I have a folder with 200 raw images, 147 from a single time-lapse. I have made edits to some of these images already. I wanted to make a subfolder and copy into it the 147 timelapse sequence images so I can make all the edits I want while keeping the original edits  intact. I cannot create virtual copies because LRT and LR read/write metadata back and forth, so that would change my edits.  What is the easiest way to do this?

I tried to use the “Create folder inside …” command.  But LR moved (rather than copied) the files on disk to the new subfolder but I could still see the images in the original folder (from LR). If I edited the images in LR from either folder, the edits were reflected in the other folder.   Bizarrely, there was no way to remove the image from one folder w/o also removing it from the other. So it was an odd hybrid between a move and a copy. 

This got me all messed up, and I still don't know the best way to proceed.


Thanks

Just use the Snapshots feature in LRTimelapse. You can save as many snapshots you want and later revert to them. A snapshot is the full set of XMP files for a sequence. There is no need to copy the raw files.

Remember: each timelapse should go into its dedicated folder. Virtual copies will not work, since lightroom does not write/read XMP data for them.

Maybe the best would be to start over and do the edits again. Save a snapshot, then right click on the folder in LRTimelapse and "Clear all LRTimelapse edits" - then start over.

Excellent, I will try that. Much better than what I was considering.

Follow up question to this thread...if you follow what Gunther said by saving a snapshot and clearing all LRTimelapse edits, does that mean you can then edit individual photos in LR from the sequence independently of the edits used for a Timelapse? If you do that and you go back to the snapshot you saved in LRTimelapse, I assume that will that overwrite the XMP data of the file you just edited independently.

Of course you could do that, but then you'd have to save another snapshot with the individual edits and go back and forth.
Normally I just copy the raw files to single edit from the timelapse folder to another one (you can right click on the file, then "show in Explorer/Finder", rename them a bit to avoid to Lightroom duplicate checker and then add to Lightroom for single editing.

Thanks Gunther!