NCMtnMan
Loc: N. Fork New River, Ashe Co., NC
If you perform just an import and not a conversion, copy or move, then LR doesn't do anything with the files except add their location to the LR database. So what function were you trying to get LR to perform?
LiamRowan wrote:
Thanks, Robert. On either of the drives I am using, deleted files show up in the recycle bin--that's why I am stumped with this experience. The files in question just seem to have vaporized. I just discovered, however, that a fair number of them were still on the memory card, so it's not the total loss I thought it was. My main concern is not knowing what happened, and fearing it might happen again.
Lesson learned, though. I usually cull, import to LR and then backup. From now on, I'll back up, cull, import to LR, so that if something similar happens, I'll still have the backup files.
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Just a suggestion, but you could:
- Import to LR from card
- Cull
- Backup (so you only backup the images you want)
AFTER all these, once you are sure all is OK and backed up, you then format SD card on camera. So until this point you would still have original files on the card.
NCMtnMan wrote:
If you perform just an import and not a conversion, copy or move, then LR doesn't do anything with the files except add their location to the LR database. So what function were you trying to get LR to perform?
It was a move, so I expected all the files to be relocated from one drive to the other.
One of the features of Lightroom CC is its ability to cull quickly and efficiently.Have you tried using Lighroom in this way?
sodapop wrote:
One of the features of Lightroom CC is its ability to cull quickly and efficiently.Have you tried using Lightroom in this way?
I greatly prefer Fastone to cull. It is much faster than LR.
Thanks, did not know that. What is the process that is faster than Lightroom? Maybe I will try because I thought Lightroom was pretty fast.
sodapop wrote:
Thanks, did not know that. What is the process that is faster than Lightroom? Maybe I will try because I thought Lightroom was pretty fast.
The images load faster, and you can press 1, 2, 3, 4 to get an instant zoom in at 100, 200, 300, 400%. Also, you can point your mouse to any part of the image, left click and the 100% zoom is instantaneous to that point in the image. In LR you'd have to press 1:1, then drag to the point in the image you want to view. In Fastone you're looking at images full screen instead of with the LR sidebar menus, which is helpful to assess which version of the same scene is better. You can also select up to 4 images at once to compare side by side at various zooms. It's just designed to be fast, hence it's name (Fast one). It also has decent editing capabilities if you need to make very fast minor edits, crops, etc. So for me, LR and PS for quality and significant editing, Fastone for speed and minor edits.
"Lesson learned, though. I usually cull, import to LR and then backup. From now on, I'll back up, cull, import to LR, so that if something similar happens, I'll still have the backup files."
Good idea.
When I do a shoot, my first thought is to make sure I have at least two copies of the photos. So I copy the files to my computer and either leave them on the camera card as well, or more commonly leave them on the card AND copy to a second HD or (if traveling) to a USB drive...for a total of three copies.
NCMtnMan
Loc: N. Fork New River, Ashe Co., NC
LiamRowan wrote:
It was a move, so I expected all the files to be relocated from one drive to the other.
While I know this doesn't help you now, in the future you would be better off to actually use the file explorer in Windows or whatever it is on a Mac to copy the files from one location to another. It is actually safer than moving them even in Windows. You can always go back and then delete them from the original location after you have made sure they are okay in the new location. It sounds like you could have possibly had either a software glitch or possibly a power issue occur ( a power drop or brown out which would not have been noticeable to you during the move. If you have performed a search for the files and can't find them then you might try using one of the deleted files recovery tools out there to see if it can find them and restore them.
LiamRowan wrote:
Robert, they are not duplicates and there was no stacking. Thanks for these ideas..
"Just in case" doesn't cut it, unless you have a cloud backup capability.
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