File characteristics in a Lightroom search

How would one search and sort by file size? I don't see a way to do that. I'm trying to delete the largest files that have no future in my catalog.

In Lightroom 5, you can filter by File size in a Smart Collection. That's not the same as sorting, however.
I will point out that judging photos based upon file size seems to me to be the completely wrong criterion, as file size can vary quite a lot from photo to photo, and even within a single photo, given different export conditions. I also can't recommend a strategy of throwing out LARGE photos, as you will possibly wind up throwing out your originals, never a good thing to do.

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I would like to move a file from one folder to another within Lightroom 3 (let's not discuss why). I searched the threads but couldn't find the answer (maybe I missed it). When I click on a photo within grid view then drag and drop that file onto a different folder in the folder panel (to do the move), a little plus sign (copy) appears and a copy of the file is placed in the second folder. If I try to delete the photo from the original folder (to get the move), both copies of the file are removed. I've tried holding down all sorts of keys on the imac but cannot get the move to work. Ideally, I'd like to move a group of photos but cannot even move one. Does anyone know how to move files between folders in Lightroom 3?

Your suggestion works. Thank you for posting it.
Ron
2010/10/28 Dorin Nicolaescu-Musteață <[email protected]>
Try selecting the photos, right-clicking the target folder and choosing
"Move Selected Photos to This Folder".
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How can I download a previously downloaded purchase to my iTunes library on my laptop when the listing for the song in my library won't play because it says it cannot locate the file. Yes I have searched my iTunes folders and also done a full windows sear

How can I download a previously downloaded purchase to my iTunes library on my laptop when the listing for the song in my library won't play because it says it cannot locate the file. Yes I have searched my iTunes folders and also done a full windows search. The track plays on my iPad and my iPhones but will not play on my laptop!?
It has an "!" To the left of the song title in my library
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If you cannot find the file on your hard drive then once you delete the current broken entry you should be able to redownload from iTunes in the Cloud. This assumes the item in question qualifies. Note that audiobooks, digital booklets, iTunes LPs & Extras, ringtones, selected movies etc. don't.
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I backed up my ipod during a windows backup. how do i find those ipod files(not itunes) in the windows backup files? i've tried searching and i can't find

i backed up my ipod during a windows backup. how do i find those ipod files(not itunes) in the windows backup files? i've tried searching and i can't find

so i plugged in my ipod and it asked if i wanted to backup the files before restoring it.
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Or
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Cannot open DNG files via Bridge or Lightroom in Photoshop?

I have a problem that has popped up since I installed the 5.6 RAW upgrade to my CS4/Lightroom 2.2 package. Hopefully someone would be kind enough to help me diagnose it, as it affects only about 85,000 raw files currently in my Lightroom Catalogue.
The files were originally shot using a Canon professional camera in their proprietary RAW format, CR2. This conversion occurred upon input into Lightroom while at the same time the original CR2 files discarded (as I am not the son of a Hard Drive Manufacture!). After the installation of the recent DNG/RAW converter upgrade I first noticed that the dng files would not display in Bridge even if I rebuild the cache, however, if I downloaded a Canon CR2 file they displayed without a problem. This condition Bridge; Lightroom continued to display both types of RAW files correctly, however the dng file now had a small triangle with an explanation symbol inside it on the top right of the thumbnail preview indicating that “Lightroom has encountered problems reading this photo, while there was no associated problem with the canon CR2 file. The message 'You will not be able to make adjustments to this photo” was associated with the triangle icon. Quite discerning, considering this has occurred to all 18,000 previously imported and rendered dng previews.
I then tried to import the files into Camera RAW using the ‘right-click technique’ in Bridge on the dng file symbols representing the thumbnails that would be there if I did not have this problem. When I right clicked and selected ‘Open in Camera Raw’ there is no response what so ever. If I drag the dng symbol to the Photoshop desktop it results in the following error message “Could not complete your request because of a program error.” Either way there is no getting the dng file into Photoshop.
I have attempted the following fixes:
1. Clean reinstall of CS4 (saving preferences)
2. Clean update of Camera RAW 5.5
Does anyone out there have any solutions, recommendations, work-around or suggestions for this situation? Is it a problem with a conversion of the metadata? The file structure itself? Can it be fixed? At this juncture I am out of Tums’s, that nasty tasting pink stuff in the bathroom and am headed for the pharmacy for something stronger.
I would appreciate any help at all.
Gregg
DigitalImage Studio
FL

I know it does help find a solution, but I have run across some older DNG's that will open in LR 2 but will not open in Bridge/CSR 4. (These are DNG's created by Scott Kelby for his LR 2 book - I have attached on to this post.) I can open them first in LR and then tell LR to edit the image in Photoshop and it will open. I have not yet had the issue of LR not being able to open the DNG correctly. However, I may not have done a DNG conversion since I installed the 5.6 upgrade. When I get a chance I will go convert some CR2 files and see what happens.
Mike
I have uploaded one of Kelby's dng's that will not open in my desktop nor laptop Bridge/CSR 4 w/all updates. DNG 5.6 is unable to process them as well. It will import into LR. Other than that I cannot cause DNG's not to load into Bridge/CSR.
Opps the file is too big. You can download it from here. Kelby's Technical Copy Editor told me she did not have the same problem. Weird. I hope you solve your problem.

Why am I not able to export NEF files to Photoshop from Lightroom to edit. This is new. When I right click on an image, the export to PS option is not selectable.

