p.2 #1 · Closest alternative to Canon Digital Photo Professional?
Sorry if this is sidetracking.
So what happens in Lightroom if you use a "file browser" and move the photos to another folder? Do you need to reimport them into Lightroom? What about the RAW processing that you did on those images? Do you lose them because Lightroom sees them as new imports?
p.2 #2 · Closest alternative to Canon Digital Photo Professional?
You do not need to reimport moved files; Lightroom will prompt you that it can't locate the files that have been moved.
This prompt will be either of two ways depending on if you moved individual files or entire folders.
If you moved files, the corresponding previews in Lightroom's Library Grid mode will have
a question mark (called a "badge" in Lightroom) in the upper-right corner indicating that it is unable to locate the file. If you attempt to open the file in Loupe view you will see a message saying "The file names "xxxxx.xx" is offline or missing.
Click the question mark and in the dialog box that appears, click on the "Locate" button and navigate to the new location of the file. If you moved multiple files to the same location you will also see an option to "Find nearby missing photos". Enable that option and Lightroom will set the new location of your files.
If folder(s) have been moved, their names will appear in red in the Folders Panel on the left side of your screen. Right-click on the folder name in red, select "Locate Missing Folder" and navigate to the new location.
If you moved multiple folders, click on the highest folder in the hierarchy, select Locate Missing Folder and Lightroom will find them.
Your edits will be preserved as long as Lightroom knows the new location of your files.
jchin wrote:
Sorry if this is sidetracking.
So what happens in Lightroom if you use a "file browser" and move the photos to another folder? Do you need to reimport them into Lightroom? What about the RAW processing that you did on those images? Do you lose them because Lightroom sees them as new imports?
p.2 #3 · Closest alternative to Canon Digital Photo Professional?
Cool. Thanks for explaining it.
James_N wrote:
You do not need to reimport moved files; Lightroom will prompt you that it can't locate the files that have been moved.
This prompt will be either of two ways depending on if you moved individual files or entire folders.
If you moved files, the corresponding previews in Lightroom's Library Grid mode will have
a question mark (called a "badge" in Lightroom) in the upper-right corner indicating that it is unable to locate the file. If you attempt to open the file in Loupe view you will see a message saying "The file names "xxxxx.xx" is offline or missing.
Click the question mark and in the dialog box that appears, click on the "Locate" button and navigate to the new location of the file. If you moved multiple files to the same location you will also see an option to "Find nearby missing photos". Enable that option and Lightroom will set the new location of your files.
If folder(s) have been moved, their names will appear in red in the Folders Panel on the left side of your screen. Right-click on the folder name in red, select "Locate Missing Folder" and navigate to the new location.
If you moved multiple folders, click on the highest folder in the hierarchy, select Locate Missing Folder and Lightroom will find them.
Your edits will be preserved as long as Lightroom knows the new location of your files.
