On Jan 7, 2009, at 1:58 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
I thought that if i imported files from folder A, then folder B, copied into the same directory using LR's import file dialogue box, they would all show up in that new folder in the LR library list located on the left side of the window. The both showed up, not in my new "burn" folder, but under the two original folder names, so i had to do the adjustments on the first few photos, export those to my "burn" folder, then go to the second folder, adjust those, and export into my "burn" folder.
You had the option set to import the files without moving or copying them, so Lightroom imported them and listed them in the locations where it found them.
Again, I don't understand your workflow. If I were using Lightroom to manage and process a thousand image files from a weekend horse shooting gig, the catalog would include all the files after I got home from the gig, each in their respective folders by date and event name.
For a client requesting a combined set of photos from event A and event B, I would create a Collection named by an ordinal number and client name-Use (I use YYnnn-name, eg: 08001-Jessop_Ranch-newsletter, 08002-John_Doe-family_riders, 08025-Red_Bull-IoM-article, etc) and drag the requested image files there.
From that point it's a simple matter to finish whatever corrections you need to do, select all the images in the requested set, and use the Export to CD/DVD panel to output them for the client to optical media. I would choose the option to create a burn folder on disk, in my Clients directory tree and named appropriately, as I like to keep track of exactly the finished, rendered files I sent to clients as well as what's in my Lightroom catalog.
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