How can I correctly import images to Lightroom?
Before installing Adobe Creative Cloud, I deleted Adobe Elements and all files in My Pictures on my hard drive so I could start fresh. I copied groups of images from CS5 Bridge on my old pc onto an empty flashdrive and tried to import them to Lightroom. In addition to those copied images, whole bunches of other images imported. Even worse, those added images were sorted strangely, not even belonging to the groups as I had them in my old pc.
Before installing Adobe Creative Cloud, I deleted Adobe Elements and all files in My Pictures on my hard drive so I could start fresh. I copied groups of images from CS5 Bridge on my old pc onto an empty flashdrive and tried to import them to Lightroom. In addition to those copied images, whole bunches of other images imported. Even worse, those added images were sorted strangely, not even belonging to the groups as I had them in my old pc.
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How do I correctly import images into Lightroom?
Before installing Adobe Creative Cloud, I deleted Adobe Elements and all files in My Pictures on my hard drive so I could start fresh. I copied groups of images from CS5 Bridge on my old pc onto an empty flashdrive and tried to import them to Lightroom. In addition to those copied images, whole bunches of other images imported. Even worse, those added images were sorted strangely, not even belonging to the groups as I had them in my old pc.
Since you used the Copy import type, at least the images are also where they originally were, other than those on the flash-drive which was a temporary location for images from another location except when you plug it in.
So there seem to be two unexpected things: more images were imported than you wanted to be imported, and some of the images are in folders that don't match the date they were taken.
The folder-date mismatch might be due to some of the photos not having a taken-date in the exif information so the date they were last modified is used, instead. You should check your destination naming options in LR to see if you have things set to import into date folders or not. If not, then you actually specified that LR import a particular import's photos into a specifically-named folder that you typed the name of.
As far as how extra photos got imported, only you can answer that. It would have to do with where you told LR to import from and if you have Include Subfolders selected. There is a way to specify an Auto Import folder using LR / File / Auto Import where LR will watch for photo files and import photos it see show up in that folder, but I doubt that is the problem.
You'll have to decide on what to do now. If you have all the photos still on the flash drive, then you might want to start over. However, also think about if you want to be doing a Copy Import into your pictures folder from everywhere else, or if you want to use Explorer to copy the photos, yourself, outside of LR and do an Add import. A Copy import from the flash drive could make more sense, since that is only a temporary location for the photos, but for other photos already on your computer, an Add import might make more sense. If you use your OS copy commands to move photos from the flash drive to your computer's internal drive, you can decide what to name the folders, instead of LR choosing, if you have LR Import set to use dates.
If things aren't in completely the wrong places, you can drag-and-drop within the LR Library Folders panel to put things where you want, and you can also right-click Remove (without deleting from disk) any extra photos.
Also, there is nothing magic about the Pictures folder. You can choose to make a new folder and put your LR photos under it.
The bottom line is that LR isn't doing anything more than what you told it to do, and it sounds like you just aren't aware of all the settings enabled during your imports so unexpected things happened. -
How can I batch import images 1 per page?
I need to import images into the same Fireworks file, 1 per page. I have about 60 to do, and I'm hoping there's a better way then just adding them one by one. How can I batch import so that a page is created for each image?
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I am using Lightroom CC on my iMac to catalogue my photos, a task I really find Lightroom perfect for.
However, I am also using my DSLR for shooting video´s, which I edit with Final Cut Pro. Lightroom is _not_ a part of the video import/editing workflow, so I really do not want to have Lightroom import all videos in addition to all my photos.
My question is:
How can I set up Lightroom so that it no longer import videos?
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KLr isn't particularly good at separating out individual files types within the import window. However, some of the third party plugins usually provide the sort of filtering you require. Unfortunately, I can't recall exactly which ones do, but you could try this one from Rob Cole as a starter http://www.robcole.com/Rob/ProductsAndServices/ImporterLrPlugin/ or http://www.robcole.com/Rob/ProductsAndServices/OttomanicImporterLrPlugin/
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Images appear fine in Photoshop cs6 and cc, but print too dark, and also show too dark in Windows picture viewer. How can I correct this? Is this a Photoshop setting issue or what?
