Lightroom :: Select A Folder Of Files But Can't Import - Button Is Not Active
Jan 16, 2013
i select a folder of files to import but i cant import t hem, the button isnt active.
it says i already have these photos imported. if so how do i edit or see them.
i uninstalled and re-installed the software and it seeme dto start from scratch, in that when i import the folder the photos appear in the develop area to choose from.
however next time i open the application i cant see them and import doesnt work unless i uninstall again.
whats the trick with using this software?
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Apr 23, 2012
I'm following the steps in the following link from Adobe:
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The final step, after selecting the folder I want to add, is to select Import. Except, the Import button remains grayed out. I'm not sure what to do in order to select Import and add the folder I already have.
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Jan 10, 2014
My sync button in lightroom is not active. I have a PC.
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May 5, 2012
So far the only way I have discovered is to laboriously click the checkbox on each image I want to import. It seems that one should be able to select a range with one click (e.g. holding down Shift and then clicking the last image in the range) or by using a context (right-click) menu. No dice.
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May 14, 2012
Have just installed Windows LR4 trial, told it to Import files from my photo collection in a folder + subfolders on a network attached storage (NAS) unit. Windows Explorer tells me that there are 10,308 files in 408 folders in the main folder, totalling 38.8gb but on scanning the folder prior to import LR4 tells me that there are only 9,612 photos.
My photo collection folder contains only photos and no other file types.
Why is there this discrepancy ? I've searched around to see whether there is some hidden filter that is excluding certain photo files but cannot find anything of that nature.
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Nov 27, 2012
There is a folder on my hard drive that does not appear in the list of folders in the import dialog. I have tried expanding all the other folders around it (my photos are filed by date of capture) to see if it was somehow imported as a subfolder. It is simply not there. I can find and open it and access all the pictures in Photoshop Elements but not in Lightroom 4.
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Apr 19, 2011
I'm not sure if the problem I'm having is due to an error in my software, or the age of my computer.
I have an older HP, it's a Pentium D, which how has 4Gb RAM and is running a Win 7, 32 bit system (non hyper threaded). My main drive is only 500Gb, but the 2nd drive is 1.5Tb. I purchased X2 about 18mos ago, had problems with it not loading any videos, then later got into serious HDD issues (later resulting in me replacing the HDD) and never got back around to video editing. So, tried again tonight and am having problems importing video.
I use a Panasonic P&S camera to shoot HD video. I can easily import it via the card reader, and the files come over as Quick Time movies. When I open VS X2, and then under Capture, click on "Import from Folder," I am unable to actually open any folders at the deepest level. I can navigate from the E: drive down a few layers, but never am able to open the folders themselves. I tried dragging a movie file (which I can easily view on my PC using Quick Time) to the top level of E:, and still, it does not show up in the file tree when in Import.
I just installed X2 tonight, and then went and got both the update patches from the Corel site. The HDD is about 6mos old and relatively empty (C: is where programs reside, E: is where photos/video are stored). Install went smoothly.
The other issue I seem to be having is that Corel stops working. That what it says "Program has stopped working."
I don't know if this is a glitch in the program, or if my PC is too old?? It handles Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Lightroom running concurrently, editing large RAW files just fine. Hubby's been out of full time work for 16mos, so upgrades in both software and hardware have been on hold.
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Jan 19, 2012
I opened my catalog today and went to one of my folders (2011/9 September). I noticed that there were pictures in the folder that did not belong and had the wrong name attached to them. I was surprized so I right clicked selected "Show in Finder" the folder 2011/9 September opened the photo was not in the folder.
Knowing the folder it should be in I went there and sure it enough it is there with it's original name.Went back to lightroom optimized the catalog... still there. Deleted folder in Lightroom, reimported, but the files came back.
The folder on the finder has 96 pictures, the folder in Lightroom shows 146.I can deal with removing the 40 odd files in this situation but I am afraid it will occur in one of the folders where there are a couple of thousand images.All my other folders seem fine for now, what would cause this issue?
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Sep 22, 2012
since today the import button of my lightroom 3.6 is inactive. don't know what happened. i installed a plugin but even after installing it, the button's still inactive.
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Aug 21, 2013
My Smoke just crashed and there is the possibility of loosing all my projects. I have localized some files that I want to "recover" even if they are all scrambled. The problem is that these files seem to be single frames .mov files. If I try to import them to another Smoke they will be imported as single files and there are 6000 of them. How can I tell Smoke to treat the individual .mov files as a single sequence. I renumbered the files.
