Import tags from elements 8

I saw that I had most of my tags still in Elements 8. Is it possible to import them to Lightroom 3? I have all the keywords and pictures already in Lightroom 3.

Tönne Bäcklinder wrote:
I saw that I had most of my tags still in Elements 8. Is it possible to import them to Lightroom 3? I have all the keywords and pictures already in Lightroom 3.
I thought that "Tags" in PSE are nothing else than keywords. So if you already have your pictures and keywords in LR, what are you missing?
dj_paige wrote:
You don't import the photos.
You convert/upgrade the PSE8 catalog to Lightroom.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Lightroom/3.0/Using/WS217DEA0F-2A78-4445-89CB-4CED1A FA450E.html
If the pictures already are in LR, converting the PSE catalog is probably not what you want to do anymore.
Beat Gossweiler
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