Lightroom has "Folders" and "Collections". Folders map to the file system. Collections are groupings that are only known to Lightroom. If you move a file from one Folder to another, Lightroom moves it on disk. If you move a file from one Collection to another, you are only changing its grouping internal to Lightroom. So the way to move files from one directory to another is to move it from one Folder to another with Lightroom. It will tell you that this and any other edit cannot be undone, and when you click OK it will move the file and any associated XMP metadata to point to the new location.
If you want to move the file to a directory that has not been imported, the best way is to first force Lightroom to write the XMP metadata to the file, then remove the file from Lightroom. Go to the file system, move the file where you want it, then re-import it. (If you keep your RAW files in PEF format, be sure to move the matching .XMP file alongside it...) There are several other nuances to manipulating the file system. I suggest creating an empty Lightroom library and importing a few files, manipulating them, to discover what all the details are. Godfrey On Apr 7, 2007, at 6:18 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > Another possibility... > 1. Create a new folder (Collection) in LR. As you create it, use the > naavigational prompts to place the folder where you want your info > stored. > 2. Open your old Collection. > 3. Select all of the images in questions, drag-and-drop them onto the > new Collection. > 4. Delete the original collection (or the relevant images therein), > being careful to only delete them from LR, not from the hard disk. > > I suggest this because I have found LR to be fairly dumb and > ineffective at finding stuff that is moved. > > stan > > On Apr 7, 2007, at 12:24 PM, Bob W wrote: > >> Just move the file using Windows. Then in Lightroom right click on >> the >> folder name where the photo is registered, and choose Check for >> Missing Photos and Folders. LR will look for them and recatalogue >> them. Alternatively, you can delete them from the LR database and >> re-import them, which is the way I did it when I wanted to do a bulk >> move of some files. >>> >>> Suppose I have a file in a certain directory of my hard disk. It >>> is also registered in LR data base. Now, suppose I have processed >>> the file in LR and all the processing info is of course stored in >>> the DB. >>> >>> How can I move the file to some other place on my hard disk and >>> update LR in such a way that my editing work will not be lost? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