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Aug 13, 2012
Lightroom quit responding to the import command. I don't understand this as one day it was working fine, and the next, it has ceased altogether.
System InfoMore details about my computer ComponentDetailsSubscoreBase scoreProcessorAMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor7.45.9 Determined by lowest subscoreMemory (RAM)16.0 GB7.5GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 4607.5Gaming graphics4095 MB Total available graphics memory7.5Primary hard disk1014GB Free (1397GB Total)5.9Windows 7 Ultimate System ManufacturerMSI ModelMS-7599 Total amount of system memory16.0 GB RAM System type64-bit operating system Number of processor cores4Storage Total size of hard disk(s)1695 GB Disk partition (C:)1014 GB Free (1397 GB Total) Media drive (D:)CD/DVD Disk partition (H:)298 GB Free (298 GB Total)Graphics Display adapter typeNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Total available graphics memory4095 MB Dedicated graphics memory1024 MB Dedicated system memory0 MB Shared system memory3071 MB Display adapter driver version8.17.12.9610 Primary monitor resolution1920x1080 DirectX versionDirectX 10Network Network AdapterRealtek PCIe GBE Family ControllerNotes
The gaming graphics score is based on the primary graphics adapter. If this system has linked or multiple graphics adapters, some software applications may see additional performance benefits. Caution: Based on the results of the WinSAT Disk assessment, your system drive may have slower response times under some workloads. Performance results will depend on the specific applications used and the amount of memory available. If your experience is satisfactory, no action is needed. Windows Logs from Event ViewerThe program lightroom.exe version 4.1.0.11 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Action Center control panel.
Process ID: 2884
Start Time: 01cd79b161d26069
Termination Time: 19
Application Path: C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.1lightroom.exe
Report Id: 62465df1-e5a5-11e1-bcf3-6c626d52fbb4
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Jun 23, 2012
i have pictures on my desktop that i am trying to import into LR. On the import page, I have chosen source, destination and copy. However the import button at the bottom right is greyed out.
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Dec 30, 2012
I can not import any photos using the impport button. I had the same problem with Lightroom 3.2 so I triued 4.3. Using Windows 8 intel i7 3.4 Ghz 12Gb Ram 256 Gb Samsung 830 Series SSD for catalog and installation of Lightroom. Pictures on another internal Hitachi HD
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Sep 27, 2012
I need one ilogic or macro for import the iproperties into excel sheet in a particular folder files.
for example
1.Author
2.Company
3.Part number
4.Description
5.Revision Number
6.Project
7.Designer
8.Creation Date
9.some of the custom iproporties
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Dec 17, 2012
i created an animation inside symbol.i created a button outside the symbol. the animation only works when the button click?
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Oct 26, 2013
When I open Lightroom 5 and click the import button I notice that the thumbnails that appear are not of the same size.
Why?
1) The phots are all 6x6 square
2) The photos are all TIFF format
3) The photos are of similar size approximately 136 MB each
See capture of my screen as opened in lightroom 5.
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Mar 12, 2012
I use window 7 64 bit so Lightroom installer install the 64 bit version for me. Everytime I click on the import button lightroom 4 would crash. I have try to create another catalogue, same problem.
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May 29, 2012
I guess this is new in LR 4, but when I import, I select the folder I want the images imported to, but LR creates subfolders for each day, not what I want.
For example, I just imported from my CF card all the images shot this past weekend and ended up with four subfolders (2012-05-24, 2012-05-25, 2012-05-26 and 2012-05-27).
What I wanted was for all the images to go into one folder.
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May 14, 2012
First I lost some folders and edits; now the import button hangs up and I am unable to move forward. HP Pavillion quad core and lightroom 4
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Aug 27, 2013
I selected a folder of 100 images, and of course LR brings them all in with a little check mark, which I don't understand.
But I only really want to import 25 of these image.
I selected those 25 and clicked import, but LR started importing everything.
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Nov 27, 2012
when i do import pictures into LR 4.2 (Win8 Pro x64, i7 2600K, 16GB), i'm having the following problem:
In import dialog window i can create a new target folder without any problems, i can import the pictures to that folder without any error.
After import process is complete, in the left pane (Folders) the pictures are in the folder i created a step before, but the folder is listed topmost in the "root" directory, not at the right place matching the directory structure - the pictures are physically stored in the correct folder. (So i can't just drag'n drop the folder to it's right place, says it's already there...)
