Lightroom - film strip question

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OK - along the bottom of the screen is the film strip preview. Here's the scenario.

I am working with another tog who is shooting tethered or wireless. The images are auto-imported to Lightroom and I work with clients to look at images as they come through. Now it may be I want to look at a picture that is in the middle of the filmstrip. So I scroll along and highlight it to bring it to the main view.

Other tog then takes another picture. When Lightroom imports the new pic it adds it to the end of the filmstrip and the view jumps to that image so I then ned to go back to find the one I was looking at.

In print mode it doesn't happen but I want to be in develope mode to make adjustments on the fly.

The question - is there a way to freeze the filmstrip so it doesnt shift focus to the latest imported image. Or if that's not possible is there a quick way to pause the autoimport and then resume again once I've done what I need to do?
 
Are they shooting using the Lightroom teathering option or something like the Canon software?
If it's the latter then I guess you could turn off the auto-import option while you're working but then periodically click import when you get a chance?
 
Go to the tethered capture window and un tick the Auto Advance option. This option only becomes available once you've activated tethered capture
 
More often than not it will be wireless using the Canon remote software. I am thinking turning off auto import is going to be the answer but if there was a shortcut for that it would be handy
 
AndyB said:
More often than not it will be wireless using the Canon remote software. I am thinking turning off auto import is going to be the answer but if there was a shortcut for that it would be handy
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I've just had a hunt through LR3 and I can't see one - I had thought there might be an "import from previous" option similar to the export option - if there had been a keyboard shortcut then that could have worked.

Actually, looking at it a bit more, the keyboard shortcut sequence to enable/disable the auto-import would be "Alt+F", then A, then E which I guess isn't too difficult but you could also use a free macro recorder (something like http://www.autohotkey.com/) and assign the macro to one of your unused keyboard keys, maybe something like the "Pause" key that no-one ever uses! That way you get a one-key switch to trigger your auto-import.
 
I think I might need to try something like that Peter - thanks for the suggestion
 
Could you do something like adding the images the customer is interested in to a quick collection (b) then for doing the editing etc do it from the quick collection, then all the new shots can arrive in the back ground.
 
Possibly Lewis - but there are a number of clients passing through and it's pretty fast paced so that might be a bit fiddly
 
In the grid view - hit 'T' - that will bring up the tools bar at the bottom - click sort - and change to 'Capture Time' or maybe 'File name' - is it set to 'added order' just now?

If that doesn't fix it - post a question here:
http://www.lightroomforums.net/forum.php
 
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Andy

I suggested earlier that you need to untick the "Auto Advance Selection" , in the Tethered Capture option. This stops Lightroom automatically displaying the latesl import.

Did a job today and used this function. Works a treat. You need to activate Tethered Capture and then return to the Tethered Capture menu to deselect the Auto Advance option
 
awp said:
In the grid view - hit 'T' - that will bring up the tools bar at the bottom - click sort - and change to 'Capture Time' or maybe 'File name' - is it set to 'added order' just now?

If that doesn't fix it - post a question here:
http://www.lightroomforums.net/forum.php
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Doesn't help Andrew. If you think about it - whatever sort method you use the addition of a new image still shifts the highlighten thumbnail along.
 
Chappers said:
Andy

I suggested earlier that you need to untick the "Auto Advance Selection" , in the Tethered Capture option. This stops Lightroom automatically displaying the latesl import.

Did a job today and used this function. Works a treat. You need to activate Tethered Capture and then return to the Tethered Capture menu to deselect the Auto Advance option
Click to expand...

OK I'm being blonde - where is the tethered capture option - can't see it for looking!
 
It's under the "FILE" menu. in the 4th segment about 1.3 way down.

Allows you to set up tethered capture . Activate it then go back in to untick the "Auto Advance " option

Feature available in LR ver 3.0 not earlier
 
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Ah ok - I am on LR2 - not sure what my colleague is on so I will need to find out
 
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