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can't import jpg's

Aug 8, 2012 5:53 AM

I am trying to import jpg's to organizer, I have imported about 38,000 images but there are some in some folders and all in some folders that will not import.

   I have tried to right click on the folder and choose import to organizer, no go says they are already there.

   I then tried on the File button Get Photos and Videos and from files and folders it I highlight the missing jpgs and it seems to want to import them and then it says they are already in the catalog.

    Could it be because they have the same name (ex. IMG_3600) as a jpg in another folder?  Does the organizer only allow one unique name per picture and if you have duplicate names in 2 different folders it will not show them?

300 Views   7 Replies   Latest reply: JeffPadell, Aug 8, 2012 1:48 PM
 
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  • 99jon
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    1. 99jon,
    Aug 8, 2012 7:11 AM   in reply to JeffPadell
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    Organizer is not restricted to unique file names but will work from the file metadata. Could these be different versions of the same original which you may have edited but retained the same name and camera info?

     

     

     
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    2. JeffPadell,
    Aug 8, 2012 7:51 AM   in reply to 99jon
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    Yes, my guess is they have the same metadata, I often copy files from one folder to another in explorer, sometimes have the exact same jpg in 4 different folders. Storage is cheap and that is how I kept them where I expected to look for them.

     

    If I use organizer to move stuff around that would probably not be an issue but with 40someodd pics organizer runs slow even with 6 gigs of ram

     
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    Aug 8, 2012 8:26 AM   in reply to 99jon
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    I set up a category of Nature a sub cat under that of Ocean and a keyword tag under ocean of Lighthouses. I then tagged photos in two different folders with the lighthouse tag, about 5 shots in each folder out of 10-20 shots in each folder

        I did a search on Lighthouses and it found the 5 that were in the folder I had open but unless I clicked on the other folder they didn't show in the main screen.  When I clicked on "show all" all the pictures in the folder then showed, lighthouses and nonlighthouses.

     

         Does organizer not like folders? i.e. does it really want every photo in one large folder?

     

    If I tag a photo that is buried in a folder somewhere it doesn't seem to help me to have to open every folder, I must have between 150 and 250 folders to find the photo it found.

     
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    Aug 8, 2012 8:37 AM   in reply to JeffPadell
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    99jon

        You answered my question in another post, I need to change to thumbnail view to search the entire catalog and then can switch back to see folders.

     

    Thank you for the help.

     
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    Aug 8, 2012 8:44 AM   in reply to JeffPadell
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    Pleased to help.

     
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    Aug 8, 2012 1:00 PM   in reply to JeffPadell
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    JeffPadell wrote:

     

         Does organizer not like folders? i.e. does it really want every photo in one large folder?

    If you have Organizer's Display set to use "Folder Location", then all the tag searches, etc., will only apply to the folder that you're using.

     

    The "Thumbnail" Display will search the entire catalog and show images matching the specified tag no matter what folder they are in.

     

    Ken

     
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    Aug 8, 2012 1:48 PM   in reply to photodrawken
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    Ken

       Thank you, that is working for me now. It was frustrating until I learned how to do it.

     
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