2 Replies Latest reply: Oct 31, 2012 5:53 PM by JimHess RSS

    How to combine images from several different shoots into one

    suzzie12 Community Member

      Have LR 3.6 for Win xp.

       

      I have 4 differernt photo shoots that I want to combine into one big single catalogue.  I want to be able to rank and choose images from all 4 shoots at the same time so I can get the best ones identified.

       

      Each shoot is already in its separate catalogue but I cant figure out how to get all 4 shoots to show up at once so I can rank the best shots and maybe even make a collection of my best images from the 4 shoots.

       

      How might I do this??

       

      Thanks Suzzie

        • 1. Re: How to combine images from several different shoots into one
          dgluck1 Community Member

          My primary suggestion is that you watch the many videos by Julianne Kost provided in the Adobe site about organizing in the Library Module in LR 4, or read one of the many good LR books. If you want to venture on your own here's a very shorthand description of one of many ways to do what you want. Choose which Catalog you want to use. Open that Catalog and choose "Import from Another Catalog" under the File Menu in the Library Module. Select the images and import them to your chosen main catalog. Once all are in the same Catalog either Keyword all similar images you wish to compare, or make separate Collections of each one. Use the Compare function in the Library ("c" key) and eliminate the one you don't want. Unless you have one client viewing your images in LR and you don't want them to see that you have other images for other clients, I would suggest you use only a single catalog from here on out.

          • 2. Re: How to combine images from several different shoots into one
            JimHess Community Member

            The problem outlined here is a perfect example of why one catalog is usually the best choice. You can do collections and keywords and other things to keep the shoots separate, and yet they are all together for when they need to be, as in this situation.