Creating And Managing Folders - Adobe 65007312 - Photoshop Lightroom User Manual

Less than 1 GB of space is free and the tooltip warns that the volume is nearly full. When less than 1 MB of space
Red
is free, the tooltip warns that the volume is full.
Volume is offline and photos on that volume are unavailable for editing. When photos are unavailable, only low-
Gray
resolution previews display in Lightroom.
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To change the information you see for a volume, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the volume
name and choose any of the following:
Displays used/total disk space on the volume.
Disk Space
Displays how many photos in the catalog are on the volume.
Photo Count
Indicates whether the volume is online or offline.
Status
Hides all volume information.
None
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Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a volume name and choose Show In Explorer (Windows) or
Show In Finder (Mac OS) to open that volume in an Explorer or Finder window.
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Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a volume name and choose Properties (Windows) or Get Info
(Mac OS) to view the Properties (Windows) or Info (Mac OS) window for that volume.
• To change the information provided by the colored LED next to the volume name, right-click (Windows) or
Control-click (Mac OS) it and choose one of the following:
Indicates whether a volume is online (green) or offline (gray).
Show Status
Indicates whether a volume is online or offline, as well as how full the resource is. Green
Show Status And Free Space
indicates the volume is online and has plenty of storage availability. Yellow/orange indicates the volume is online but
getting full. Red indicates the volume is online but full. Gray indicates the volume is offline.

Creating and managing folders

The folders that contain your photos are displayed in the Folders panel of the Library module. The folders in the
Folders panel reflect the folder structure on the volume itself and appear in alphanumeric order. Click the disclosure
triangle to the right of a volume name to see the folders on that volume. Click the triangle to the left of a folder to see
any subfolders it contains.
Folders panel displaying folders and many photos they contain
You can add and move folders in the Folders panel, rename folders, and delete them. Changes you make to folders in
Lightroom are applied to the folders themselves on the volume.
Updated 03 September 2009
USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2
Managing catalogs and files
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