Ok, look at your files in Photoshop. What is the profile assigned to them? You can find this out by going to the Status bar at the bottom, clicking on the right-pointing triangle and choosing document Profile from the list.
Then in Windows, go to your Control Panel > Color Management and add sRGB (if it isn't there) and select it as your default profile.
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The one iin the Photos ➙ Adjust Date and Time menu option:
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How can I manually attach images from my photo booth to iCloud emails?
They are imported as 'events' into my iphoto library.
Auto function, in photo booth has my photos lying sideways when placed in 'mail' emails?There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto: You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Command-Click for selecting multiple pics.
(Note the above illustration is not a Finder Window. It's the dialogue you get when you go File -> Open)
You can access the Library from the New Message Window in Mail:
There's a similar option in Outlook and many, many other apps. If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
If you want to access the files with iPhoto not running:
For users of 10.6 and later: You can download a free Services component from MacOSXAutomation which will give you access to the iPhoto Library from your Services Menu.
Using the Services Preference Pane you can even create a keyboard shortcut for it.
For Users of 10.4 and 10.5 Create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use this free utility Karelia iMedia Browser
Other options include:
Drag and Drop: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
File -> Export: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
Show File: a. On iPhoto 09 and earlier: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected. 3.b.
b: On iPhoto 11 and later: Select one of the affected photos in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Reveal in Finder -> Original. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected. -
How do I renumber all images in lightroom with an image number?
Try line-height: 19px; and display: block; (as shown) on the following css seletor :
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a {
font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;
color: #CC6;
text-decoration: none;
padding-top: 10px;
padding-right: 12px;
padding-bottom: 10px;
padding-left: 12px;
line-height: 19px;
display: block;
Normally setting a height on a container which you have no control over is not a good idea. The text can be enlarged and that will throw everything off. The best way is to set no heights at all but use padding and make sure your background image is flexible enough to accommodate the text enlargement.
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How come I can't export a image from lightroom 3 that is 600w x 610h?
How come I can't export a image from lightroom 3 that is 600w x 610h?
I think thats what I'm doing. No luck though. Maybe its a bug?
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I have taken pictures with both my Sony camera and my iPhone of items that are linked to a database that I am building, as well as my website. How can I bypass importing the images into iPhoto and simply downloading the images as "files" not "photos" so I can access them with my database? thanx.
If your Sony has a removable memory card you can use a card reader to copy the image files from to a folder on your Desktop and then move them anywhere you'd like.
Since the iPhone doesn't have a removable memory card you can try using Image Capture to see if you can manually upload the files to a folder on the Desktop.
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How can I determine which image was clicked in 3D carousel?
I have been modifying some 3D carousel code that I found in hopes that I can get it such that when image "resolv2.jpg" (or any of my other images) is clicked on at the front of my carousel, it goes to a specific webpage. By just replacing "moveBack(event.target) from the toggler section of the code with "navigateToURL:(newURLRequest('http://google.com'), the target DOES sucessfully go to google when clicked on. However, I want to modify this code by altering the else statement to say something to the effect of "else if event.target (clicked on object) is 'resolv2.jpg' THEN go to google". So essentially, my question is how can I determine which image was clicked? Here is the entire code with the area I was altering bolded:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="vertical" applicationComplete="init();" backgroundGradientColors="[#000033, #000033]" backgroundGradientAlphas="[1.0, 1.0]">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
