On Oct 10, 2007, at 7:22 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am finding Lightroom doesn't seem to handle subdirectories well.
> Or the
> way I would like, anyway.
Most probably "the way I would like" is the more accurate
expression... ;-)
> ...
> 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?
1:
In the Library module, the Folder panel is an exact reflection of the
file system on the hard drive. How you import the folder structure
influences what you see there, however.
Let's say you have a structure on disk like this:
2006 - All My Pictures
Misc Junk Photos
Work In Progress
20060105 - Birthday Party
20060321 - San Jose - Trip to Opera
20061019 - Drive to Albuquerque
Projects
20060411 - My First Exhibit
20060923 - client portrait shoot in sf
20061202 - ebay horrible old Canon consumer lenses
If you want that whole folder tree to import into Lightroom, but
don't want the Misc Junk Photos branch to appear, Import in place
starting with the top level directory ("2006 - All My Pictures"). In
the import dialog which comes up, exclude the "Misc Junk Photos" sub-
directory tree. Manipulations of the directory tree in Lightroom's
Folder panel will be reflected from that point on in the file system
exactly.
(This is probably obvious, but it should be stated for completeness:
In the Library module, the Collections panel is maintained only in
the Lightroom catalog and does not in and of itself reflect the file
system at all. Only the Folder panel view reflects the file system
structure.)
2:
There behavior of Lightroom is to show all files in a directory tree
starting at the root and recursing down to the leaf nodes. So if you
imported the above and clicked on the "Work In Progress" node, it
would show all the files in the three subdirectories in the Grid
view. If you click on any of the leaf nodes, you will see only the
files in that leaf node. This implies a file system structure that
puts image files ONLY in the leaf nodes works best, rather than
having a set of directories containing both image files and directory
nodes, so that you can see each set of files independent of the
contents of subdirectory trees that might exist. (You can look at a
combined Grid view of, say, "20060105 - Birthday Party" and "20060411
- My First Exhibit" by Alt-Clicking just those two leaf nodes in the
Folder view, excluding the others.)
The above directory structure is the way I've been organizing my work
for some time even prior to using Lightroom. It probably isn't
exactly what you wanted. However, it works well given Lightroom's
Folder panel display behavior.
Godfrey
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