4. Managing Your Photo Library

Lesson overview

As your photo library grows larger, it will become increasingly important to organize your files so that they can be easily found. Lightroom offers options for organizing your images before you even click the Import button—and even more once they’re in your catalog. Manage your folders and files without leaving the Library module; then apply keywords, flags, ratings, and labels, and group your photos in convenient collections, regardless of where they’re stored.

This lesson will familiarize you with the tools and techniques you’ll use to organize, manage, and search your photo library:

Creating a folder structure

Moving files and synchronizing folders

Understanding Collections

Working with ...

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