I am finding Lightroom doesn't seem to handle subdirectories well. Or the way I would like, anyway.
I am using Windows XP. For now, in the library, I am just trying to mirror what I have on disc. As I go through and do this I am renaming directories to have more descriptive names. They all have date stamps, I am keeping the date stamps but adding leading names. Like Fremont - 2006 04 13. Since Windows will do long and undash linked file names now, that will work. And in 1.2 I can use Lightroom to rename the directories. However, I have run into two problems. I've done some net searching and forum searching and haven't found an answer yet. When I imported (in location) my subdirectories lost the master directory name. For instance, I have a directory on my hard disk that is labeled Yosemite. In that directory are subdirectories that are date stamped, but Lightroom just imported the subdirectories and I lost the master directory/name, Yosemite. In other instance, I created a subdirectory through Lightroom in an existing directory and moved photos from the master directory to the subdirectory. But although the pictures show up in the Lightroom library in the subdirectory, they also show up in the master directory. I don't like that. I have looked in the actual directory on disc and have found they HAVE been moved, but they still show up in the master directory. Doing a remove (without delete) from library for the master directory will remove them from both the master directory and the subdirectory in the library. So I've had to synchronize folders and it puts the pics showing both back in the subdirectory and the master directory. I don't like the way like Lightroom handles subdirectories. I may have to resort to moving all subdirectories out to become their own "master" directories. 1. Is there any way to show the master directory name for a subdirectory when importing? 2. Is there any way to have the pics in the library only show in the subdirectory and not in the master directory as well? TIA, Marnie aka Doe Sorry for the long explanation, kind of hard to figure out how to word these questions. --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
