Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Three:
There's a little triangle to the left of each
folder's name. If the triangle is solid gray,
it means there are subfolders inside that
folder, and you can just click on that tri-
angle to see them. If it's not solid gray,
it just means there are no subfolders
inside. (
Note:
These little triangles are of-
ficially called “disclosure triangles,” but
the only people who actually use that
term are…well…let's just say these people
probably didn't have a date for the prom.)
Step Four:
When you click on a folder, it shows you
the photos in that folder that have been
imported into Lightroom. If you click on a
thumbnail and drag it into another folder
(like I'm doing here), it physically moves
that photo on your computer from one
folder to another, just as if you moved the
file on your computer outside of Light-
room. Because you're actually moving
the real file here, you get a “Hey, you're
about to move the real file” warning from
Lightroom (see here below). The warning
sounds scarier than it is—especially the
“neither this move nor any change you've
made prior to this can be undone” part.
What that means is, you can't just press
Command-Z (PC: Ctrl-Z)
to instantly
undo the move if you change your mind.
However, you could just click on the
folder you moved it to (in this case, the
Misc photos folder), find the photo you
just moved, and drag it right back to the
original folder (here, it's the Tuscany finals
folder), so the dialog's bark is worse than
its bite.
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