Importing Photos from a Hard Drive into Lightroom Classic

In this video Julieanne Kost will demonstrate how to quickly import photos from a hard drive into Lightroom Classic as well as add copyright and contact information to photos by creating and applying a metadata template.
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[@BruiserFL]

JK is always a trusted source. Thank you!

[@nortondefaria]

Good job - I always learn a new fact or trick watching your videos or reading your blog.

[@thomastuorto9929]

Very detailed. Thank you.

[@DavidSwarthout]

Thanks, Julieanne. I use LRC mainly for keyword searching so this is a note for people like me who prefer using Bridge, ACR and Photoshop to manage and process photos. If you wish your copyright or other metadata appearing in your import preset to be included with the image rather than only in LRC's catalog, be sure to check the option "Automatically write changes into XMP" located in the Edit>Catalog Setting>Metadata tab.

[@jkost]

Thank you David!

[@stineldo]

When exactly would you / would you not select "smart previews"?

[@jkost]

Lightroom Classic will create smart previews if/when you sync images to the cloud, so I wouldn't worry about creating them at this point. However, there are reasons to create them - this blog (and linked video) walks through the Smart Preview workflow: jkost.com/blog/2013/04/editing-off-line-files-in-the-lightroom-5-beta-using-smart-previews.html