It will show all connected hard drives, memory cards and cameras.

This shows you the various places from which you can import photos. The layout of this dialogue box is very logical-you just adjust the settings in the windows from left to right and then hit the Import button. The areas in the red boxes are referred to in the descriptions below. Switch the camera on and click the Import button to bring up the import dialogue box: The Import dialogue box. To import pictures from your camera, connect it to your computer using a USB cable (there’s no need to use a card reader or other special software). If this pane is not visible, just tap the TAB key and it should appear as follows: On the left-hand side of the screen, you should see a pane containing several other panels and, at the bottom of this, you should see the ‘Import’ button.

It should look like this: The module selector: hit the ‘G’ key to quickly access this. If you can’t see it, click the little arrow at the top centre. This is done from the Library Module.Ĭheck that the Library Module has been selected in the top module selection strip. You cannot edit any photos in Lightroom until you’ve first imported them. It’s rather like filling in an old style index card for a new book in a library. The location of your photos and camera-generated EXIF data (shutter speed, aperture, time and date, etc.) are all entered into Lightroom’s catalogue. In essence, importing your photos boils down to telling Lightroom where they are in your storage. You may have heard people talking about ‘importing photos into Lightroom’ as if they’re somehow adding the images themselves to Lightroom.

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