iPhoto & Lightroom Inquiry

Eddiesalsa · Eddiesalsa #1 (**permalink**)

10-21-2011, 01:24 PM

Good afternoon,

I am new to the Mac world. I just migrated over from the PC to my iMac 27 (love it). In my old PC I was just starting to use Lightroom 3 to organize all my family pics, which I cataloged using a good file structure with year, and events. When I imported all my photos into iPhoto I selected the folder from which to import thinking it would keep the exact same file structure I had already established. Instead it imported the event titles and not keep the upper level folder structure I created by year, ex: 2011, 2010 etc.

I loaded lightroom 3 for Mac and it works just as it did in the PC, but what I like about iPhoto is the option to make and order personal books. I would like to use iPhoto for this purpose and would love it if it could keep the same folder structure I had already created.

Is there a way to accomplish this? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Eddie

Chuckoir · Chuckoir #2 (**permalink**)

10-21-2011, 04:06 PM

What I do in your situation (wanting to create a photo book), is just import the relevant photos from the LR folder, create the book, and then delete them from iPhoto again so to avoid having duplicates.

Maybe a teeny bit fiddlier than having them all already in iPhoto, organised nicely into events and such, but saves having two lots of all my photos.

Eddiesalsa · Eddiesalsa #3 (**permalink**)

10-24-2011, 10:05 AM

Chuckoir...thanks for the feedback, really appreciate it

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Eddiesalsa #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 03, 2011 Posts: 3	10-21-2011, 01:24 PM Good afternoon, I am new to the Mac world. I just migrated over from the PC to my iMac 27 (love it). In my old PC I was just starting to use Lightroom 3 to organize all my family pics, which I cataloged using a good file structure with year, and events. When I imported all my photos into iPhoto I selected the folder from which to import thinking it would keep the exact same file structure I had already established. Instead it imported the event titles and not keep the upper level folder structure I created by year, ex: 2011, 2010 etc. I loaded lightroom 3 for Mac and it works just as it did in the PC, but what I like about iPhoto is the option to make and order personal books. I would like to use iPhoto for this purpose and would love it if it could keep the same folder structure I had already created. Is there a way to accomplish this? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Eddie
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Chuckoir #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 21, 2011 Location: London, Londonshire, England. Posts: 721 Mac Specs: 13" Late 2011 MBP,iPad '3' 32gb,iPhone4 32gb	10-21-2011, 04:06 PM What I do in your situation (wanting to create a photo book), is just import the relevant photos from the LR folder, create the book, and then delete them from iPhoto again so to avoid having duplicates. Maybe a teeny bit fiddlier than having them all already in iPhoto, organised nicely into events and such, but saves having two lots of all my photos.
	QUOTE Thanks

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