Graphics Programs Reference
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Step Seven:
Below the Copy as DNG and Copy buttons
are three handy view options. By default,
it displays all the photos on your card, but
if you shoot to a card, then download
those photos, pop the card back into the
camera, shoot some more, then download
again (which is pretty common), you can
click New Photos, and now it only shows
the photos on the card that you haven't
imported yet, and hides the rest from view
(sweet—I know). There's also a Destination
Folders view, which hides any photos with
the same name as photos that are already
in the folder you're importing into. These
last two buttons are just there to clear up
the clutter and make it easier for you to see
what's going on as you move files from one
place to another, so you don't have to use
them at all if you don't need them.
Step Eight:
Now we've come to the part where you
tell Lightroom where to store the photos
you're importing. If you look in the top-
right corner of the window, you'll see the
To section, which shows where they'll 'll be
stored on your computer (in my case here,
on the left, they're going into my Pictures
folder on my hard drive). If you click-and-
hold on To, a menu pops up (as seen
far right) that lets you choose your de-
fault Pictures folder, or you can choose
another location, plus you can choose
any recent folders you've saved into.
Whatever you choose, if you look in the
Destination panel below, it now displays
the path to that folder on your computer,
just so you can see where your photos are
going. So now, at this point, you know
three things: (1) the photos are coming
from your memory card; (2) they're being
copied from that card, not just moved;
and (3) they're going into a folder you just
chose in the To section. So far, so good.
 
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