User's Manual

17.2. Using Folders to Organize Images
Organizing your images within folders in Luminar is a great way to keep and maintain your images on your
hard drive. All organization you apply to folders inside of Luminar directly affects how the folder on your
hard drive is organized, and vice versa. If you create subfolders or add new images to folders on your hard
drive, your image library in Luminar is also updated.
What are Folders?
When you add a folder of images in Luminar, you are
creating a direct link to the folders, subfolders, and images
on your hard drive. You should consider managing folders
and their contents an extension to managing these items
directly within Explorer in Windows or the Finder on a Mac.
How are Folders Different than
Albums?
Since folders in Luminar directly link to (and effect) folders
on your hard drive, you need to be sensitive to how you
organize them within Luminar. Albums allow you to
organize your images inside of Luminar without affecting
the structure of images on your hard drive. Think of
Albums as a playlist. Images can be organized in several
different Albums making them easier to find, but their
location on your hard drive remains untouched
Master Folders
To add a folder to your Library, just click the Add Folder
button (the + sign to the right of the word Folder( in the Library Panel or from the main menu Library > Add
Folder. The referenced folder is now added as a top-level folder to your folder collection. All folders
contained within that top-level folder are also added (as subfolders).
Using Subfolders
Any folders that already exist within a referenced Master folder are added as subfolders. If a new folder is
added to the master folder from within the operating system, Luminar will recognize that change and add
that folder into the Library. You can also add subfolders to Luminar. Using nested folders makes it easy to
organize image by client, location, or event.
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