


When you select a track to play on an iPod, you use metadata, such as the song title, album title, or genre to search for the music. If you are familiar with importing music via iTunes, you know that it doesn't really matter which folders the MP3 files are stored in, so long as iTunes knows where all your music files are located. Although Lightroom does still let you manage your photos by folders, it can also manage your images globally by letting you use metadata to filter your image selections.Ī good example of how such a system works is to look at the way music files are managed on an iPod or by using iTunes. From there on, Lightroom provides a flexible system of file management that can free you from the rigid process of having to organize your images within system folders. Lightroom is designed to help you organize and catalog your images from the very first moment you import them.
