Couple of notes: - if you have a bunch of Virtual Copies in your "originals" set, you'll create exports for all of them and the originals too using this method exactly as stated. There are several ways to eliminate this side effect, but I'll leave them as an exercise for the reader. ;-)
- you don't have to tell the export function to add the exports back to the catalog. I do that for proofing. If you don't, all you have to do to eliminate the masters is delete them to the trash, quit, and delete the catalog and previews files. The exports will be left behind. G On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > Boris, > > Here's the easiest way to achieve what you want without use of any > other software: > > Note: I assume that by "Export" you mean "output and process to a > finished set" with all adjustments embedded, and retain the file > system structure. > > - Put all the files that you want to export from wherever in your > catalog they might be into a Collection. > > - Choose "Export as Catalog" from the File menu, give the export > catalog a name, and choose to export previews and negative files. > > This will create a catalog folder inside of which Lightroom will place > the catalog file (.LRCAT), previews (.LRDATA), and a folder hierarchy > matching the original one that your files were stored in. > > - Quit Lightroom and reopen it using the newly created catalog file. > > - Click "All Photographs" in the Library module's Catalog panel, then > select all. > > - Choose "Export" from the File menu. > > In "Export Location" choose "Export to: Same folder as original > photo"; I also check the "Add to This Catalog" option. Set any other > export parameters per your desires. Click Export. > > When done, a complete set of finished exports now exists in the > duplicated directory structure, and the originals you exported from > are selected in the Lightroom catalog. Press the Delete key and choose > the option to put the originals in the Trash. > > - Quit Lightroom, open the catalog directory and put the .LRCAT and > .LRDATA items into the trash. Empty the trash. > > (I know Windows likely uses a different term for "trash", but I > presume that is obvious... ;-) > > Now you have a folder containing a duplicated directory tree of > exported files that matches the original files' directory tree. > > G > > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 8:52 PM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: >> Guys, >> >> Say, I have a folder structure where I store my photos. Now I want to bulk >> export, but I want to preserve the structure like so: >> >> 1. I give LR a destination folder. >> 2. I will automatically create a sub-folder for each leave folder in my >> folder tree and export there the pictures accordingly. >> >> How is that accomplished? >> >> Boris >> >> -- >> 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 -- 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.
