How can I keep scanned images and digital photos organized together in Lightroom 4?
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I have a mix of photos taken with a digital camera and images scanned from negatives or prints. In Lightroom 4, I’ve used Edit Capture Date to set dates for the scans, but sorting by capture date doesn’t seem to place them consistently alongside the camera originals. What’s a good way to organize or group both types together in Lightroom?
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You can use "Smart Collections" to automatically add images based on any field that you specify. I suggest, tagging scanned prints as "negatives" or something and adding that to the Smart Collection using "Keywords"
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A practical Lightroom 4 workaround is to use Smart Collections rather than relying only on capture-date sorting.
Tag your scanned images with a keyword such as "negative," "scan," or similar, then create a Smart Collection that includes photos based on fields you choose, such as Keywords and date-related criteria. This gives you a consistent way to group scanned images with your digital photos even if Lightroom handles their capture-date metadata differently.
In short: use keywords to identify scans, then use Smart Collections to organize both scanned and digital files together automatically.
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