Program needed to do first good/bad filtering.

Sweet!

Thanks!

Tried this. Works like a charm. I may run this in my cards, before importing to LR. LR does not have this functionality in "IMPORT" mode.

agedbriar wrote in post #17578451
It's even color managed if you so set it.

Just quoting to get your attention. I see that .cr2 edits are non-destructive; you have to save edits as JPG file. Are JPG edits also non-destructive?

An alternative option would be to not move the images at all.
I used to do what the OP does, but then discovered a much quicker and easier method that didn't require moving files into different folders (and then back again/into another folder once edited).

I import all the images to my HD using Lightroom, which puts them in a dated folder. I then review the images (you can do this is the normal window or full screen) using the left/right arrows just as the OP does (so far so similar) but instead of moving files I just press "X" (to mark an image for deletion) or "2" (awards the image two stars).

When I have finished I just press Ctrl + Backspace to delete all the image marked with an X. Then to see only the images I want to process (the ones marked with 2 stars) I just click on the filter by attribute = 2 stars and all the zero star images (not bad enough to delete but not worth processing yet) disappear, leaving only the "to process" images.

That is pretty much what I do. I can do the first culling so much faster in Lightroom that it is the only method I use. I usually make two passes - one to delete completely the totally trash ones - out of focus etc., and then use the star method to mark basically yes/maybe/no.

With the price of external hard drives so cheap now - 6TB under $300 - space is not an issue, biggest problem is to keep the number of images under control so you can find things.

Wow we need the Merge threads command back!

replied in your other thread here;
https://photography-on-the.net …showthread.php?​p=17578894


ACDsee and FastRawViewer

Yeah, Merge - there was no response in the other heading, and I got an answer here. Thanks.

Rad