Lightroom catalogue ,management for mobile use
Aug 12, 2013 06:34:38 #
Just wondering if anyone had a good 'workflow' /system for mobile computing and using/sync'ing lightroom catlogue from laptop to main machine.
OK, so one way os to keep your 'current active catalogue on an external drive and choose that , but wondered if anyone had any other solution to the 'problem' of keeping photos that you edit while mobile in sync with the main catalogue back at base.
OK, so one way os to keep your 'current active catalogue on an external drive and choose that , but wondered if anyone had any other solution to the 'problem' of keeping photos that you edit while mobile in sync with the main catalogue back at base.
Aug 12, 2013 08:40:22 #
Neilp wrote:
Just wondering if anyone had a good 'workflow' /system for mobile computing and using/sync'ing lightroom catlogue from laptop to main machine.
OK, so one way os to keep your 'current active catalogue on an external drive and choose that , but wondered if anyone had any other solution to the 'problem' of keeping photos that you edit while mobile in sync with the main catalogue back at base.
OK, so one way os to keep your 'current active catalogue on an external drive and choose that , but wondered if anyone had any other solution to the 'problem' of keeping photos that you edit while mobile in sync with the main catalogue back at base.
What version of LR do you have?
Aug 12, 2013 09:07:49 #
Aug 12, 2013 09:24:43 #
There are probably several different ways to do it. If I understand you correctly, you want to work n photos on a laptop when away from the main desktop and then sync back to the desktop? If so, you can select all the photos you want to work n and export to a new catalog. Transfer to your laptop. Do the work then when ready to sync back you can merge the catalogs.
In LR 5 you can make smart previews and work on them. They are much smaller than the full image but you can edit just fine unless you are a pixel peeper. Google it, pretty cool,stuff.
In LR 5 you can make smart previews and work on them. They are much smaller than the full image but you can edit just fine unless you are a pixel peeper. Google it, pretty cool,stuff.
Aug 12, 2013 09:34:44 #
Yes, you did understand correctly.
How does merge function handle items that have changed?
I seem to remember some issue about LR5 and the version of OS X I run...10.6.8, I tried ML 10.8.4 but did not like a few things, so went back to SL.
I have just built myself a 'Hackintosh ' laptop, instructions from tonymacx86 website. Built on ebay HP4530s , 8g ram 480 gb Crucial SSD, 2.5ghz Core i5. All for less than £450.
Speed is equivalent to late 2012 13 inch MBPro, geekbench tests giving a score about 7500. After what I have spent on camera kit recently could not go and buy a real macbook,so settled for DIY approach for now.
How does merge function handle items that have changed?
I seem to remember some issue about LR5 and the version of OS X I run...10.6.8, I tried ML 10.8.4 but did not like a few things, so went back to SL.
I have just built myself a 'Hackintosh ' laptop, instructions from tonymacx86 website. Built on ebay HP4530s , 8g ram 480 gb Crucial SSD, 2.5ghz Core i5. All for less than £450.
Speed is equivalent to late 2012 13 inch MBPro, geekbench tests giving a score about 7500. After what I have spent on camera kit recently could not go and buy a real macbook,so settled for DIY approach for now.
Aug 12, 2013 10:21:28 #
When you export files to a new catalog the exported files are removed from your main to the new catalog. When you merge it takes the files exported back into your main catalog so there is no syncing needed as there is plunge copy of each fie. I hope I made sense!
Aug 12, 2013 11:50:42 #
Oh, OK, glad you told me that. I did an export before I left home today. Did not look to see of originals were still there.
Thanks for the warning. An easy way to loose a whole load of work without that one vital piece of info
Thanks for the warning. An easy way to loose a whole load of work without that one vital piece of info
Aug 13, 2013 13:35:10 #
Neilp wrote:
Just wondering if anyone had a good 'workflow' /system for mobile computing and using/sync'ing lightroom catlogue from laptop to main machine.
OK, so one way os to keep your 'current active catalogue on an external drive and choose that , but wondered if anyone had any other solution to the 'problem' of keeping photos that you edit while mobile in sync with the main catalogue back at base.
OK, so one way os to keep your 'current active catalogue on an external drive and choose that , but wondered if anyone had any other solution to the 'problem' of keeping photos that you edit while mobile in sync with the main catalogue back at base.
If you set LR to write XMP files then when you get home you can just network your two computers via your WiFi, copy to Dropbox, or copy to a thumb drive but be sure to include the XMP's. When you have them situated on your home computers hard drive where you want them just do an import and all the editing will be included because of the XMP sidecar file.
Aug 13, 2013 14:07:46 #
That works great if you are making new files while away. The OP was asking about taking existing files on a trip (mobile) then bringing them back into his main desktop.
I always write to xmp. They are small files and unless you have a very very slow ram challenged computer you will notice the millisecond or two it takes to update the xmp as you go. To digress a bit, one reason I don't use dngs is that if you are working on a large numbers of files the cloud backup takes forever whereas it only needs to update the extremely small XMPs if you use that feature.
I always write to xmp. They are small files and unless you have a very very slow ram challenged computer you will notice the millisecond or two it takes to update the xmp as you go. To digress a bit, one reason I don't use dngs is that if you are working on a large numbers of files the cloud backup takes forever whereas it only needs to update the extremely small XMPs if you use that feature.
Aug 13, 2013 14:50:46 #
Aug 14, 2013 07:07:10 #
gmcase wrote:
When you export files to a new catalog the exported files are removed from your main to the new catalog. When you merge it takes the files exported back into your main catalog so there is no syncing needed as there is plunge copy of each fie. I hope I made sense!
I just tried a Catalogue export on LR..and no, it does not delete the data from the main catalogue as you thought...maybe there are preferences that specify that action if you wish.
Aug 14, 2013 22:02:47 #
Neilp wrote:
I just tried a Catalogue export on LR..and no, it does not delete the data from the main catalogue as you thought...maybe there are preferences that specify that action if you wish.
Interesting. The last time I exported a catalog was waynback in version 3 and I recall it allowed you to choose if the files selected were removed from the catalog exporting from. I just tried it in 5 and there is no option and and it does NOT remove the files from the catalog you are exporting from. I am checking the merge function to see what choices are there once your mobile editing has been done.
Aug 14, 2013 22:20:29 #
When you go to merge the catalogs back together you have your main one open and then go to file "port from anther catalog". Once you selct the catalog all the files n the catalog show and there are numerous optins to overwrite, keep an old copy as a cone, etc. I recommend you choose one file to Import, maybe a throw away or extra copy, to make sure you close the correct options and it is working the way you think it should.
Aug 15, 2013 01:18:33 #
Yes, that is a good idea.
I actuslly went a step further, and created new test catalogues to play with this function.
If importing a catalogue of 300 shots that you previously exported, and edited just 6 shots, it only re imports the 6 changed images... Welll I am guessing it does not actually copy the file itself, just the metadata
Works well for what i need.
I actuslly went a step further, and created new test catalogues to play with this function.
If importing a catalogue of 300 shots that you previously exported, and edited just 6 shots, it only re imports the 6 changed images... Welll I am guessing it does not actually copy the file itself, just the metadata
Works well for what i need.
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