Import Trouble-No Organize "By Original Folder"
Why can't I get the drop down menu to allow me to Organize "by original folder" when I import images from a card? My MacBook Pro works fine, but my G4 tower won't work.
Is this a PPC bug?
It seems to only be possible when importing from the hard drive. I did lots of tests (because I have problems importing files) and the "Organize by original folder" doesn't appear when importing directly from a memory card. I don't know why though.
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I have been using folders to organize all my pictures and I will copy photos from folder to folder, often having them in 2 or 3 folders based on use. I tried to copy a photo in Organizer PSE12 from one folder to another and you can only move it, that means I can only have one copy of the photo. That is fine if I am using tags and want to search for it, but I want to have mult copies in mult folders. Organizer will recognize that it is there but it won't import it into the new folder. Until I move it, it stays in the original folder. I can drag it out of Organizer and drop (copy) it into a new folder fine, but it won't show in organizer in the new folder. Is there any way to copy and have multiple copies show up in multiple folders?
Hi,
The organizer works on the principle of not having multiple copies of the same photo.
If you have multiple copies spread in different folders, then making changes to one doesn't affect the others. The use of tags and albums are there to give different views of your photos.
You can't have multiple copies with exactly the same name even if they are in different folders. You could select a photo and duplicate it (File -> Duplicate) and then move the copy into a different folder but the name will be different.
If you want different folders for a specific reason, it is possible to use albums to collect the group of photos and then export them to a new folder outside of the organizer. You can also rename on export which is useful if you want to arrange the photos in a specific order.
Hope that helps a bit.
Brian -
How do I export all the photos I imported back to their original folder
How do I export all the photos I imported back to their original folder just as they were, they haven't been modified, adjusted etc. I imported them by mistake.
You don't need to worry. You won't lose photos when the 30 day trial expires.
Lr is different than other photo editing software in that it works with a data base (called the "catalog"). Lr does not write anything into the image pixels but stores everything that you do in Lr into its catalog (=data base). That way, when the trial expires your images will still be there, but - since you cannot access the Lr catalog anymore - your photos will be in the state they were before you imported them into Lr.
When you work with Lr you have to really understand the concept of the "catalog", if you don't you will come into very frustrating situations. The concept of "catalog" involves above all that you need to think of your images based on two different files that are in different locations on your computer. One is your image file (Raw, JPG, TIFF) and the other is the data entry written for this image into the Lr catalog. Lr constantly updates this catalog (without you having to hit <save>) and constantly combines the image file with the data from the catalog. From this follows the demand that you take care of the Lr catalog as much as you take care for your image files - by knowing where they are located on your computer and by doing regular backups.
Would it be worth the investment? In my opinion definitively "yes"! I work with Lr since version 1 on a daily basis and would not want to miss it. Lr gives you superior image editing possibilities (in the Develop Module) but - as already said - is also a superb image management tool. Lr will keep track of all of your images irrespective if they are on internal or external hard drives. With Lr you have all of your images available all the time.
But Lr has also a steep learning curve. You cannot just jump in and do things because you'd create havoc and become frustrated. There are excellent books but for starters I would recommend that you watch the video tutorials on Adobe's website. You learn from them easily because you see on your screen what the instructor does, where he clicks, where the different tools are, etc.
Here are some links:
http://tv.adobe.com/product/lightroom/
http://tv.adobe.com/show/adobe-evangelists-julieanne-kost/
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Im getting the following error when i try to import my pictures into the organizer in elements. Since it gives me this error it will not import all my subfolders in my watch folder and i have had to go through and import each subfolder manually avoiding the ones that are giving me toruble.
Nothing was imported. The File(s) or folder(s) selected to import did not contain any suported file types, or the files are already in this catalog
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Elements Organizer 10 started misplacing all the Imported Files in the folder above at some point.
In Folder Location view (under Display) I right click folder B and chose Import to Elements Organizer. Once the Import is finished, all photos but one are under folder A instead... needless to say my catalog now looks very messy because photos show in folders with different names. In Finder they appear in the right place, and even the File Properties in Elements show the correct location. Just not the Folders.
I have about 20k files imported in my catalogue, this started happening recently and affects only files imported in certain external drives or partitions.
I tried the repairs, optimizations, reconnects etc. for the catalogue, looked for updates and restarted the software many times now.
How can I fix this?Hi guys,
Sorry about slow time to reply.
I'll try to be a bit more specific.
The problem seems to happen only with a new firewire drive, Lacie Rugged 1gb.
