Retaining folder structure on imported photos.

Thank you for reading this. I just purchased an Ipad to be used as a sales device for our design team. I have a folder of thousands of pre sorted and categorized pictures on my PC desktop that i want to import to the ipad while retaining the folder structure organization i have made. When i try to import them, it sorts all the pictures off of date while seemingly ignoring my folder structure.
For instance, we sell swimming pools so i have my photos broken into several categories such as free form, rectangular, stone decks etc... I want the ipad to break those folders into a separate gallery for each folder containing pictures so we can browse them in the way i have organized them.
Anyone have any insight into this process?
Scott

However, unless I want to start over, the LR tutorial advises that, as a catalog has no upper limit, there should be no reason to create a new one. Is there a reason to create multiple catalogs and if so what is it?
The only reasons in my mind are if you have completely non-overlapping subject matter (like business and personal). Otherwise, one catalog is the way to go.
In your case, following 99jon's advice, creating a new catalog is meant to replace the incorrect catalog that you previously created, so in reality, you have only a single catalog (the new one), you won't be using that first catalog you created ever again.

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Having created a new library just for my videos I want to import them but without copying into iTunes. I know how to do that.
But I do not know how to reflect the folder structure in iTunes. What I mean is this:
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Is there any way to do this so that I can navigate to a folder using iTunes?
It is my intention to buy an AppleTV to hook up to my LAN and HD TV.
Right now I'm using another piece of SW and I cna navigate the folders.
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1st Symphony>
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Can I keep folder structure at import??

Hi,
I am a new User auf Itunes. On my harddisk i have several folders sorted by topics. Can i keep this folder structure when i import the songs into itunes? When I tried it yesterday all songs were in the main folder in itunes. I dont want to sort these songs again.
Is there any possibility to keep this folder structure?
thank you !!!!!!
ingo

If you have music organised in folders before you installed iTunes and you want to keep you music where it is, go to:
Edit>Preferences>Advanced>General
Find the check box "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library"
If you uncheck this box, iTunes just stores the location of the file and does not copy it into the iTunes Music folder.
There is also a check box called Keep iTunes Muisc folder organised. If this box is checked, iTunes organises files in the iTunes Music folder into folders by Arist / Album. It does nothing outside the iTunes Music folder.
It is important not to move files in the iTunes library yourself or iTunes will loose them. iTunes does not watch folders like some other music players.

Retaining folder structure

I imported a number of files from a single subdirectory on my hard drive. However, when they imported into LR, they were separated out into folders by date. I now see that if I wanted them all to go into a single folder I should have specified that folder name in the library during the import. What I have now is long list of library folders by date, many of which have only 1-30 images. What's the best way to straighten this all out? Should I create a new folder in the library and then move all the dng files into that? Or is this where I start working with collections and forget about folders altogether? I'm used to finding photos in sub-directories, but do the collections now give me an organizational capacity I have always lacked?

However, unless I want to start over, the LR tutorial advises that, as a catalog has no upper limit, there should be no reason to create a new one. Is there a reason to create multiple catalogs and if so what is it?
The only reasons in my mind are if you have completely non-overlapping subject matter (like business and personal). Otherwise, one catalog is the way to go.
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Folder Structures in LR 4.3

Hi all,
This may have already been answered but I was wondering if there was a way for LR to automatically create a folder structure when importing photos like below:
2012
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       - Shoot Name #1
2013
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       - Shoot Name #1
       - Shoot Name #2
   - March
etc.
etc.
I can only seem to have the Shoot Name as the primary folder and then Year and Month underneath that. I know I could manually set this up but I was hoping it could be automated.
Apologies if this has been answered before.
Thanks in advance.
Darryn

DarrynFL wrote:
I think I may just have to go with my usual import method (Year/Month/Day) and then make use of Collections.
That would be the path of least resistance, if your otherwise preferred folder structure is not mandatory. That way you are not dependent on plugins or apps - simpler...
Another option is just to move after importing, which is what I do: all imports go into a structured "inbox" until processing finished, then they are moved to final destination and maybe published...
Whatever works...
Cheers,
Rob

