Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC - Manual (Page 73)

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Importing photos
Last updated 4/20/2015
4 In the New Photos area, choose an option from the File Handling menu:
Add New Photos To Catalog Without Moving Imports photos at their current location.
Copy New Photos To A New Location And Import Imports photos to a new location. Click Choose and specify the
folder.
Don’t Import New Photos Only photos that exist in the current catalog are imported. Lightroom determines a photo
is a duplicate (already in the catalog) if it has the same, original filename; the same Exif capture date and time; and
the same file size.
5 In the Changed Existing Photos area, do any of the following:
• Replace metadata, Develop settings, and negative files to override all the settings in the current catalog. If you
choose this option, you can select the Preserve Old Settings As A Virtual Copy option to keep a backup. You can
also select the Replace Non-Raw Files Only option to avoid replacing raw negatives. If changes to raw negative
files affect only metadata, selecting this option helps save time.
• Replace metadata and Develop settings only to leave the negative files (the source photos) unchanged. If you
choose this option, you can select the Preserve Old Settings As A Virtual Copy option to keep a backup.
• Replace nothing to import only new photos.
• If photos in the current catalog are missing and can be found in the imported catalog, indicate whether you want
to update the metadata and Develop settings for these files. Select the Preserve Old Settings As A Virtual Copy
option to keep a backup. If the photos missing in the current catalog appear in the imported catalog, specify
whether the missing files are copied and where they copied to.
6 Click Import.
Import photos from Photoshop Elements
Lightroom detects if your computer has a Photoshop Elements catalog and can import photos and data from the PSE
catalog into a new Lightroom catalog. Lightroom imports photos and data from Photoshop Elements 6 through
Elements 13 on Windows and from Photoshop Elements 9 through 13 on Mac OS.
1 In the Library module, choose File > Upgrade Photoshop Elements Catalog.
The Upgrade Photoshop Elements Catalog dialog box displays the most recently opened Photoshop Elements
catalog.
2 To choose a different PSE catalog, click the Photoshop Elements drop-down menu.
3 To change the destination of the new Lightroom catalog, click Change and navigate to a different folder.
4 Click Upgrade to import the PSE catalog into a new Lightroom catalog.
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Import photos from iPhoto
Specify import options
After you choose the photos you want to import (see Import photos from a folder on a hard drive or Import photos from
a camera or card reader ), use the File Handling, File Renaming, and Apply During Import panels on the right side of
the import window to specify options for the photos you are bringing into your Lightroom catalog.