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How To Move Photos And Folders In Lightroom Classic

    Divider LineMany Adobe Lightroom Classic users make their lives miserable by moving their images around using their computer’s Operating System. Moving photographs around this way will always upset this complex program. You can easily avoid this common frustration though if you learn how to move your photos, and folders, from one place to another using Lightroom Classic’s Folders Panel.

If you learn how to move your photos, or folders full of images, around instead using the tools that exist within this program then you can reorganize your entire image library without loosing anything. It is not obvious but all of the tools that you need to move your photographs around exist within Lightroom Classic.

I will teach you all of the skills that you need to safely move your photos from one folder to another in the first part of this video. In the second part, I will also teach you how to move your image storage folders from one place to another and how to create brand new folders from with Classic.

You can completely reorganize your image library and build the kind of chronologic folder structure that I recommend for all my students using only the simple techniques in this video.

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  • LIGHTROOM CLASSIC: IMPORTING AND ORGANIZING
    • Module 1:ADDING PHOTOS & VIDEOS
      • Lesson 1:What Does Import Mean In Lightroom Classic?
      • Lesson 2:The Most Efficient Way To Import New Photos In Lightroom Classic
      • Lesson 3:How To Import New Photos Into Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic Using An Import Preset
      • Lesson 4:The Easiest Way To Import iPhone Photos Into Adobe Lightroom Classic
      • Lesson 5:The Easiest Way To Import Android Photos Into Lightroom Classic
      • Lesson 6:How To Import Images From Apple Photos On A Mac Into Lightroom Classic
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        Import Scanned Images Using The Folder Watch Plugin In Lightroom Classic
    • Module 2:ESSENTIAL SKILLS
      • Lesson 1:How To Select Photos In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
      • Lesson 2:Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic File And Folder Names Best Practices
      • Lesson 3:How To Move Photos And Folders In Lightroom Classic
      • Lesson 4:How To Rename Photos And Folders In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
      • Lesson 5:How To Delete Photos In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
      • Lesson 6:How To Convert To Dng In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
    • Module 3:EVALUATING YOUR IMAGES
      • Lesson 1:Streamline Your Photo Culling: A Multi-Pass Lightroom Classic Workflow
      • Lesson 2:How To Use The View Modes In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
      • Lesson 3:How To Use The Enhanced Zoom Tool In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
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        Initial Sorting with the Pick and Reject Flags In Adobe Lightroom Classic
    • Module 4:ORGANIZING WITH METADATA
      • Lesson 1:Organizing Your Images With Metadata In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
      • Lesson 2:How To Use The Metadata Filter In Lightroom Classic
      • Lesson 3:Keyword Basics In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
      • Lesson 4:How To Speed Things Up With Custom Keyword Sets In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
      • Lesson 5:Metadata Presets In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
      • Lesson 6:The Map Module In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
      • Lesson 7:How To Use A GPS Tracklog In Classic’s Map Module
      • Lesson 8:Facial Recognition In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
    • Module 5:COLLECTIONS & SMART COLLECTIONS
      • Lesson 1:How To Gather Up Your Favorites Photos In Lightroom Classic
      • Lesson 2:Collections And Smart Collections In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
      • Lesson 3:The Better Quick Collection Trick In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
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        Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic Workflow Smart Collections
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        Advanced Smart Collections In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic

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