Lightroom: Synchronize Folder broken for JPGs in LR 3.4

Could it be that:
- these JPEGs have Raws in the same folder going with them
- when you originally imported them, you had "Treat JPEG files next to raw files as separate photos" checked in Preferences
- you now have this option unchecked

This would explain this behaviour.

Beat

Yes and no.
- the JPEGs do indeed have same-named RAW files in the folder
- the JPEGs weren't imported, they were created by Export and added to the Catalog

The option was in fact unchecked, as it likely was at the time that the JPEGs were exported. When I checked it, that solved the issue.

However, in the context of "Synchronize Folder", it makes no sense that that the images should be identified as "Missing photos" when they are physically present on disk where they are supposed to be. The flag setting shouldn't be a factor.

So, thanks for identifying the cause of that oddity, but it's still a bug that needs to be fixed.

Paul,

I believe this behaviour is by design:

If you have the option unchecked, any JPEGs residing in the same folder as the Raw files with the same file name and capture time have to be treated as JPEG sidecars, and must not appear in LR as separate images. That's exactly what the synchronize ends up with if you go ahead and have the JPEGs removed from the catalog (the Raws will be marked as having a JPEG sidecar).

The end result of a "Synchronize Folder" has to be the same as if the entire folder was imported into a new catalog, and that's what is happening.

So IMHO, that's not a bug, it's a feature :-)

Beat

Actually, that makes sense, thanks. Case closed.