Rearrange the folder Structure

I have used Lightroom since it came out and have always used a new folder for each new import name. As you can imagine there are a lot of folders which I would now like to compact into folders as little as possible. For example, landscape, Sport, events & family picture files. That would cover my organizational needs.

I know that I can create these "Parent" folders and move the relevant folders in these new files, but I want only to move the images and get rid of the current structure of folder for tidy my list of files. I see no Lightroom that will allow?

I hope it's clear and someone will have an answer. I know that in the grand scheme of things, there no matter I can find any image I want to use the filter library. This just a tidy, as the number of cases is annoying me now. He walked into a mess and a beginning 'spring clean' is necessary.

I use Lightroom 2.6 on Windows 7.

David.

Move individual or even several images from one folder to another is relatively simple using drag / move. First thing you need to do is to create the new destination in the folders Panel. In the grid, click on one of the existing folders that contains your pictures, do a Select All Cmd / Ctrl +, drag the images selected in the new folder in the folders Panel.

Lightroom can be a bit slow when moving files, so be careful to not rush things or you will end up in a tangle.

Note also that it is probably easier and safer that move you folders in subfolders of the lowest level (that is, the folder that contains the images) rather than above the folder hierarchy.

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