How can I consolidate keyword hierarchies in Lightroom?

Question

is it possible to consolidate two trees with different number of levels in their hierarchy? That is, I want to add several new superlevels, but due to the current keyword structure it's easier to add these outside LR where I don't need to click-and-drag every keyword (we're talking several thousand keywords, i.e. species' names).FROM- A - B - C: 2 images - D: 3 images IMPORT THE FOLLOWING KEYWORD LIST:- A - B - X - C - Y - DAND CONSOLIDATE INTO: - A - B - X - C: 2 images - Y - D: 3 images So that the images that are tagged according to the first will end up with new levels in their hierarchy.Yes, I know of the plug-in RC Keyword Consolidator, but for the life of me I can't get it to do this task ( if it can at all?).

Answer 1

Lightroom can usually accommodate changes to keyword hierarchies by importing an updated keyword list and then reorganizing existing keywords within the Keyword List panel. For very large keyword libraries, working with exported keyword lists or specialized plug-ins may be more efficient than manually dragging thousands of entries. Before making major changes, I recommend backing up the catalog and testing the new hierarchy on a small sample to ensure existing image keyword assignments are preserved.