David, thank you for your support!

If 2007 and 2009 are parent folders, meaning that they contain sub-folders full of images, then you can move them and use the “Find Missing Folders” command to reconnect the parent and all of it’s sub-folders in a single move. If, on the other hand, your 2007 image folders are not contained by any parent folder then you will have to use the “Find Missing Folders” command again and again. It is tedious but not difficult work…

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David Marx

However there is still problem. If I move several folders (even at the operating system level), then I should do “Find Missing Folders” command for each folder? In the video, you move ONE parent folder. But what if I want move only, say, 2007 and 2009 at once?

Thanks.

I would not recommend the “Export As Catalog” command for this task. Export as Catalog is designed to mimic your existing folder structure. Plus, it does not remove the existing reference points from your Catalog which often leads to needless confusion.

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David Marx

Moving one folder at a time using drag and drop inside of the Library Module’s Folder Panel is a known limitation to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom version 3. Perhaps that will change in future releases. You might find it more efficient to move your folders at the operating system level and then use Photoshop Lightroom Find Missing Folders Command to reconnect them with your index. The second video in this tutorial demonstrates this technique.

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David Marx

I posted a reply on your other comment that might help here too. The big confusion that you are having is mistaking your Lightroom Catalog for a place. Your Lightroom Catalog is not a place. It is an index. Connecting files to the Catalog creates a relationship between the Catalog’s reference point and the actual image. Once a file is connected to your index you do not need to import a second time just to change modules. Likewise when importing files from a digital camera’s memory card using Lightroom you are actually telling the Import Dialog to do two separate things. You are telling it first to copy the files from the card to a folder on your hard drive. Second you are telling the program to now create a reference point in your index that leads to this file.

Don’t worry this is the learning curve that everyone goes through with this software. Once you understand what the Catalog is and how it relates to the actual images on your hard drive everything makes a lot more sense :>

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David Marx

Thanx again!