Importing via drag and drop

Perhaps the easiest way to add photos to your image library is to simply drag a selection of files—or even an entire folder—directly into Lightroom.

1. The Windows Explorer / Finder window showing your Lesson 3 folder should still be open from the previous exercise. Position the window so that you can see the Grid view in the Lightroom workspace beside it.

2. Open your Lesson 3 folder, if necessary, and drag the Batch1 folder from the Windows Explorer / Finder window onto the Grid view.

In the Import dialog box, the Batch1 subfolder is now selected in the Source panel and the seven photos it contains are displayed in the Preview pane.

3. In the Apply During Import panel, choose None from the Metadata menu and type Lesson 3, Animals in the Keywords box. Don’t click Import just yet.