you using? Is it brand new and perhaps the RAW files are not yet able to be manipulated by Camera Raw?

[@cambodialegacystudio1505]

Oh, the most stupid file system... Adobe... Delete|!!!

[@ContentPro.]

Thanks to Super helpful video. I've just sent you an Instagram message and how cool would that be, if you'd answer me for a quick question!

[@jasoneldridgephotography]

I messaged you back. Thanks for watching.