Lightroom Question

[Rick Womer]

Thanks, Godders.

I found out why it wasn't working--I was clicking on
the "slide mount" in the Grid view, rather than on the
image itself.  I don't want fingerprints on the
images, after all...

Rick

--- Godfrey DiGiorgi <godders at mac.com> wrote:

> 
> On Jun 1, 2008, at 2:21 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
> 
> > I would like to add a photo to an existing
> Collection.
> >
> > So, I read the f###ing documentation, which says
> to
> > select the photo in Library Grid mode, and drag it
> to
> > the desired collection in the Collection Panel.
> >
> > Nifty, except that the photos don't drag anywhere.
> >
> > How is it =really= done?
> 
> 
> Exactly as they state: Click and drag a thumbnail
> from the Grid view  
> onto the Collection you want to add it to. If the
> particular image or  
> copy is already in the Collection you drag it to,
> Lightroom will not  
> allow you to add it twice.
> 
> I have no idea why it would not work on your system.
> Perhaps you're  
> not giving Lightroom that momentary pause required
> for it to know  
> that you've clicked and dragged the image? I find
> this happens to me  
> occasionally.
> 
> An alternative is to select the thumbnails in either
> the Library grid  
> view or the Film Strip panel and control-click on
> the Collection you  
> want to add them to. Pick the "Add Selected Photos
> To This  
> Collection" command ... Lightroom will add them as
> requested.
> 
> A nice touch ... if you have a folder or collection
> selected in grid  
> view and hover the mouse over a Collection,
> Lightroom will highlight  
> all the files from the current location that are
> already included in  
> the collection you are hovering over.
> 
> Godfrey
> 
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