How do I print photos from multiple folders in Lightroom?
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I want to print a group of photos that are stored in different folders in Lightroom, but when I switch folders in the Print module, the images from the previous folder disappear. Is there a way to combine photos from multiple folders into one print job?
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From memory the best thing to do would be to create a collection first. If you are likely to do this sort of thing often, you could create a collection set, naming it something like 'Print sets', and have several collections within it. When you go to the Print screen, you can choose the collection to print from.
If you want to make adjustments to the images specific to printing (for example, my printer darkens everything, so I would increase the exposure to allow for that, but that means it doesn't display correctly onscreen), then when you add the images to the collections, you can choose to create virtual copies, so that a new copy of the image is what gets adjusted instead
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Yes. The usual way is to first gather the photos into a Collection, then print from that Collection instead of from individual folders. Lightroom’s Print module works with the currently selected source, so changing folders replaces the set of images you see.
A good workflow is:
- Select the photos you want from different folders
- Add them to a new Collection
- Open that Collection in the Print module and build your print layout there
If you do this often, create a Collection Set such as “Print sets” and keep separate print Collections inside it.
If you need print-specific adjustments, consider adding the images as Virtual Copies before printing. That lets you brighten, crop, or tweak the print versions without changing your main edited files.
Other possible workarounds are using flags/colors/keywords to mark the images and then filtering to those selections, but a Collection is generally the cleanest and easiest method.
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