Videos first, then Lightroom

If you prefer Lightroom for photos and a separate video editor for footage, Videos only lets Easy Eject handle the video transfer. Your photos stay on the card for your normal Lightroom import. The media options require website 1.6.0 or later; the current dialog flow described here is in website 1.7.0. App Store 1.1 also includes the media options and dialog-based eject choices.

Set up the profile

1. Open Device Media Imports… and create or edit the card's profile.
2. Select the recording folder and a destination on a different physical disk. Choose Videos only. Include camera previews is a separate choice: leave it on for previews and proxies, or turn it off to skip recognized optional ones.
3. Leave permanent deletion off for your first test (Keep originals is on). Choose Clean folder layout if you want ordinary clips together without camera-created folder layers.
4. Enable Ask to eject after import to see an eject dialog after completion. Choose Keep Connected to continue in Lightroom, or choose Eject Now when you are finished with the card. This replaces the previous automatic-eject option; existing enabled profiles now ask first.
5. Save, then run Import now. Open a saved clip in your video editor and check the destination before enabling automatic importing.

Easy Eject selects recognized videos and supported video companions. A recognized camera package also brings its complete support tree, including any thumbnails, audio and XML it needs; ordinary photos outside that package are left for Lightroom. Photos, photo sidecars and unrecognized files stay on the device even if package support files were copied. RAW photo sequences are not treated as ordinary video clips. Incomplete or ambiguous recording structures stop with an explanation.

Same-name still/movie pairs are conservatively left together for the photo workflow, including likely Live Photos. Renamed or separated pairs may not be recognized; videos-only does not identify every motion photo by its internal metadata. Keep deletion off when testing such media.

Decide whether videos should stay on the card

Copying alone leaves the videos on the device, so Lightroom may still display them in its import window. You can keep this safer copy-only workflow and deselect those clips in Lightroom.

If you want eligible imported videos removed before Lightroom reads the card, enable Permanently delete imported videos for that profile and read the confirmation. Easy Eject verifies the saved batch before removing eligible imported files. Deletion bypasses Trash and cannot be undone. Photos and their sidecars stay; unknown files, device indexes and skipped previews stay too. Keep independent backups of valuable footage.

With camera previews excluded, imported originals can be removed while their skipped previews remain on the card. Use the camera's own cleanup or formatting workflow after the photos and videos are backed up. Deleting files through any computer workflow can leave a camera's recording database out of sync. Some cameras need their own recovery command afterward. Leave deletion off if your camera or recording format requires whole-card management, and check the camera guide.

Import in this order

1. Connect the card and let Easy Eject finish. Keep other importers idle during its transfer and any removal.
2. Read the result and check the saved video folder. A stopped import can leave some completed copies without clearing every video from the card.
3. Choose Keep Connected in the completion dialog, then open Lightroom's import window and import the remaining photos using your normal settings. If you chose Eject Now, unplug and reconnect the device first. Review the selection; files outside Easy Eject's source or supported video selection may still appear.
4. Wait for Lightroom to finish, then eject the card with Easy Eject or Lightroom when it offers that option.

The dialog also appears when selected files already have verified copies, or no media matches the profile. No media found does not mean the entire card or camera is empty: photos, skipped previews, or recordings on another storage source may remain. Keep Connected is the default. A camera exposing multiple mounted storage sources gets a grouped confirmation listing them; finish every desired import before choosing Eject Camera. Failed or unreadable imports show an error instead of a completion choice.

Easy Eject does not import photos into a Lightroom catalog, set Lightroom preferences, or coordinate Lightroom's import queue. If Lightroom opens its import dialog too early, its General preferences include Show Import Dialog When A Memory Card Is Detected. You can turn that off and open Import when the video transfer finishes. Adobe's import preferences

Lightroom Classic supports many common video formats as well as photos, which is why retained clips may appear alongside pictures. Its import window lets you choose what to include. Adobe's supported video formats · Adobe's photo import guide