Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC - Manual (Page 79)

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Importing photos
Last updated 4/20/2015
Enable automatically importing photos
• Choose File > Auto Import > Enable Auto Import.
Specify auto import settings
1 Choose File > Auto Import > Auto Import Settings.
2 In the Auto Import Settings dialog box, specify any of the following:
Watched Folder Chooses or creates the watched folder where Lightroom detects photos to auto import. The folder
you specify must be empty. Auto Import does not monitor subfolders in a watched folder.
Destination Chooses or creates a folder where the auto-imported photos are moved into.
File Naming Names the auto-imported photo. See Naming options .
Information Applies Develop settings, metadata, or keywords to auto-imported photos.
3 Select Standard from the Initial Previews menu to have Lightroom render previews of the imported photos rather
than only using the embedded previews in the photo files. See
Specify initial previews .
Set up watched folders
1 In the Auto Import Settings dialog box, click the Choose button next to Watched Folder.
2 Navigate to the location you want and do any of the following:
• To create a watched folder, click Make New Folder and then overwrite New Folder to give the folder a name
(Windows), or click New Folder (Mac OS), give the folder a name, and click Create.
• To select an existing watched folder, select the folder.
Note: You can't choose an existing folder that contains photos as a watched folder.
3 Click OK (Windows) or Choose (Mac OS).
Select a destination folder for auto-imported photos
When Lightroom detects photos added to a watched folder, the photos are moved into a destination folder and
automatically imported into the catalog.
1 In the Destination area of the Auto Import Settings dialog box, click the Choose button beside Move To.
2 In the Browse For Folders (Windows) or Open (Mac OS) dialog box, navigate to the location you want, and do any
of the following:
• To create a destination folder, click Make New Folder and then overwrite New Folder to give the folder a name
(Windows), or click New Folder, give the folder a name, and click Create (Mac OS).
• To select an existing destination folder, select the folder.
3 Click OK (Windows) or Choose (Mac OS).
4 (Optional) Type a name for the destination folder in the Subfolder Name text box.