Auto Import from a Watched Folder in Lightroom Classic and Lightroom 6

Laura Shoe (https://laurashoe.com) shows how to use Lightroom's Auto Import feature - have Lightroom monitor a folder on your hard drive and import whatever it finds. ALSO for older versions of LR.

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Table of Contents for This Video:
00:17 What Auto Import Does
00:33 Versions
00:39 Example: scanning slides
00:52 Cloud transfer of mobile photos
01:06 Set up folder to watch
01:23 Auto Import Dialog
01:32 Watched folder
01:52 Destination folder
02:10 No organize by date – alternatives
03:11 Subfolder
03:20 Other settings
03:58 What happens when photos are added to watched folder
04:33 Auto Import and tethered capture
05:32 Stopping Auto Import monitoring