Images in LR Catalog or Not?
Jan 21, 2016 12:23:06 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
Keywords do indeed make it easy to find what I wan... (show quote)
Point taken.... for me, publishing finished images on flickr are where relatives and the wife can easily get to them with no knowledge of how to find them in Lightroom.
Jan 21, 2016 12:32:09 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I doubt that I will ever give up on my folder structure. I've had it for years, and LR can still catalog and keyword them.
Most people will never give up on folder structures and manual methods, me, I am hardly ever looking at my images without being in Lightroom, even if I end up editing in Photoshop, it all begins and ends with Lightroom for me ;)
It comes down to what you want, and as long as it works great.
Jan 21, 2016 12:34:03 #
Dngallagher wrote:
Most people will never give up on folder structures and manual methods, me, I am hardly ever looking at my images without being in Lightroom, even if I end up editing in Photoshop, it all begins and ends with Lightroom for me ;)
It comes down to what you want, and as long as it works great.
It comes down to what you want, and as long as it works great.
And, of course, folder structures are entirely irrelevant as far as Lightroom is concerned.
Jan 21, 2016 12:41:49 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
And, of course, folder structures are entirely irrelevant as far as Lightroom is concerned.
Yes, pretty much, I do allow Lightroom to manage my entire folder structure and do not bother renaming them.... the date structure fits and I rename my images on import to be my initials plus date and time taken. So everything fits in nicely.
Jan 21, 2016 12:50:10 #
Fits right in with the whole discussion... pretty much touches on each important topic during an import.
http://creativeraw.com/speed-up-import-lightroom/
http://creativeraw.com/speed-up-import-lightroom/
Jan 21, 2016 14:42:05 #
I do back up to a second internal drive. These are then, backed up to my another drive in another building by wi-fi.
This allows me to delete from the drive I use for LR, but maintain all of them. I have found that as LR and Photoshop have progressed, I have been able to salvage some that I had thought were goners.
All of my computers have either partioned or separate drives, so that if I need to format and reinstall the operating system the pictures are not involved.
This allows me to delete from the drive I use for LR, but maintain all of them. I have found that as LR and Photoshop have progressed, I have been able to salvage some that I had thought were goners.
All of my computers have either partioned or separate drives, so that if I need to format and reinstall the operating system the pictures are not involved.
Jan 25, 2016 22:14:55 #
jerryc41 wrote:
For the past few years, I been importing most pictures I take into LR and letting the Catalog keep track of them. I also have thousands of older images that are in folders under My Pictures. Are any of you in that situation - pictures in and out of the Catalog?
What's the best way to sort and store images in LR and in My Pictures? I'd like to be able to go to My Pictures and see what's there without going through LR.
What's the best way to sort and store images in LR and in My Pictures? I'd like to be able to go to My Pictures and see what's there without going through LR.
One solution would be to use Bridge. You can keyword and rate your images there. Also you can search for images in Bridge. When you open a folder you see each image.
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