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I have an Edit In - Photoshop option, but not an Export - Photoshop option.
Obviously to have right-click Edit In to work, the photo you're right-clicking on needs to be selected. I assume this is not the problem, and that the photo is selected.
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Why Won't PSCS3 Edited Files Show Up In Lightroom?

What am I doing wrong here?
I am trying to go from Lightroom to Photoshop CS3. Why won't the resulting edited photos -- the .psd files -- then show up in Lightroom?
In Lightroom, I right-click on the image I want to edit and select "Edit in Adobe Photoshop CS3. I am then presented with three options(I usually select 'edit a copy') and there is a check box at the bottom to "stack with original" which I leave checked.
Then I go into Photoshop, edit the image, and save it, usually as a .PSD file. Then I close the file and return to Lightroom, but all I can ever find then are jpegs, no sign of the .psd file I just created.
I want Lightroom to stack the edited PSD on top of the jpeg and show it instead of the original jpeg. What I DON'T want to have to do is then go around and import the file into the library. That seems redundant... lousy work flow.
So, is there some way to get those PSDs that I create between LR and PS to show up in LR without going round in circles?
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Is the photo in a collection? If it is and you edit in Photoshop, it will not appear stacked in the collection. However, if you switch to folder view you will see that it is stacked and it is on top of the stack.
Just after I posted this reply, I saw Lee Jay's reply and he right-on-the-mark. I had missed, well skipped over your line in your message that said:
>Then I go into Photoshop, edit the image, and save it, usually as a .PSD file.
Do not "save as" in Photoshop, just save the file and it should appear back in Lightroom: in the collection view it will appear as a separate image, in folder view it will be stacked.
(I also looked at Adobes help and and easy-to-miss sentence is in there:
>After making edits in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, you will be prompted to save any changes to the photo sent from Lightroom. Be sure not to do a Save As and rename the photo because the newly-created photo will not be automatically added to the library.)
And this is the link where I found the foregoing quote:
http://learn.adobe.com/wiki/display/LR/Edit+in+Photoshop+or+Photoshop+Elements+-+Basics

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DNG files display artifacts in Lightroom but not in Camera Raw

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Dennis-H wrote:
Is there a utility that can verify the integrity of a suspect DNG file?
his page explaines how to do that usingAdobe DNG Converter:
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When I upload files and correct in lightroom then I export to another named file I keep getting two duplicates. numbered 1 and 2. this never happened before

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No Print To File option in Photoshop Lightroom (Mac OS and Windows)

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If you use print to file then you get a file that is meant to be send to a printer and that file has all kind of formatting code for that specific printer.
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Cannot open DNG files in CS3 or Lightroom?

When I convert RAW files from my new DMC-LF1 camera to DNG, I can not open the files in CS3 or Lightroom. Isn't DNG supposed to be a universal format?
I do not have problems with converted DNG files from my Nikon cameras.

I use the free Adobe DNG Converter vers. 8.1 der supporter mit Panasonic DMC-LF1. I just downloaded this version and now am able to open my Panasonic DNGs in Lightroom, but not in CS3. There are no problems opening my Nikon DNGs in both programs.
This certainly leaves the problem about DNG as a universal format lasting far out in the future, doesn't matter what camera the file came from.
Den 29/12/2013 kl. 15.58 skrev Sulaco:
Re: Cannot open DNG files in CS3 or Lightroom?
created by Sulaco in Photoshop General Discussion - View the full discussion
As far as I know DNG is supposed to be standardised format. What are you using to convert the RAW files to DNG?
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D7100 NEF files in CS5 or Lightroom 3?

How can I see my D7100 NEF files in CS5 or Lightroom 3?

These are good resources:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/311515
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/
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How do I transfer my catalog, files and collections into Lightroom 4 onto another computer?

How do I transfer my catalog, files and collections into Lightroom 4 onto another computer?

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File Info panels in Lightroom.

Hello, everybody.
My workflow involves the use of Photoshop, Bridge and more recently I decided to make Lightroom part of it also. As described in Martin Evening's "The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book" I am trying to use Bridge as a front end for Lightroom and think that both applications really complement each other well.
Now, to my questions:
1. I am trying to find the File Info panels in Lightroom that can also be accessed in Photoshop and Bridge. I must have missed the obvious but I haven't been able to find it. Could you point me in the right direction ?
2. Where is the keyword catalog for Lightroom located ? What is the proper syntax for this file ? Is there an application I can use that will allow me to create my own keyword catalog that can then be imported into Lightroom ? Last but not least, can Lightroom have more than one catalog installed ? What about Bridge ? Can it also have more than one keyword catalog installed ?
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Joe

Those panels are specific to Bridge, Photoshop and other Adobe suite apps. Sadly, they don't exist in LR. Instead, use the Metadata panel.
LR's keywords are stored inside the LR catalogue - there is no "keyword catalog for Lightroom" concept. You can import a list of keywords using the Metadata > Import Keywords command. This list will be a txt file which you can prepare in any text editor or in Excel. To see the format, add a few keywords in Lightroom, and create a txt file using the Metadata > Export Keywords command. Then just edit this file, or copy its format - eg indenting child keywords.
Fr now, if you are asking questions like these, I would recommend sticking to one tool, a single Lightroom catalogue, for entering your metadata. Until you find your feet, using more than one tool will only make work for yourself and will result in inconsistencies. Also, treat yourself to a copy of Peter Krogh's DAM Book (his forum is good for metadata workflow issues).
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