{"id":5657,"date":"2023-12-21T19:23:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T06:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/?p=5657"},"modified":"2023-12-21T19:23:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T06:23:41","slug":"import-pictures-and-videos-images-not-previewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/?p=5657","title":{"rendered":"Import Pictures and Videos &#8211; images not previewed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I use the Windows &#8220;Import Pictures and Videos&#8221; to import my photos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5658\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7034632034632035;width:243px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image.png 325w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-211x300.png 211w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-176x250.png 176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To me this works better than the default &#8220;Import Photos and Videos&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5659\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-1.png 376w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-1-300x127.png 300w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-1-250x106.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This post is not about the choice of tool but rather the way the tool works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When importing, it first scans you device, say a camera, and it gives you the option of refining the name for each group of photos, where the photos are grouped by date.<br>In my case, on a pretty new clean install of Windows 10 it looked like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5660\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.29701230228471;width:622px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-2.png 738w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-2-300x231.png 300w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-2-250x193.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not how I expected it to look: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5661\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2249589490968802;width:587px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-3.png 746w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-3-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-3-250x204.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I struggled to find any helpful suggestions and so I wanted to document what worked for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All I did was select &#8220;Preview pane&#8221; in the file explorer options &#8211; it was initially set to &#8220;Details pane&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"677\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5663\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-4.png 677w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-4-300x74.png 300w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-4-250x62.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I then tried to switch it back to get it working the old way but I couldn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I am not exactly sure what is going on, bit it&#8217;s what worked for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I use the Windows &#8220;Import Pictures and Videos&#8221; to import my photos: To me this works better than the default &#8220;Import Photos and Videos&#8221;: This post is not about the choice of tool but rather the way the tool works. 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