Not for the first time I find myself struggling with Lightroom. I find it particularly un-user friendly and the “help” function not very helpful at all. I recognise that in part it no doubt comes down to a lack of familiarity with the way it works but I am having so much trouble with it that I am disinclined to use it and so will not gain that familiarity.
The problem that I am having with it at the moment is that it will not let me rearrange the order of the images in the slideshow that I am working in. I have followed the instructions provided by Adobe on how to do this (which is reasonably straightforward) only to be informed by the program that I cannot do it. I am therefore stuck at the moment with the current running order, starting in Autumn. The solution, as I see it at the moment, is to change the order of the accompanying music. Having relistened to both the original and updated versions of my chosen music I have decided to stay with the earlier one (the later version goes into five movements, adding a repeat of the opening Spring movement which serves to complicate things still further) so the music opens with Summer. What I have discovered though, which has proved to be remarkably easy, is to change the order of the music tracks, moving Summer from the start to the end. The “seasons” are not entirely in sync with the images but by starting with Autumn there is a reasonable match. Fortunately changing the order of the music does not greatly compromise the work as a whole.
Unless and until I can get better to grips with Lightroom this will have to do for now. At least it does work!
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