PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM
User Guide
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Importing automatically
About Auto Import
The Auto Import feature automatically imports photos into the Lightroom library by monitoring a
watched folder
for
photos and then moving the photos into a
managed
folder in the library. The feature has many uses. For example, if
your camera manufacturer’s software provides a tethered connection feature and can download the photos to a
watched folder, Lightroom can monitor the folder and automatically import the photos as they’re being taken. Auto
Import does not import images from a subfolder of a Watched folder.
See also
“Synchronize folders” on page 41
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.
Destination Folder
Chooses or creates a managed folder where the auto-imported photos are moved into.
File Naming
Names the auto-imported photo.
Information
Applies Develop settings, metadata, or keywords to auto-imported photos.
3
Select Render Standard-Sized Previews to have Lightroom render previews of the imported photos rather than
only using the embedded previews in the photo files.
See also
“Naming options” on page 20
“Specify Standard-Size previews when importing” on page 22
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 cannot choose an existing folder containing photos as a watched folder.
3
Click OK (Windows) or Choose (Mac OS).
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