Chapter 2. Importing photos
A guide to the various ways you can bring your photos into Lightroom
Lightroom is essentially a catalog management program and raw image processor combined into one. To use Lightroom to manage your photos, you must first import them into the Lightroom catalog.
It is important, therefore, to appreciate how a program like Lightroom differs from browser programs such as Adobe Bridge, which you can point at any folder to inspect the contents. The browser approach is really suited for those times when you want the freedom to search everything on your computer. The downside of this is that you first have to know where to look to find what you are searching for. You will also be shown all the files contained in any folder, which ...
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