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  1. René Roberts

    Change in image appearance on new iMac 24

    Moshe, What Cletus says. I am NOT a LR or computer guru, but I have taught PS to beginners for over 20 years. The concept of "resolution" is always thorny. Pixels change in size. If your new monitor has a higher resolution than your old one, it's cramming more pixels into the display. The size...
  2. René Roberts

    Context menu > Remove photo > Remove from Lightroom catalogue = moves to Trash

    I apologize for the double post. I was going through the many photos in the trash that I'd "removed" from the catalogue, comparing them to the ones in my LR main folder. There are now duplicates of all of them - the same ones in both the trash, and in my LR main folder. I'd appreciate an...
  3. René Roberts

    Context menu > Remove photo > Remove from Lightroom catalogue = moves to Trash

    I've ended up moving to the trash a whole bunch of files I thought I was just deleting from the catalogue, not from disc. I'm on a Mac, I hold down the Control key and from contextual menu choose "Remove photo". The dialogue box gives me the option of removing from the Lightroom Catalogue, or...
  4. René Roberts

    Can't change order of slides in filmstrip or grid view

    Sometimes it doesn't even smile! Thanks for offering a simple clue to what's been a vexing problem over the years.
  5. René Roberts

    Can't change order of slides in filmstrip or grid view

    Ahhhh, John, I just noticed that with my first transfer this morning I'd made another child folder for them under Basse Taille. I could reorder them in that grandchild folder, but not in the child folder above them. So I moved them back into the Basse Taille folder and deleted the grandchild...
  6. René Roberts

    Can't change order of slides in filmstrip or grid view

    I think I stated I always grab the image, not the border. These are not in Collections, or anything smart. They are in child folders under one big parent folder. It doesn't matter whether I'm trying to do it in the child folder itself, or from the parent folder. For example, I'm working on a...
  7. René Roberts

    Can't change order of slides in filmstrip or grid view

    This is a frustrating issue I've had for years, no matter the version I've used. Sometimes I can drag an image in the filmstrip or grid view to reorder the placement of it - the vertical black line appears as expected - and sometimes I'm not able to. No vertical black line. I'm always in Library...
  8. René Roberts

    Photoshop brush cursor is still nearly impossible to see...

    It's an annoying problem for sure, especially when trying to teach a Zoom class and you're sharing your PS screen. I usually hit H for the hand, glad to know the spacebar also does it. What would solve the issue is a colored cursor. On a Mac under Accessibility, one can change the color and...
  9. René Roberts

    Imports will not go into proper root folder

    Johan, I think I wasn't clear what I did. I created a folder in my Finder with a different name - "LIGHTROOM PHOTOS" - and then I created a new folder in Lightroom also called "LIGHTROOM PHOTOS". My new name. That's what I meant by "the same name". I meant the same as the new folder in the...
  10. René Roberts

    Imports will not go into proper root folder

    OK, I'll leave externals as is. I've updated my last post after I followed your Step 3. Need further instructions. Thanks.
  11. René Roberts

    Imports will not go into proper root folder

    OK, I've created my new folder LIGHTROOM PHOTOS in the Finder and moved all my images into it. Created the new folder in LR of the same name. My original catalogue is all ?? now, of course. Step 3: "Update folder location" gave me the attached message with the "merge" option. (I presume the...
  12. René Roberts

    Imports will not go into proper root folder

    Question #3: I was mistaken, the dated folders with ?? do exist in my image folder, as subfolders in another subfolder called "2017". Those have the original file names. There are also image duplicates with -2 designations under the subfolder "Alaska 17". i.e. apparently I have two Alaska image...
  13. René Roberts

    Imports will not go into proper root folder

    OK, I understand everything you're suggesting about ditching everything old, copying images in the Finder and creating a newly named catalogue folder that points to the new location. And then pointing everything else to it too. Question #1: What about the extraneous catalogue with the two...
  14. René Roberts

    Imports will not go into proper root folder

    Sorry John, I'd done those reimports late yesterday before I read your last post. I just saw your last post this morning. I've backed up as you've suggested, and haven't made any more changes.
  15. René Roberts

    Imports will not go into proper root folder

    And here is a screen shot of the highlighted photo folder on my hard drive. (The "Temporary" folder was one I created in my effort to follow your instructions.)
  16. René Roberts

    Imports will not go into proper root folder

    Here is a screen shot of what exists now. What I've done so far is to just reimport my new pictures into my good catalogue. (They weren't there anymore anyway, having been all "merged" into the two catalogue folders I don't want.) I created three new empty subfolders in my catalogue before...
  17. René Roberts

    Imports will not go into proper root folder

    Update: Inside my original LR catalogue, I have created new empty subfolders and named them, per my original efforts to import. (LR used to do this automatically for me on import, but now it apparently does not. That's how I got messed up to begin with.) I have selected each subfolder and...
  18. René Roberts

    Imports will not go into proper root folder

    Thank you John. Sleep well. I am hopelessly confused. (After having spent the last 5 years finally getting so I wasn't hopelessly confused anymore! Reading LRQueen cover to cover and all that.) My catalogue has never been messed up till now. I now have three catalogues attached to the images...
  19. René Roberts

    Imports will not go into proper root folder

    I'll double check the Import dialogue to see if what the Destination tab says. Thanks for the advice. *** As to the capitalization problem, I've read and tried your "fix" per your link. Now I have TWO root folders in my catalogue. One has the problem imports (two new subfolders with ?? under...
  20. René Roberts

    Imports will not go into proper root folder

    An update: I upgraded to LR 6.12, deleted one of the mis-imported folders from the catalogue and tried reimporting. First I highlighted my PHOTOS root folder, right clicked and chose "Import into this folder". Then I navigated to my subfolder called "Alaska 17", selected it and clicked Import...
  21. René Roberts

    Imports will not go into proper root folder

    I have been using LR since version 3, have just upgraded to LR 6 from LR 5.4, (actually LR Photoshop CC). I'm very comfortable with library and develop operations, but not a "guru". My catalogue structure works for me. I'm on a MAC, running OS 10.11.4. Something strange has just started...
  22. René Roberts

    2 Catalogues hopelessly co-mingled

    Yes John, all the original files are in the same place, and nothing has been moved around inside the LR catalogue. It's only several collections and their hodge lodge of virtual copies with various adjustments that are different between the two catalogues. (I have sure learned what not to do...
  23. René Roberts

    2 Catalogues hopelessly co-mingled

    First, I know better, but this problem was somewhat inadvertent. I attended a photography wet-process workshop, where I took my laptop and an external portable drive. It was three days of intensity, deadlines, re-doing negatives to change exposure, sloppiness, and now I have a Big Catalogue...
  24. René Roberts

    When to Leave Lightroom and Edit in Photoshop

    Ok, I've just run some experiments to clarify for myself what opening as a smart object from PS will and won't do. I will definitely need to brush up on my masking skills, but I get the concept of applying ACR with a mask. Cool! Johan, at what point in that workflow would I do cloning or...
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