//Import Papervision Classes
import org.papervision3d.scenes.*;
import org.papervision3d.cameras.*;
import org.papervision3d.objects.*;
import org.papervision3d.objects.primitives.*;
import org.papervision3d.materials.*;
import org.papervision3d.materials.shadematerials.*;
import org.papervision3d.materials.utils.MaterialsList;
import org.papervision3d.lights.*;
import org.papervision3d.render.*;
import org.papervision3d.view.*;
import org.papervision3d.events.*;
import org.papervision3d.core.*;
import org.papervision3d.lights.PointLight3D;
import flash.filters.DropShadowFilter;
import caurina.transitions.*;
private var numOfItems:int = 5;
private var radius:Number = 600;
private var anglePer:Number = (Math.PI*2) / numOfItems;
//private var dsf:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(10, 45, 0x000000, 0.3, 6, 6, 1, 3);
public var angleX:Number = anglePer;
public var dest:Number = 1;
private var theLight:PointLight3D;
//Papervision Engine
private var viewport:Viewport3D;
private var scene:Scene3D;
private var camera:Camera3D;
private var renderer:BasicRenderEngine;
private var planeArray:Array = new Array();
[Bindable]
public var object:Object;
private var arrayPlane:Object;
private var p:Plane;
//Initiation function
private function init():void
viewport = new Viewport3D(pv3dCanvas.width, pv3dCanvas.height, false, true);
pv3dCanvas.rawChildren.addChild(viewport);
viewport.buttonMode=true;
renderer = new BasicRenderEngine();
scene = new Scene3D();
camera = new Camera3D();
camera.zoom = 2;
createObjects();
addEventListeners();
//Create Objects function
private function createObjects():void{
for(var i:uint=1; i<=numOfItems; i++)
/* var shadow:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter();
shadow.distance = 10;
shadow.angle = 25; */
var bam:BitmapFileMaterial = new BitmapFileMaterial("images/resolv"+i+".jpg");
bam.oneSide = false;
bam.smooth = true;
bam.interactive = true;
p = new Plane(bam, 220, 200, 2, 2);
p.x = Math.cos(i*anglePer) * radius;
p.z = Math.sin(i*anglePer) * radius;
p.rotationY = (-i*anglePer) * (180/Math.PI) + 270;
scene.addChild(p);
//p.filters=[shadow];
p.extra={pIdent:"in"};
p.addEventListener(InteractiveScene3DEvent.OBJECT_PRESS, toggler);
planeArray[i] = p;
// create lighting
theLight = new PointLight3D();
scene.addChild(theLight);
theLight.y = pv3dCanvas.height;
private function toggler(event:InteractiveScene3DEvent):void
// if the cube's position is "in", move it out else move it back
if (event.target.extra.pIdent == "in")
moveOut(event.target);
else
moveBack(event.target);
private function moveOut(object:Object):void
trace(object +" my object");
// for each cube that was not selected, remove the click event listener
for each (var arrayPlane:Object in planeArray)
if (arrayPlane != object)
arrayPlane.removeEventListener(InteractiveScene3DEvent.OBJECT_PRESS, toggler);
//right.enabled=false;
//left.enabled=false;
// move the selected cube out 1000 and rotate 90 degrees once it has finished moving out
Tweener.addTween(object, {scaleX:1.2, time:0.5, transition:"easeInOutSine", onComplete:rotateCube, onCompleteParams:[object]});
Tweener.addTween(object, {scaleY:1.2, time:0.5, transition:"easeInOutSine", onComplete:rotateCube, onCompleteParams:[object]});
// set the cube's position to "out"
object.extra = {pIdent:"out"};
// move the camera out 1000 and move it the to same y coordinate as the selected cube
//Tweener.addTween(camera, {x:1000, y:object.y, rotationX:0, time:0.5, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
private function moveBack(object:Object):void
// for each cube that was not selected, add the click event listener back
for each (var arrayPlane:Object in planeArray)
if (arrayPlane != object)
arrayPlane.addEventListener(InteractiveScene3DEvent.OBJECT_PRESS, toggler);
// move the selected cube back to 0 and rotate 90 degrees once it has finished moving back
Tweener.addTween(object, {scaleX:1, time:0.5, transition:"easeInOutSine", onComplete:rotateCube, onCompleteParams:[object]});