I moved all my photos to my external drive. I then deleted my iphoto library and re-imported them from the external. Once iphoto created it's folder structure on my external, I deleted mine. Now my computer just "beach balls" all day when I turn it on.

i have a 2006 iMac with a 160 HD and 1GB of ram. I recently got a 2TB external hard drive and transfered all my pictures to that. Once I had a solid folder structure for my photos, I dragged them all to iPhoto. Once iPhoto had created its own folder structure of my photos, I deleted my own folder structure, so that I wouldn't have multiple copies. It all sounded like a great plan, but now my computer just "beach balls" every time I turn it on.

What does this have to do with iPhoto? If you're computer isn't starting up properly I'd be posting on the OS forum for whatever version of the OS you have.
Regards
TD

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Where is my Capture Scratch folder when I import photos?
I am making a claymation movie with about 2000 phtotos that I took with my digital camera. Here is my work flow:
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Question: I checked my capture scratch and there is no file and no photos. I want to be organized and keep media in one location. I have captured videos from a camera and everything works like it should be.

Newer versions of iPhoto store the pictures in a "Bundle", a special type of folder. Applications use the same method to store their individual components. Normally, bundles can only be opened from the Finder by right clicking and choosing "Show Package Contents" from the drop down menu.
Tampering with, renaming or moving the bundle in iPhoto's Library can render it unusable and you might no longer be able to access your pictures.
Now that they are in there, your best option is to go through the pictures in the iPhoto interface, select which ones you want to use and export them in their native size to another location, such as FCP's Capture Scratch folder, as per previous posts.
How you do this depends which version of iPhoto you have, but it will be either via File > Export or by using the Share menu bar item. This will of course copy the pictures.
For the future, dismiss iPhoto when it starts up with your camera or SD card connected. Instead, launch *Image Capture* from the Applications folder. The interface is largely self-explanatory. You will be able to import the pictures directly to a location of your choosing.

How to import photos from a folder that contains hundreds of folders to Photos keeping the same folder structure?

How to import photos from a folder that contains hundreds of folders to Photos keeping the same folder structure?

You'll have to do that manually, i.e. export each album of photos to a folder with the same name located on your hard drive via the File ➙ Export ➙ File Export menu option.
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I wanted to transfer 4000 photos from my PC to my IPOD and IPAD, I did this but I thought the images would be still in their folders and not in an individual format, how do I retain the folder structure and transfer?

I transferred my photos from my PC to my IPOD and IPAD, c. 4000. I thought they would be transferred in the existing folders, all I got was 4000 individual photos, how do I retain the folder structure?

If you are syncing a number of folders from your computer then each folder should get it's own album on the iPad (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4236) - I assume that you've touched the 'Albums' button at the top of the Photos app so as to view them by album, and not just the Photos 'button'.
You could try closing the Photos app completely and then re-opening it : from the home screen (i.e. not with Photos 'open' on-screen) double-click the home button to bring up the taskbar, then press and hold any of the apps on the taskbar for a couple of seconds or so until they start shaking, then press the '-' in the top left of the Photos app to close it, and touch any part of the screen above the taskbar so as to stop the shaking and close the taskbar.
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Sorry if this is obvious, but I can't for the life of me figure it out…
I'm using Lightroom to organize images for a book project, importing each folder of images one at a time and placing them in collections to match the client's file structure. E.g.
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So far I have been importing each folder, then dragging all the images from the "Previous import" option into a new LR collection. Unfortunately, I imported a folder (MISC) and then imported another (Still life) without copying the MISC images into a new collection. Now I can't figure out how to get the images from MISC into their own LR collection. I can't re-import them because they're already in the LR library. I don't think I can remove and re-import them either…
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I'm curious why you need to create collections that seem to have identical contents to a folder that you imported (or did I misunderstand you completely?)
There's no need to create a collection that has the identical contents to a folder, just use the folder! Creating a collection in this case is extra work that produces no benefit.
And in case I did misunderstand you
Is there any way to do this without me going through my library and finding each individual image and moving it manually?? There are a lot of images so I fear that would take days!
Go to the MISC folder in the Lightroom Folder Panel, select this folder, then select all photos (Ctrl/Cmd-A) and then drag them to the collection

