When i import photos, lightroom creates multiple folders for each photo

[loganj85898217]

hi there,

I didn't have this problem when first imported my photos for the first time. Firstly, all of my photos are in a single folder, when i go through the steps to import into Lightroom, in the destination folder to import to on the right hand side panel, Lightroom creates folders based on "year photo taken" then in a subfolder it creates folder within, with a number value. i.e 2013,01,07,photo. But if you click on "2013", Then "01 folder" will show up, click on that "07" will show up with the photos that i am trying to view.

It becomes very hard to organise my photos once Lightroom has done this process. When i initially downloaded Lightroom and imported my photos, this never happened. This is my old import sequence "2013 click, 2013-12-12 click. instead i get 2013 click, 01 click, 07 click, photo click.

I really need help, I have tried many a route to get around this.

Many thanks, Logan

[ManiacJoe]

What are the settings in the Import dialog, Destination panel?

[loganj85898217]

[Just Shoot Me]

You are importing 1374 images. Are these images already on a hard drive connected to your computer? If they are you shouldn't have the Move option selected at the top of the dialog window. You should use the Add option.

Since you selected the Move option you also have the option to Rename Files during the move.

In all honesty LR, although it can do certain File Management tasks Okay, isn't the thing you should be using to move images from one hard drive to another and IMHO certainly not during the import process. In your case if you want to move images to some other hard drive than where they are now stored you should do that with the File Manager for the OS you are using. In your case Finder. Then use LR to import those images into the catalog using the Add option to include them in the LR catalog file and leave them where you have them stored.

[bhousto90 · Accepted solution]

Change the date format in the import destination to "2016/2016-12-11" to get back to your desired folder format.

In my list of options this is the 2nd one from the top, your current choice "2016/12/11" which is the 7th option.

The / character in the options represents a folder level break for each option.

-BH

[loganj85898217]

Thanks BH,

I just played around with the date formats and that seemed to fix the problem. Oops!