Laura shoe shows you how to safely rename your lightroom catalog. Once lightroom is closed and you have located your catalog files, you can now rename them.
Rename Lightroom Catalog. There are two files you need to rename. First, select the files that you want to export.
In this short video tutorial, i’ll show you how to safely rename your lightroom catalog and the associated previews file.
For more information on these options, see import photos from a different lightroom classic catalog. The lightroom classic catalog consists of more than just a single catalog file, but rather includes a series of “helper” files as. This comes up in forums quite a lot, so here's a quick look at how to safely rename your lightroom catalog and where to find it to do that! You can also choose a catalog from the file > open recent menu.
Under catalog contents, select the folders that contain the photos you want to import. Renaming the catalog, previews folder, smart previews folder, all in the same format, is helpful, and many beginners (like i once was. Just make sure you close lightroom first. Once lightroom is closed and you have located your catalog files, you can now rename them.
Lightroom doesn’t offer a catalog renaming tool, but you can rename the catalog in explorer (windows) / finder (mac) as if you were.
Once lightroom is closed and you have located your catalog files, you can now rename them. First, select the files that you want to export. Dialog, you can check how much space your catalog and previews are using. Now change lightroom catalog.lrcat to my new name.lrcat, and do the same with lightroom catalog previews.lrdata which will become my new name previews.lrdata and the corresponding smart previews folder.
Just make sure you close lightroom first.
For more information on these options, see import photos from a different lightroom classic catalog. To rename the lightroom classic catalog you actually need to rename a series of files with a similar base filename structure, so it is important to be careful with this process. Lightroom catalog smart previews.lrdata > new name smart previews.lrdata (if you lot don’t rename the previews correctly, don’t panic, equally lightroom simply recreates them when you. Once lightroom is closed and you have located your catalog files, you can now rename them.
Close the catalog in lightroom either by opening a different catalog or quitting lightroom.
In the open catalog dialog box, specify the catalog file and then click open. In this short video tutorial, i’ll show you how to safely rename your lightroom catalog and the associated previews file. There are two files you need to rename. You can also change general preferences to specify which catalog opens when lightroom.
Lightroom doesn’t offer a catalog renaming tool, but you can rename the catalog in explorer (windows) / finder (mac) as if you were. In this short video tutorial, i’ll show you how to safely rename your lightroom catalog and the associated previews file. You will see the same catalog settings popup as above, so click the show button on the location line to open the folder. This option simply adds the date to the original file name.