Tweener.addTween(object, {scaleY:1, time:0.5, transition:"easeInOutSine", onComplete:rotateCube, onCompleteParams:[object]});
// set the cube's position to "in"
object.extra = {pIdent:"in"};
// move the camera back to its original position
//Tweener.addTween(camera, {x:0, y:1000, rotationX:-30, time:0.5, transition:"easeInOutSine"});
//right.enabled=true;
//left.enabled=true;
private function goBack():void
// for each cube that was not selected, add the click event listener back
for each (var arrayPlane:Object in planeArray)
if (arrayPlane != object)
arrayPlane.addEventListener(InteractiveScene3DEvent.OBJECT_PRESS, toggler);
private function rotateCube(object:Object):void
//object.rotationX = 0;
//Tweener.addTween(object, {rotationZ:0, time:0.5, transition:"easeOutSine"});
private function addEventListeners():void{
this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, render);
//Enter Frame Listener function
private function render(e:Event):void{
renderer.renderScene(scene, camera, viewport);
camera.x = Math.cos(angleX) * 800;
camera.z = Math.sin(angleX) * 800;
private function moveRight():void
dest++;
Tweener.addTween(this, {angleX:dest*anglePer, time:0.5});
//goBack();
private function moveLeft():void
dest--;
Tweener.addTween(this, {angleX:dest*anglePer, time:0.5});
//goBack();
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:Canvas width="1014" height="661">
<mx:Canvas id="pv3dCanvas" x="503" y="20" width="400" height="204" borderColor="#110101" backgroundColor="#841414" alpha="1.0" backgroundAlpha="0.57">
</mx:Canvas>
<mx:Button x="804" y="232" label="right" id="right" click="moveRight(),goBack()"/>
<mx:Button x="582" y="232" label="left" id="left" click="moveLeft(),goBack()" />
</mx:Canvas>
</mx:Application>Your answer may be correct, but I am very much a beginner to actionscript, and I was wondering moreso if it is possible to determine the root/url (i.e. images/resolv2.jpg)? Or even if InteractiveScene3DEvent calls a variable that holds this url? However, specifically, I'm just wondering if the actionscript itself could determine the url in a line of code such as "if object == BitmapFileMaterial("/images/resolv2.jpg"); "? Also, here's a copy of InteractiveScene3DEvent in more detail if you think that will help:
public class InteractiveScene3DEvent extends Event
* Dispatched when a container in the ISM recieves a MouseEvent.CLICK event
* @eventType mouseClick
public static const OBJECT_CLICK:String = "mouseClick";
* Dispatched when a container in the ISM receives an MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER event
* @eventType mouseOver
public static const OBJECT_OVER:String = "mouseOver";
* Dispatched when a container in the ISM receives an MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT event
* @eventType mouseOut
public static const OBJECT_OUT:String = "mouseOut";
* Dispatched when a container in the ISM receives a MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE event
* @eventType mouseMove
public static const OBJECT_MOVE:String = "mouseMove";
* Dispatched when a container in the ISM receives a MouseEvent.MOUSE_PRESS event
* @eventType mousePress
public static const OBJECT_PRESS:String = "mousePress";
* Dispatched when a container in the ISM receives a MouseEvent.MOUSE_RELEASE event
* @eventType mouseRelease
public static const OBJECT_RELEASE:String = "mouseRelease";
* Dispatched when the main container of the ISM is clicked
* @eventType mouseReleaseOutside
public static const OBJECT_RELEASE_OUTSIDE:String = "mouseReleaseOutside";
* Dispatched when a container is created in the ISM for drawing and mouse interaction purposes
* @eventType objectAdded
public static const OBJECT_ADDED:String = "objectAdded";
public var displayObject3D :DisplayObject3D = null;
public var sprite :Sprite = null;
public var face3d :Triangle3D = null;
public var x :Number = 0;
public var y :Number = 0;
public var renderHitData:RenderHitData;
public function InteractiveScene3DEvent(type:String, container3d:DisplayObject3D=null, sprite:Sprite=null, face3d:Triangle3D=null,x:Number=0, y:Number=0, renderhitData:RenderHitData = null, bubbles:Boolean=false, cancelable:Boolean=false)
super(type, bubbles, cancelable);
this.displayObject3D = container3d;
this.sprite = sprite;
this.face3d = face3d;
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
this.renderHitData = renderhitData;
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