5 Replies Latest reply: Dec 16, 2011 9:01 AM by Heirloom Bob RSS

    Export as jpg

    Heirloom Bob Community Member

      I have a preset that allows me to export my photo to a subfolder of the original folder. In my case it's simply called jpg export. This allows me to do all my edits when the shot is in it's original "Date taken" folder and all my edited shots from that folder show up in the jpg export folder when I run the preset. My issue is that the jpg shows up in BOTH the original folder and the jpg export folder. I know it's operator error but what's wrong with my settings? Under Export Location I have Export To: Same folder as original photo (this is the reason for my problem but I am not sure what to change it to) Put in Subfolder: is checked and the folder is called jpg export. Add to This Catalog: is also checked.

       

      Bob

        • 1. Re: Export as jpg
          CSS Simon Community Member

          In Lightroom, Library menu, do you have "Show photos in subfolders" checked?

          • 2. Re: Export as jpg
            c.frans w Community Member

            Don't check "same folder as original photo" and nothing in "Put in subfolder"

            and under "specific folder" go  "choose" to the exact address.

             

            Frans

            • 3. Re: Export as jpg
              Heirloom Bob Community Member

              CSS Simon..yes I do have it checked. I am not sure why you ask because I have no problem seeing the photos, it's just that they appear in both my original folder and my jpg export subfolder.

               

              c.frans w...if I do that will I not have to specify the folder for each and every export? I want to run the preset, have the jpg appear in a subfolder of the original and the resulting jpg appear only in the subfolder. This way my RAW shots are always in the original folder and the edited shots exported as jpg, appear in a subfolder of the original.

              • 4. Re: Export as jpg
                CSS Simon Community Member

                Heirloom Bob wrote:

                 

                CSS Simon..yes I do have it checked. I am not sure why you ask because I have no problem seeing the photos, it's just that they appear in both my original folder and my jpg export subfolder.

                If I understand you correctly, when you export, you choose "same folder as original" and check "put in subfolder" and "Add to this catalog".  The result is that it exports to the subfolder and adds it to the catalog. 

                 

                If you have "Show photos in subfolders" checked in the Library menu, then you will see the exported file both when you select the subfolder in the "Folders" list on the left in library view, and it will also appear when you select the parent folder.  That's what "Show photos in subfolders" does - when you selet a folder, it shows you the images in that folder and all subfolders at the same time.  Isn't that the problem you are describing?

                 

                By the way, you might want to consider whether you want to include the exported jpeg in the catalog.  Is there a particular reason for that?  I export images for various reasons: to upload to the web, to send to someone else, to publish on Facebook, to send to a print lab or whatever.  But I don't keep the exported version.  Once I've published it, sent it off etc I delete the jpeg.  After all, I can recreate it from the original if I ever need it again.  For me, that's the power of Lightroom.  No need for multiple versions (except where I want multiple edited versions for artistic reasons, not multiple export versions). 

                • 5. Re: Export as jpg
                  Heirloom Bob Community Member

                  You are absolutley right!!   Once I unchecked Show photos in subfolder, the "duplication disappeared. Good job.