I have Mac OS X v10.6.8, processor 2.26Ghz, intel core duo, 8Gb 1067 DDR3; Elements Organizer 10.0
The problem happens regardless of how I import the files, ie in thumbnail or folder view, and my procedures have not changed since using previous drives (right click folder and chose Import to Elements Organizer). If I am in thumbnail view or folder batch view the files are there, however having to browse among Ks of files is not my preference, I like folder view better.
I think the image below explains it better: the folder selected is called Group Tax team day (bottom left). The photo at the top is actually from this folder, but the one at the bottom (and all the others then) are from a folder called HK Dez 2012, which is the last that was imported directly below. You can actually see that the path at the top of the image does not match the selected folder on the lower left. And btw, this means that the files at the top folder in the drive cannot be found in folder view, since they have no folder to move to.
Appreciate any help on this! -
Saving/Exporting to original folder
I have spent the last week 'learning' Lightroom using books by Martin Evening and Scott Kelby. I am starting to get it!?
I have "Developed" a jpg image(from now on I will shoot only in RAW) and want to put it in the same folder as the original image as I will be using the folder for a Slide Show. Here is what I think I should do:
1. Export the file to the original folder with a custom name + seqence #;
2. Import this file through the Library.
3. "Move" the file beside the original file.
4. As soon as I have deterimed that the "developed" file is the one I want then I can Remove the original from the Library or delete it from the disk.
Is the way I should do this or is there a better or more "correct" way.
ThanksYou're much better off keeping the original in Lightroom. You will retain the very highest quality at no expense of disk space. As soon as you export, you loose quality and a lot of editing ability. Exports in Lightroom are akin to consumables. You do them for a certain purpose like for a client or a website and when you done with them you delete them. You have the high quality in Lightroom anyways.
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How do I move photos to a new folder without it showing in the original folder
I am trying to rearrange my iPhoto 11 folders. Every time I move a photo to a new album it stays in the original folder. If I delete the photo it is gone from both the folder and the album I created. Is there a way to do this. I am trying to separate pictures taken on my iPhone.
First off since we can only communicate via words using the correct words is critical
Folders in iPhoto do not hold photos - folders hold albums or other folders
Albums hold photos
Events hold photos
Alnums and folders are used to organize photos
Alnums are really just pointers to photos in events so any change mad eto a photo in an event, in photo view or in any album it is in is reflected everywhere
If you want to move phots between albums simply drag them
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long story short...i attempted to import pics from iphoto to a folder on my desktop but somehow clicked desktop so 45,000 pics loaded to my desktop and now my computer freezes up after trying to load everything, and i'm not able to just drag the photos into the folder. is it possible to reverse this? what are my options? restore hd from time machine?
a further question to restoring my hd from a previous backup on time machine...it says it will erase the hd. does it actually erase everything or does it just erase anything that may have been added or downloaded since that backup? this is confusing to me.
another problem which is part of the original problem is it seems that when i connect my iphone to my computer and iphoto uploads my pics...it doesn't just upload new ones, it duplicates and uploads every picture again...which is why i have 45,000 pics...they are 40,000 duplicates! what's up with that?
I have a macbook pro, and recently updated the os to Yosemite. the iphoto app is out of date, but i'll worry about that once i can figure out how to get all those pics off the desktop. also, i recently purchased and installed 8g of new ram, but that hasn't seemed to help.
any advice would be appreciated!
thanks!!thanks for replying.
the booting and walking away and then attempting to browse and clean method is what i've been trying to do. it won't let me drag and drop and just freezes up and goes to sleep after 2 minutes. it's a never ending battle with very few results. which is why i questioned the method of just restoring the hd from a time machine backup.
do you think restoring the hd from time machine will resolve the issue with all pics on the desktop? and everything will be as it was from the date i restore it from? sorry, as you can tell, i'm not overly computer savvy.
i have a really old desktop mac...i can try connecting the two...how does one boot a mac in 'target mode'?
as for the iphoto cleaning and organizing issue...that is what i was trying to accomplish with importing them to a folder. was going to browse and clean from there...but somehow imported to desktop which is what's complicating everything. once i get them off the desktop i can work on the iphoto issue...which as i mentioned...i didn't take 45,000 pics...i've just taken about 4,500 over the last few years, and they are being duplicated in iphoto. this was my attempt to clean it out entirely and start over. it will basically be a lot of deleting.
one problem, seems to lead me to more...which is just my luck. :-)
thanks again, for your help. -
Save files as PNG to original folder, using droplets in Photoshop CC 2014
I want to save RAW images from Lightroom as PNG and found a method online that involves using a droplet in PS. I created this droplet with an action in PS that involves saving an image file as a PNG, to a folder which I call 'PNG files'. To get a PNG file the procedure goes like this:
From Lightroom the image is saved as a TIFF in a new folder within it's original folder
After saving the image, the droplet is used automatically from Lightroom;
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If you could help me with this problem I'd be extremely grateful! With the medium I'm using PNG files display much better than JPG. Now I just want to achieve a smooth workflow.When you record the action to Save As PNG (not save for web) it doesnt matter where the location is.
