I am not sure but I think you misunderstand what Auto Import is supposed to do.
The concept is to define a place where you're going to drop files that you want Lightroom to work with. Lightroom, once started and assuming that you've set up the Auto Import facility appropriately, will look for data files in that folder and then move them into its "Managed Folder" areas, applying the presets as you've defined for automated processing and metadata. I tested this by setting up a folder on an external drive where I drag and drop new files from the card to the computer. Lightroom immediately picked them up and moved them into its Managed Folder area, and applied the metadata template I'd specified. You can also tell Lightroom to recognize when you put a memory card on line and import the image files, placing them where you want them in its Managed Folder hierarchy. New tools, new ways of working. I tell you, Lightroom is going to make me very happy: I created a new Library database and imported all of the photos I'd saved in 2003. Just meandering through the Metadata history, I was able to find and keyword about a thousand image files in half an hour that I'd long forgotten about ... that translates to saleable photographs in very short order. Very very useful... Godfrey On Feb 22, 2007, at 12:16 AM, J and K Messervy wrote: > Thanks mate. Your reply put it into a bit of perspective. I have > found > that I can import my folder manually, I'm not sure what the point > of auto > importing is as it won't do that from external drives. > > I'll play a bit more with it, but I'm pretty happy with my current > work > flow...especially as I rarely print. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
