Importing Images from SD Cards

[Paul Iddon]

When I put my SD card, via a card reader into the USB slot, the auto-import option (Winows AutoPlay menu) offers to import via lots of things (Bridge, Dropbox etc) but offers Lightroom 5.0.64 but I am running Lightroom CC and I can't find any way of getting this autoplay option to see my Lightroom CC.

Any ideas?

Paul.

 

[dean messenger]

i had same problem and had to edit registry entry to pint the import to the LR cc directory exe
also had to clear the import list first ( control panel autoplay) then scroll to bottom and reset defaults.

check here
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1872628

also this short thread here as well

http://www.image-space.com/Lightroo...htroom_Autostart/FIx_Lightroom_Autostart.html

i know i had to do several things to finally get it to work

 

[dean messenger]

also try this first

do one manual import (start LR, insert the card, select import and....import)
Once I did that the first time, LR 6.0 showed up as an option for autoplay ( quote from another thread )

 

[Paul Iddon]

Cheers Dean, tried this and now it don't recognise the reader - but it just means launching LR from it's icon like before editing the registry.

Thanks for your suggestions.

Paul.

 

[redsnappa]

Ii is so simple to use copy and paste the images so why complicate it by using an auto import system that does not always work?

 

[Paul Iddon]

Ii is so simple to use copy and paste the images so why complicate it by using an auto import system that does not always work?

Workflow mate.

Paul.

 

[redsnappa]

Workflow mate

My workflow involves putting the images where I want them not where lightroom thinks they should go. I make the important decisions not my computer.
Maybe your computer makes better decisions than your good self but I know my computer has no idea where I want my images stored.

 

[Paul Iddon]

I tell Lightroom where I want them. I give it the instruction. I think that makes me good enough at making decisions dude.

Paul.

 

[Pookeyhead]

My workflow involves putting the images where I want them not where lightroom thinks they should go. I make the important decisions not my computer.
Maybe your computer makes better decisions than your good self but I know my computer has no idea where I want my images stored.

Same here. I prefer to decide where to put my images. I create a folder and name it appropriately (folders named by a date are effectively useless if you have an archive that goes back years). If you have to tell LR where it's putting them, then it's no more an example of an efficient workflow than the way I already do it.

Insert card... Create folder... drag raws to folder.... sync LR... Done.

If you tell LR where to put things, or what to name things, then there's just as much manual input... sometimes more.

 

[Musicman]

I create a folder and name it appropriately (folders named by a date are effectively useless if you have an archive that goes back years).

My Lightroom catalog uses date-named folders and goes back to 2002 for digital original files. Film scans go back to 1981 and are organised chronologically by film processing date (before Lightroom I kept a card index of picture descriptions and other such data for each roll).

I find it far from useless.

File hierarchies are a poor substitute for other metadata IMO. Using tags and Collections allows you it overlay multiple layers of meaning where a folder structure can only impose one. A chronological file structure has the virtue of being simple and predictable.

 

[dean messenger]

here ya go. i knew i had the problem solved as i had the same thing and had to hunt through numerous threads to find the link.

In the Windows registry there's the key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers\Light room6BetaAutoPlayHandler64]

With the string data
"InvokeProgID"="Adobe.AdobeLightroom64"

This string data is from the 5.x.x version of LR, not the 6.x.x

This needs to be corrected (just drop the 64) to:
"InvokeProgID"="Adobe.AdobeLightroom"

That's it. Now it'll work like it's suppose to.

FYI Why this is currently broken:

Adobe.AdobeLightroom has the shell\open\command (line):
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom\Lightroom.exe "%L"

Adobe.AdobeLightroom64 has the shell\open\command (line):
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7.1\Lightroom.exe "%L"

 

[Pookeyhead]

Film scans go back to 1981 and are organised chronologically by film processing date (before Lightroom I kept a card index of picture descriptions and other such data for each roll).

I find it far from useless.

How am I supposed to know what's in a folder by reading a date? I've no idea what I shot on a certain day 7 years ago for example. I'll only have to open the folder and take a look to confirm. A more sensible solution is to create folders by client name (if you're working professionally) or subject matter, then further break that down... leaving date until last. That way if I have an idea what I need, I can find it much easier.

Eddie Stobart\Logistics\warehouse\June 2011 for example.

The only other sensible way is to use extensive key wording... which takes time to set up any way.

File hierarchies are a poor substitute for other metadata IMO.

Agreed (see above), but editing meta data can be time consuming during the import process as st some point, client information, location, etc... all have to be added manually.

A sensible file/folder strategy can be surprisingly effective