How to select range of images to import without importing all?

4 years 11 months ago #641664 by KenMan
If your memory card has lets say 100 images on it.  And you only want to import 68 through 100 for example.  What is the keyboard shortcut that you click to select a range vs clicking on each one?

Appreciate the help guys


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4 years 11 months ago #641674 by Nikon Shooter
On Mac, that would be the CAP key or click
and drag — not letting go in between. HTH.

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4 years 11 months ago #641688 by Shadowfixer1

KenMan wrote: If your memory card has lets say 100 images on it.  And you only want to import 68 through 100 for example.  What is the keyboard shortcut that you click to select a range vs clicking on each one?

Appreciate the help guys

The answer varies depending on if you are actually importing via a software or actually doing a copy with "drag and drop". In windows for drag and drop, select the first, hold shift key and select the last. If using software, we need to know which.
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4 years 11 months ago #641755 by KenMan
Nope, nether of these worked.  :(


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4 years 11 months ago #641774 by Alex
When importing, press and hold shift, click on the image you want first, then click on last image.  Go back to the first, click on the check mark box.  This should select all the images with a check in them.  Let go of shift and you are ready to import.  

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4 years 11 months ago #641801 by garyrhook
Repeat: we don't know what he's doing.

We need to know details: in the operating system using File Explorer or Finder or what? In Lightroom? Or what?

There is not enough information in the question to provide a suitable answer.


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4 years 11 months ago #641815 by KenMan

Alex wrote: When importing, press and hold shift, click on the image you want first, then click on last image.  Go back to the first, click on the check mark box.  This should select all the images with a check in them.  Let go of shift and you are ready to import.  



This worked thank you Alex.  What a PITA this was, all my searches didn't show what I needed to click on.  I searched for Lightroom key short cuts, MacBook key short cuts, and there are so many, but I couldn't find this one.  


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4 years 10 months ago #641911 by Eliffman

KenMan wrote:

Alex wrote: When importing, press and hold shift, click on the image you want first, then click on last image.  Go back to the first, click on the check mark box.  This should select all the images with a check in them.  Let go of shift and you are ready to import.  



This worked thank you Alex.  What a PITA this was, all my searches didn't show what I needed to click on.  I searched for Lightroom key short cuts, MacBook key short cuts, and there are so many, but I couldn't find this one.  



Hey Ken, check your box here.  I just sent you a PM with a link.  That should help you with short cuts in the future.   


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4 years 10 months ago #643127 by Gene.Culley
I had problem with this when I started.  What's funny is that I had called Adobe at least 12 times because I always forgot it! :whistle:


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4 years 10 months ago #643223 by garyrhook
Given that we have a solution posted here, I have to say I find this confusing. Selection of multiple items in a list is GUI behavior, and is not specific to Lightroom (or any other application). Shift-click to select a range, control-click to toggle a selected item in or out, etc.

One can also use the shift key and arrow keys to select a range of items (on Windoze). Again, not an LR thing.


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