You will override this in the droplet.
Action- states a location of 2014/06/04 (irrelevant)
Droplet- Overrides the location.
The Save and close portion of the droplet does just that. A location is never asked for.
The preference in Photoshop- ensures the png is saved alongside the tiff. -
Problem on PC: During import, I can locate the sources folder however the photo do not display. Was working fine. All file types, Lightroom is no longer recognising the images to import, The panel that usually displays them remains empty. Try using backup versions, removing software that could conflict , still no joy, has anyone had this problem?
Did you follow this procedure?
Our iTunes guru Terence Devlin advises the following:
1. Quit iTunes
2. Drag the iTunes folder from your internal hd - located in ~/Music folder - to your external hd. DO NOT delete the original one from your internal hd... yet!
3. When the transfer is complete, press and hold the Option(alt) key and fire up iTunes.
4. A "Choose iTunes Library" window will come up. Click on the "Choose Library" button.
5. Navigate to where the iTunes folder is located in the external hd.
6. Within the iTunes folder, select the iTunes Library file and click Choose...
That's it. iTunes will now display all your playlists, songs, movies, podcasts etc. At this point, should you wish, you can delete the iTunes folder from the internal hd to free up space.
More info:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
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http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-library-to -a-new-hard-drive -
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How can I import photos into Organizer from a Desktop folder in the same order that I have arranged and numbered them?
I can confirm that Barb's method also works in PSE 7.
Are you on Vista or XP?
Can you give an example of two files that are in the desired order on Windows Explorer but a different order in PSE?
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after ps2.jpg, because it uses a different rule for sorting filenames if filenames end in numbers, then it sorts files that all have the same leading prefix by the numeric value of that number, not by dictionary order.
If this is indeed your issue, there are several alternate approaches:
- Rename the files in Windows Explorer to have names of the form p002.jpg and p015.jpg (that is, the same number of trailing digits).
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I clicked on an important folder when I received (paraphrasing) "Original folder is missing...." and something about an Alias. I didn't create an Alias for the folder. A window popped up saying to select an application to open the alias; Apple Script was highlighted, so I clicked on it. Now my folder "alias" contains Apple Script files.
I may have accidentally put the original folder in the Trash and emptied it...is there anyway to retrieve it?
I also notice that the dates/times are messed up. For example, I have a file that says "Today, 5:36pm". It's still morning where I live!
Anyone know what's going on?Sorry for the confusion; I update my profile to reflect all of my macs.
I didn't create an Alias for the folder in question, which is why it is so puzzling. Would there be a record of recently created Aliases ? That might lead to where the original is--or give me some kind of information perhaps.
I am not sure that I trashed it--it's just that I can't find the original. Also, the "last modified" date on the folder was sometime in Spring of 2007, which is not true. This folder had been active up until I lost it.
The folder contains all of the work I did for a client. Fortunately, the project was just completed, however if I get another project from this client, I may need some of the files in that folder.
Is there really no way to retrieve something from the Trash--is there a cache or log that may lead to it?
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1. Import .mts files to organizer, all files import fine.
2. Next time you open the folder (after closing Organizer and reopening) most of the time, not all videos show up now.
Try to reimport. Nothing new is added.
(Yes, I can confirm ther are 10 files, but only 3 are imported.)
3. Clicking the "Show All" button has no affect.
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The "Import to Elements Organizer" doesn't refresh files that don't show up in the view.How did those MTS files get into your computer in the first place? And are they are on your C or main drive or on a second or external drive?
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Need to batch convert PDF to RTF while maintaining original folder structure
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Interview2.pdf
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I also tried saving the original folders and files in a portfolio and then converting the portfolio, but that puts all the converted files in a single folder.Bernd Alheit wrote:
For the output location choose 'Same Folder as Original(s)'
Yes, I've done that many times. It doesn't put them in the correct folder structure, it just puts all the new files in the highest-level folder.
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