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Change the File Naming template to Custom Name – Sequence (or whatever naming template you desire) and then type the custom name you want to use into the text box.I’m saving them to a folder named “Fairmount Hotel” in my Pictures folder. In my case I was scanning some old 4×5 negatives of a job I shot years ago of the Fairmount Hotel in San Antonio. This locations can be changed on a job-by-job basis. Click the Choose button in the Destination section to designate a permanent location for the scans.Be advised that the watched folder must be empty at the start or Lightroom won’t use it.

In my case I created a folder on my Desktop named “Scans Temp”.

Click the Choose button in the Watched Folder section to create a folder that will temporarily hold the scans.

Make sure Enable Auto Import is selected.

When you do, the Auto Import Settings dialog opens, shown in Figure 1.

In Lightroom’s Library module, choose File > Auto Import > Auto Import Settings.

Here’s how to setup Lightroom to automatically import files from your scanner: You can even rename and add keywords on the fly. Anything added to that folder is automatically imported by Lightroom and moved to the location of your choice. It enables you to designate a folder for Lightroom to watch. One of the coolest overlooked features in Lightroom since the earliest days is Watched Folder. Fortunately the designers of Lightroom created a system for automatically importing scans that makes the process painless.

But when you’re working on a large scanning job, manual imports are a PITA. This system is okay if you only have a few scans. However, when using a scanner the saving process typically bypasses Lightroom’s import dialog making it necessary manually import them to add them to Lightroom’s catalog. Most Lightroom users import photos created by their digital cameras using Lightroom’s Import dialog to copy and organize the files.