Before this behaviour came up (worked well before), i did two changes to my system:
1. Upgrading W7>W8
2. Splitting System and Data: OS and programs are on SSD, data is on a RAID 1 MatrixRAID
My users-folder is a hard linked directory junction from SSD to MatrixRAID (mklink)
C:UsersUsername -> E:UsersUsername
(mklink /h /j C:UsersUsername E:UsersUsername)
So maybe LR can't deal with that? What can I do so that the imported folder shows up at the right place after import?
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Nov 27, 2012
So sometimes you want to just import everything on a card into LR in one go, and then move it around later (like when you shoot 2 jobs in day, but you need to have the files in separate folder).
At the moment I have to import into LR, come out of LR into explorer and move the files, then reassociate them in LR. I would be nice If you could just import an empty folder and them move the files within LR
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May 20, 2011
Everytime I come to import files I have to re-select my import folder. I'm sure previous versions rembered the path until I cahnged it.
I'm running Windows 7.
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Feb 4, 2013
if i import some pictures, i wanna created a subfolder to import all the picture there. Until now it has functioned very well. Since a few days, the pictures are imported only on the parent folder and the subfolder didn't get created.
I use the latestet LR 4.3 Version on my MAC 10.8.2.
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Nov 26, 2012
A folder does not appear in my import menu. It is there on my hard drive and in my Photoshop Elements organizer. I want to import photos from the folder into Lightroom 4. What can I do?
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Apr 30, 2013
I'm keeping my photos in a "sort of" date based structure, i.e 2013.04.28_EVENT NAME
Previously I'd just copy the photos from the camera card into the folder on the hard drive and then run a catalog "import in place" to get LR to find the files. I have now upgraded to a Canon 7D and thought I'd try the "Import from card" function after this weekend's shoot. I had too folders to import to, but in each case LR created sub folders under each of these as "2013" and "2013.4.28". I see from other posts that this may be a default folder structure that LR imposes. Is it possible to turn this function off and just import from the card directly into the folder of my choice.
Failing this I'm faced with the prospect of moving all the files back to the "root" sub-folder and then re-cataloging, or going back to my previous method of copy first (in explorer) and then cataloging.
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Sep 5, 2013
Running Macbook Pro, OS 10.8.4.Trying to import abouth 65 images from a folder on my desktop. I can clearly see the folder and all the images in Finder, so I know they're there.
However, in LR4 the folder in question is ghosted (others are not), with no contents at all. Note: I have heard of a PNG/XMP image issue with this problem, so I converted all the images to .jpgs, but still have the same issue.
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May 21, 2013
I am new to LightRoom and am about to import more than 600 folders.These folders on the disc have names that relate to the content, and I was wondering if it is possible to add the folder names as keywords during import?
So if a photo is in /Weddings/New York/Chris and Charlie Hansen it would be tagged with 'Weddings, New York, Chris and Charlie Hansen' as keywords during import.
Naturally I would like this to happen dynamically so when import hundreds of folders in one go, the keywords are assigned as relevant. should I do it manually after import (which is of course possible, but quite a bit of work).
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Oct 22, 2012
When i import a folder to LR4 with a description and date, for some reason the date stays on the file but the sescription disappears?
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Jul 28, 2012
I am new to Lightroom, and just purchased LR 4, upgraded to LR 4.1 and catolog my photo files. After this, I uploaded some photos from a SD card to a common folder (e.g. "Uploads 2012") on my hard drive using LR. This worked well. I then used Windows Explorer to drag/drop those files into their respective proper folders (there were many files on the card that were appropriate for different existing folders on my computer).
Here's where the problem starts. Prior to this uploading session, I had 297 files in a photo folder. Afterwards, I had 427 photos in this same folder. Using LR 4.1, I chose to "synchronize folder", then "import new photos" (it recognizes that there are new photos in this dialogue box). The program tells me this task is completed, but afterwards there remain 297 photos in the LR folder, and 427 photos in the location in Windows Explorer.
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Jan 16, 2012
I am trying to sync my folders but Lightroom is not importing all of the photos in the folder. In one folder I have 675 photos (both jpg and CR2) and Lightroom is only importing 1. Even though you can look at the folder in another window and see all 675 (photo below). This is happening in several of my folders.
The folders that have problems have arrows that are greyed out versus solid grey arrows. If the info is needed:
- Mac Mini - OSX (Leopard)
- Lightroom 3
- Photos were in Aperature prior to exporting out to import into Lightroom
- Photos were either taken with Canon Rebel XS or Canon Powershot S3IS
- I have tried optimizing my catalog.
- I have tried remove the folder from Lightroom and re-importing. Still only recognizes 1 photo.
- The do not import duplicates button is not clicked
- I have confirmed that all filters are off.
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