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How can you retain the app folder structure you have painstakingly created on your iPhone (OS4.3) when syncing apps with iTunes?
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Here are a few call outs:
1. I have my aperture library and iPhoto synced (the source of all my photos is iPhoto. I exclusively use Aperture for photo editing however).
2. I am actually using a work computer and I am leaving the company. Therefore I need to give the computer back. I will be 'uninstalling' Aperture and eventually erasing all the photos.
3. I don't know what my next photo editing computer will be at this point as I have not purchased one.
4. Since I don't know my next computer, I would like to have all of my existing "Folders" and "Projects" (as Aperture defines them) on an external drive so I can pick and pull the ones I would like to view / edit.
5. On my next computer, I would not like to import my exact settings / folder structure from Aperture. I will be starting fresh. With that said, I would prefer to have all my existing "Folders" and "Projects" in one giant folder called "Pictures" on my external HD.
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Folder 1aii: Aperture "Project" 2
Folder 1b: Aperture "Folder" 2
Folder 1bi: Aperture "Project" 1
Folder 1bii: Aperture "Project" 2
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Although I would like to keep my 'masters' and 'versions', my original thought was to just export the versions. So actually, I guess just 'moving' the entire library would work. But since I don't know what computer I will work on and I may be on a temporary computer (install Aperture and manually select photos to import and work on), I wanted to have them be in a folder structure for easy importing and viewing if I wanted to on any mac.
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-Have a full backup of my Aperture Library
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Hi rob,
There is no applescript for this that I know of.
You might want to use the new option in iPhoto 6 to not copy files into iPhoto when they are imported. This way you can keep your own folder structure in the Finder. I have not used this feature so I can't tell you any more about it. Old Toad, our forum guru has so he will probably jump in and tell you more info.
Here is how you would do it if you choose to copy the photos into iPhoto when importing them.
In a nutshell: Drag each folder of images into the source pane to create a roll and album at the same time. Then create new folders to correspond with your folders and drag the appropriate folder into the folders and appropriate albums into the folders.
Longer version;
Importing Images from the hard drive, CD, or DVD
To import a folder with subfolders of images maintaining the same organizational structure (or close to it):
Drag the folder into iPhotos viewing area.
A film roll will be created with each sub folders name. To view the rolls in the Library you need to first go to the menu bar and choose View>by film rolls.
To make each roll into an Album, highlight the tile of the roll
Go to File>new album from selection.
You will now have an Album in the source column with the images from that roll. Do this for each roll if you want them to be an Album. This is your choice.
Next, go to the menu bar and hit File>new folder
Name this new folder with the year or whatever the name was of the Parent folder containing the subfolders that you had dragged into iPhotos viewing area.
Next drag all the Albums into the respective new Parent folder you just made.
Albums- collection of images from one roll or many rolls. The Albums will be listed in your source column when you make them. The albums only contain placeholders for the images that are still in the library. They are not duplicates.
Rolls- rolls are created when you import folder of images. It will be given the name of the folder you are importing.
Rolls are also created from each import from your camera. You are given the option to name the roll at import.
Folder-a folder you create manually using the File>new folder command
Folders can hold Albums, slideshows, books, another folder, etc.
One other way you can import a folder of images and have an Album created for it as the same time it is imported as a roll in the Library view:
Drag each folder of images into the source column of iPhoto. When you see the plus sign, drop it in the source column.
An album will be created in the source column, and the roll that the album was created from will be in the library view window.
Hope this helps!

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