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Step Two:
If you already have folders full of photos on
your computer, before you start importing
them into Lightroom, you'll want to drag-
and-drop those folders inside your My
Lightroom Photos folder. That way, all your
photos reside inside that one My Lightroom
Photos folder before you import them into
Lightroom. Although it doesn't seem like it
now, again, it's amazing how this one little
bit of organization will make your life that
much easier down the road. If you chose to
store your photos on an external hard drive,
then you'll set things up pretty much the
same way (that's in the next step).
Step Three:
On your external hard drive, just create a
new folder, name it My Lightroom Photos
(or whatever you'd like), then drag-and-
drop any photos on your computer that
you want managed by Lightroom into
that My Lightroom Photos folder on your
external drive. Of course, keep them in
their original folders when you drag-and-
drop them over into your My Lightroom
Photos folder (after all, you don't want to
just drag-and-drop thousands of photos
into one big empty folder). Do all this
before you start importing them into
Lightroom (which we'll talk about in detail
on the next page, along with how to tell
Lightroom how to use that new folder you
created to store all your imported photos).
