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Have been using Lr for about a year. Most imports were done from a camera card where you can select a destination. Now importing bulk of my previous photos from HD. If I use "copy", I end up with photos in 2 places, but I can pick my destination and reorganize my photos at the same time. If I pick "add", I can import entire folder. Then I can move photos into other folders, rename folder and/or place in my year structure. Which is better option?
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From my point of view is "Add" the better option. So you have only one copy of the picture files. It is easier to handle.
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The better option is the one that works best in your workflow. Do you want to automatically reorganize (the Move option would do the same as Copy, but without creating a duplicate) or do you want to retain your existing organization and rearrange them yourself? Whatever you do, just make sure you have backups!
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The problem is my original photos went into picassa, I named the photos and a folder was created. Picassa copied all. Some folders have multiple events or subjects in them (ie.Stacey's birthday, July 4th party and fireworks, sunsets and flowers) . So ideally i want to separate those out for now, using a parent folder for the year, everything else for that year underneath. I did read a thread about "adding" that is making me stop in my tracks to think about this. When I import from my card, it is pretty straight forward,folder on HD identical to folder in LR catalog. (Yes I know they are one in the same )