Hmf, I must be doing it wrong. I always import my raw files into Pictures/Current and do triage and basic editing there before I move them to their final home. [Yes - *gasp* - he discards Raw files.]
I just imported a bunch and thought I'd unchecked all those things you pointed out, but it went and put them in Current/2011/2011-03-13 anyhow. OK, I accept your assertion that I can tell Lightroom what to do and it will obey, so now I'm on a mission to find out how. I'm hoping I just missed unchecking something, and also that Lr will remember my settings in future imports. -T On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > It's very important that you look carefully at what Lightroom's import > dialog is telling you. Look at > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/lr-import.jpg ... > > - On the left panel, you see the source location. Note the light band > highlighting "Imported on March 12, 2011" which ends with a pointer to > the content window '>' ... this is telling you what you've selected > for Lightroom to import. > > - At the top, notice that "Copy" is highlighted ... LR will import > these files and make a copy of them to a destination for you. > > - On the right, notice the big pointer, another ">" arrow, indicating > the 'Desktop' folder as the destination. Notice also that I've elected > to move them organized "by date" using the date format "yyyymmdd", and > that "into subfolder" is NOT checked. This means that LR will create a > dated subfolder and put the 80 image files into it under Desktop. If I > check the "Into Subfolder" option and gave it a name for a new > subfolder, it would create the new subfolder under Desktop and THEN > create new data-named subfolders under that. If you change the > organize mode, it will change how it creates the destination you want > to put them. > > For my normal import, I have the organize by date with this date > format selected. Into subfolder is un-checked. I select the year as > the top level folder, Lightroom creates the day by day subfolders > under that year as desired with every import. > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think I've asked this question before, but can't find the responses. The >> top level of my image files is by year. Below that are folders by date with >> a descriptive phrase appended. When I import LR creates *another* directory >> for the year and then imports images by dates into this folder. When the >> import is finished I then have to move the folders created in the import out >> of this folder into *my* folder for the year. >> >> Why is LR doing this? How can I get it to stop, i.e., to just import by date >> into the folder I indicate without creating another folder? >> >> Thanks >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Eric Weir >> Decatur, GA USA >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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. > -- 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.
