Moving pictures from PHOTOS to LUMINAR Library

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David Ullman

• August 29, 2020 20:58

10 months ago I asked a fairly simple question about moving "albums" from PHOTOS to LUMINAR 4.  The response was to ask me if I wanted to move pictures from Luminar 3.  The lady was confused.   For some reason I went back to that post and discovered the following...from another member of the Skylum Support Team.  HAS ANYONE TRIED THIS?  The member that sent this to my post indicated that it worked well...no problems.  Thoughts anyone?  I quote:

"In order to add your Photos Library to Luminar 4, please follow the steps below:

* Please launch Finder, click Go > Home. Double click on Pictures.
* Right-click on the Photos Library > Show Package Contents > copy and paste the folder Originals somewhere you can easily find it.
* Launch Luminar, click Library > Add folder > Add Originals folder.

Best regards,

Kirill
Skylum Support Team"

hanks for your attention!

David Ullman

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  Tony Collins

  • August 30, 2020 13:05
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  That process will transfer a copy of your images in to the Lumnar library. But any albums you've set up in photos won't be transferred.

  Similarly any edits you've done in Photos won't be transferred.

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  David Ullman

  • August 30, 2020 20:04

  Thanks for your note, Tony!  It's much appreciated.  If you don’t mind, I have two more questions…

  1.  Am I supposed to transfer one picture at a time … or can I select a group and transfer a group.

  I’m assuming I can create a new folder/something each time I transfer a group.

   

  2.  Am I correct is assuming that the pictures will remain in PHOTOS?

   

  Many thanks again for your help!

   

  David Ullman

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  Tony Collins

  • August 30, 2020 23:30
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  When you do a copy past of the "orginals" folder, you are copying all the original files you have imported into photos. As long as you do a copy/paste, they will also remain in photos.

  You will paste them to a new folder outside of the photos library. You don't need to do them singly or in groups, you copy the folder containing every image in the photos library in one step.
  
  Note, that folder will contain all your images in a flat structure (no subfolders by date, or any other sort of organisation). Though within Luminar, you can view them by date in the library.

  When you add that folder to Luminar, it should then index all the images in that folder in one go (though depending on how many there are, it could take some time.)

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  David Ullman

  • August 31, 2020 00:26

  Understood. Many thanks again.  I appreciate having a way to go.  Will certainly approach with care.

  Many thanks again, Tony.   

  David

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