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Post by ronan on Jan 24, 2024 0:33:59 GMT
I just did a fresh install of PSE 2024 on my PC. I want to just bring some folders from my old catalog into my new 2024 My Catalog. How do I copy individual folders between catalogs and keep all my Tags intact? I do not want to just restore Catalog. I have ten years of various PSE years additions/upgrades restored Catalogs from over the years of restoring and it has become a mess of a Folder tree! Folders I can see but can't delete, etc etc. I just want to bring some folders from my old Catalog into my new 2024 My Catalog and start fresh again with a clean slate and have my tags stay intact. Can it be done inside PSE or do I have to use Windows file explorer..? Any help greatly appreciated.
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Post by BuckSkin on Jan 24, 2024 9:05:24 GMT
and keep all my Tags intact
If the tags are only saved in a database, then you may lose them.
You should have a command "Write Tags to Metadata" or somesuch where you can write the tags into the files before any transferring is done; this only works from the program that has the database that includes the tags; with your fresh install, you may have lost this database connection. |
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 27, 2024 16:33:56 GMT
I just did a fresh install of PSE 2024 on my PC. I want to just bring some folders from my old catalog into my new 2024 My Catalog. How do I copy individual folders between catalogs and keep all my Tags intact? Hi ronan, hope this answers your question! According to Adobe, . . . Source: Create and edit catalogs in Elements Organizer (Scroll down to Moving or modifying media files.) |
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Post by michelb on Jan 29, 2024 13:02:03 GMT
Old faq from John E Ellis: To summarize: As there is no simple way to rearrange two catalogs (like in Lightroom) the first thing is to write the metadata to tags in the folders you want to join to your main catalog (the shortcut suggested by Buckskin is Ctrl W. Then you import from the main catalog from the selected folders. This will restore the most important data, keywords and categories, captions... but not organization features like albums, stacks or version sets.
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