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Hi folks,

Apologies this isn't strictly speaking a PP or eiting question but most of the LR experrts hang out in here :)

Since I moved to digital I have used Nikon's Transfer program to get images from my memory card onto the PC and I use it to automatically created both a working and master copy of the files on different hard drives.

I know LR can do this too so I was thinking of maybe cutting out Transfer and letting LR do the job but think I have hit a snag :(

At the moment, transfer creates a new folder each time I transfer images. It has the format YYMMDD - XXX, where XXX is a sequential number automatically applied by Transfer. I reset XXX manually to 001 on 1st January each year so I have the facility to create 999 folders in a year - more than I need.

My problem is that I can't see how to get LR to create the XXX portion of the folder name and increment it by 1 each time like Transfer does.

Any suggestions?
 
As far as I am aware LR does not have a way automating the naming of a folder on import. I think you'd have to do the folder naming manually, unless someone else has more knowledge than I do!

EDIT
Let me rephrase that. You can make LR create a new folder by date format under Destination in the lower right of the Import screen, and there are a lot of date options, but I don't see any way to add your xxx number increment.
 
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Hi David,

That's what I thought. I had another look at this last night and just couldn't see how to do it. Guess I'll have to stick with what I'm doing currently ... it's not like it doesn't work, after all :)
 
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