Thanks, Godders. I found out why it wasn't working--I was clicking on the "slide mount" in the Grid view, rather than on the image itself. I don't want fingerprints on the images, after all...
Rick --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jun 1, 2008, at 2:21 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > > I would like to add a photo to an existing > Collection. > > > > So, I read the f###ing documentation, which says > to > > select the photo in Library Grid mode, and drag it > to > > the desired collection in the Collection Panel. > > > > Nifty, except that the photos don't drag anywhere. > > > > How is it =really= done? > > > Exactly as they state: Click and drag a thumbnail > from the Grid view > onto the Collection you want to add it to. If the > particular image or > copy is already in the Collection you drag it to, > Lightroom will not > allow you to add it twice. > > I have no idea why it would not work on your system. > Perhaps you're > not giving Lightroom that momentary pause required > for it to know > that you've clicked and dragged the image? I find > this happens to me > occasionally. > > An alternative is to select the thumbnails in either > the Library grid > view or the Film Strip panel and control-click on > the Collection you > want to add them to. Pick the "Add Selected Photos > To This > Collection" command ... Lightroom will add them as > requested. > > A nice touch ... if you have a folder or collection > selected in grid > view and hover the mouse over a Collection, > Lightroom will highlight > all the files from the current location that are > already included in > the collection you are hovering over. > > Godfrey > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
