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[videodj]

I've imported my photos into my library, but they are grouped by date rather than the folder names they are stored in on the computer.  Is there anyway to change how these are imported, the groups of folders are much more relevant than the dates of the photos.

[cncb]

Once they are imported, you can display them in pretty much any way you want using Library Views in MC.  In the left tree, under Images, select "Files".  You can then use the Panes at the top to select a specific folder to just see images in that folder.  You can create a new Library View if this doesn't meet your needs.

[videodj]

Yes, but not really what I want.  I want to be able to select Albums and see the albums as per the names I gave the folders, I don't want my photo's sorted by day.  For example a 2 week holiday, where I took photos every day gets loaded as 14 albums, rather than the one I saved it as.

[JimH]

Yes, but not really what I want.  I want to be able to select Albums and see the albums as per the names I gave the folders, I don't want my photo's sorted by day.  For example a 2 week holiday, where I took photos every day gets loaded as 14 albums, rather than the one I saved it as.

I use the Genre tag for this purpose.  Others use Place or Album.

[cncb]

I assume you are referring to the way it is displayed, meaning how it groups the Images by Album (by date).  If so, click the arrow next to "Files" in the tab at the top, go to the "Group By" menu item and select "None".  Then when you select a folder in the Panes it will show all of the images together without grouping.  You could also modify the "Albums" view to show a flat list of the folders based on an expression.

[videodj]

Thanks for the tips, but still find it no good for what I want, given the other issues I've had with it since I installed, I've decided to uninstall jriver for now.

[syndromeofadown]

I want to be able to select Albums and see the albums as per the names I gave the folders

It's pretty easy to do what you want. I can post details of how to do it in you are interested.

[unkjr]

It's pretty easy to do what you want. I can post details of how to do it in you are interested.

I'd like the details for sure, I've always wondered why it wasn't easy/default etc. since I assume almost everyone keeps their photos organized in folders.

[rossp]

It's pretty easy to do what you want. I can post details of how to do it in you are interested.

I would like to know also please.

Ross

[cncb]

The easiest way would be to edit/customize the "Albums" view, edit the "Album" category, and select the "Filename (path)" field instead.  This will give you a list of all the folders.  You can use an expression instead if you just want to display the folder name instead of the entire path.

[csimon]

Another way is to automatically populate the Album tag from the folder name in the Import settings. This allows you to arrange your photos logically in albums and effectively break the link between how you browse your albums and the physical filesystem they're on.

[syndromeofadown]

There are a lot of ways to get folder names into fields in MC.  This is just one of them.

Here is a simple expression. It parses a file name and returns the individual folder names.
Here it will show the file volume:
listitem([Filename (path)],0,\)

Here is the expression edited to return the first folder name on the left:
listitem([Filename (path)],1,\)

Here is the expression edited to return the second folder name from the left:
listitem([Filename (path)],2,\)

Folders correspond the changing number in the expression like so:
C:\Folder 1\Folder 2\Folder 3\Folder 4\Folder 5\filename.jpg
0       1           2           3         4          5

An example:
The example files below are sorted in folders by Artist\Year\Series\
C:\Users\Username\Pictures\David\2013\Bike Trip\P1012253.jpg
C:\Users\Username\Pictures\David\2013\Bike Trip\P1012254.jpg
C:\Users\Username\Pictures\David\2013\Boat Trip\P203528.jpg
C:\Users\Username\Pictures\David\2013\Boat Trip\P203529.jpg
C:\Users\Username\Pictures\Jane\2014\Ski Trip\P100001.jpg
C:\Users\Username\Pictures\Jane\2014\Ski Trip\P100002.jpg

To get ‘Artist’ use the expression:   listitem([Filename (path)],4,\)
To get ‘Year’ use the expression:   listitem([Filename (path)],5,\)
To get ‘Series’ use the expression:   listitem([Filename (path)],6,\)


How to apply this expression:
One way is to paste the expression in the tag window (lower left corner of MC.
Example for Artist:
- Highlight pictures in MC
- select “Tag”
- Paste “=listitem([Filename (path)],4,\)” without quotes and hit enter.
  Note the equal sign before the expression.





Another way is to paste the expression into the auto import window of MC (Tools-->Import-->Configure Auto Import)
This will apply the expression to all future imported files. It won’t change images already in MC.




Another way is to create new ‘Calculated’ user fields that contain expressions so the values show up automatically.
I won’t get into details. Calculated fields can make MC sluggish depending on your PC and how many files they are applied to.


MC views can be made/changed to work with almost whatever fields you want.
I use a pane view as well as a category view for my images.
Consistent folders structure make things easy.
Regex can be used but is a little more complicated.
Tags fields that are embedded in images (usually by your camera) can be used as well.
I personally use [Direction], [Latitude], [Longitude], but have never done anything with the other ones.

Hopefully this helps.

[MrC]

Try the FileFolder() expression instead of listitem([Filename (path)],...  See the examples in the description.