Selecting Multiple Folders-Command -click (Mac) | Control -click (Win) to select multiple folders (to view the contents, move, delete, etc.). To quickly create a subfolder (without having to scroll to the top of the Folder panel to click the plus icon), Control -click (Mac) | Right -click (Win) on a folder and choose Create Folder Inside “xxx” from the list. This Quick Tip ( How to Copy Files to an External Drive in Lightroom Classic) walks though the process of copying files to an external drive that Lightroom is unaware of.Ĭreating Subfolders-Click the plus icon in the Folder panel header and select Add Subfolder to create a new Subfolder. If there are images in the folder, Lightroom display the Import dialog so that you can take advantage of options such as applying metadata or Develop presets as you import the files in the folder. If the folder is empty, Lightroom will simply add it to the Folder panel. Instead, click the + (plus) icon on the Folder panel, select Add Folder, navigate to and select the desired folder. You can’t “import” the folder because it doesn’t have any images in it. Let’s say for example, you have created a folder using the operating system on an external drive that you want to move and archive your images in, yet Lightroom is not aware of that folder. This video ( Organizing Your Photographs) will show you how to take advantage of the Folder panel in Lightroom to organize and manage your photographs.Īdding Folders-While creating a new folder is straightforward enough (click the plus icon in the Folder panel header, select Add Folder, and create the new Folder in the desired location), you can also use the New Folder icon to make Lightroom Classic aware of an already existing folder on disk that has yet to be imported and may even be empty. Here are my favorite tips, tricks and techniques for working with Folders in Lightroom Classic.

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