The main Import dialog

To import photos into Lightroom, you will need to click on the Import... button in the Library module. The first time you choose to import photos into Lightroom it will do so via the expanded Import dialog shown in Figure 2.1. As you can see, there are lots of options here, so let me take you through them one by one in the order you should use them.

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Figure 2.1. This shows the layout of the advanced import dialog showing all the main panels.

At the top we have the import workflow bar. This displays a summary of the current configured import workflow, showing from left to right the import source, the import method, and the ...

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