{"id":3923,"date":"2021-10-10T01:14:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T01:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/2021\/10\/10\/how-to-move-photos-in-lightroom-to-another-folder\/"},"modified":"2021-11-07T20:32:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T20:32:08","slug":"how-to-move-photos-in-lightroom-to-another-folder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/lightroom\/how-to-move-photos-in-lightroom-to-another-folder\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequent question: How to move photos in lightroom to another folder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drag the photo or photos to the destination <strong>folder<\/strong> in the Folders panel: Drag from the center of the thumbnail, not from the edge. Note: You cannot copy photos in Lightroom Classic. The <strong>photos<\/strong> are moved to the destination folder in Lightroom Classic as well as on the hard drive.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>You asked, how do I <strong>move<\/strong> <strong>photos<\/strong> from one folder to another in <strong>Lightroom<\/strong>? <strong>Lightroom<\/strong> will move files and folders on your hard drive. To move one or multiple <strong>photos<\/strong> from one <strong>folder<\/strong> to <strong>another<\/strong>, use the \u201cG\u201d shortcut to access the Library Module in Grid View. Select one or multiple photos from the grid and drag them to the desired location inside the <strong>Folder<\/strong> Panel.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, how do I move photos from one <strong>folder<\/strong> to another? <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>On your Android phone, open Gallery Go .<\/li>\n<li>Tap Folders More. New folder.<\/li>\n<li>Enter the name of your new folder.<\/li>\n<li>Choose where you want your folder. SD card: Creates a folder in your SD card.  <\/li>\n<li>Tap Create.<\/li>\n<li>Select your photos.<\/li>\n<li>Tap <strong>Move<\/strong> or Copy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Likewise, can I drag <strong>photos<\/strong> into Lightroom? <strong>Another<\/strong> way to import photos into <strong>Lightroom<\/strong> is to simply drag and drop files from a camera card or a folder of images from the Finder\/Explorer\/Bridge to the Library module content area. The drag-and-drop step simply bypassed needing to spend time navigating the Source panel. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, how do I <strong>move<\/strong> <strong>photos<\/strong> from photos to Lightroom? <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select photos from the Grid view to export.  <\/li>\n<li>Choose File > Export, or click the Export button in the Library module.  <\/li>\n<li>(Optional) Choose an export preset.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>Start thePhotos app on your iPhone or iPad.<\/li>\n<li>Now, select the Albums tab at the bottom of the screen.<\/li>\n<li>Next, tap on either All Photos or Recents.<\/li>\n<li>Next on, tap on Select and choose the photos you wish to move to an album.<\/li>\n<li>Tap the share button.<\/li>\n<li>Tap on Add to Album.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>How do you move photos from one folder to another on iPhone?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AtNZRU6yPi8\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I move photos from iphoto to a folder?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Ks0xi_nkd4\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Should I import all my photos into Lightroom?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Collections are safe, and will keep most users out of trouble. You can have as many sub-folders inside that one main folder as you want, but if you want to have peace, calm, and order in your Lightroom, the key is not to import photos from all over your computer.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I add old photos to Lightroom?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>If you can find an image in your files on the desktop, in Lightroom you should always be able to expand the Folders panel in the Library view, expand the same folder, and find your image there. Or you can choose Library > Find, enter part of the filename, and Lightroom should take you right to it in the catalog.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I move photos from Lightroom to cloud?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ys5eyEs48RM\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I export all photos from Lightroom?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click the first photo in a row of consecutive photos you want to select.  <\/li>\n<li>Hold the SHIFT key while you click the last photo in the group you want to select.  <\/li>\n<li>Right Click on any of the images and select Export and then on the submenu that pops up click Export\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I export photos from Lightroom to Apple photos?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Launch the Photos app on your Mac.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the Photos app menu in the Menu bar in the upper left corner of the screen.<\/li>\n<li>Select Preferences from the drop down menu.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the iCloud tab.<\/li>\n<li>Tick the box to enable iCloud Photo Library.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Why won&#8217;t Lightroom export my photos?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Try resetting your preferences Resetting the lightroom preferences file &#8211; updated and see if that will let you open the Export dialog. I have reset everything to default.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I make my photos only show in an album?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to Albums and tap the (+) icon to create a new album.<\/li>\n<li>Tap the drop-down menu at the top.<\/li>\n<li>Tap Hide photos in albums.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I move my recent photos to an album?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Step 1: Press and hold your finger over one photo to begin selecting photos for your album. Step 2: Once all are selected, tap on the more options menu icon (three dots in the top bar), then select Add to Album. Step 3: Tap on the album you would like to add the photos to.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drag the photo or photos to the destination folder in the Folders panel: Drag from the center of the thumbnail, not from the edge. Note: You cannot copy photos in Lightroom Classic. The photos are moved to the destination folder in Lightroom Classic as well as on the hard drive. You asked, how do I &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25975,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923\/revisions\/25975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}