Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
When you import photos, you have to choose a folder in which to store them
on your hard drive. This is the only time I really do anything with folders because
I think of them as where my negatives are stored, and like with traditional film
negatives, I store them someplace safe, and I really don't touch them again. I use
the same type of thinking in Lightroom. I don't really use the Folders panel (I use
something safer—collections, which is covered next). So, here I'm only going to
briefly explain folders, and show one instance where you might use them.
Step One:
If you quit Lightroom and on your
computer look inside your Pictures
folder, you'll see all the subfolders
containing the files of your actual photos.
Of course, you can move photos from
folder to folder (as seen here), add photos,
or delete photos, and so on, right? Well,
you don't actually have to leave Lightroom
to do stuff like that—you can do those
things from within the Folders panel in
Lightroom. You can see all those same
folders, and move and delete real files
just like you do on your computer.
Step Two:
Go to the Library module, and you'll find
the Folders panel in the left side Panels
area (shown here). What you're seeing
here are all the folders of photos that
you imported into Lightroom (by the
way, they're not actually in Lightroom
itself—Lightroom is just managing those
photos—they're still sitting in the same
folders you imported them into from
your memory card).
