markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

I've had it loaded for almost 2 years (CC). I used the catalog to some degree, mainly to view images. Yesterday, I photographed my Grandson's basketball game. I had 2000+ images to view, sort, adjust and upload to one of my Shutterfly sites. I usually view them, one at a time, in Windows Photo Viewer, open the better ones in PS, adjust, store, resize and upload to Shutterfly.

It seems many UHHers use LR to import images. I had never done that. Decided to try it. I love it!! It reduces the selection process to about 1/10 the time and I discovered I can open multiple photos in PS for editing. That's very cool. Now I just have to learn how to delete the ones not worthy of keeping from the catalog. Can't be too hard.

I may have to read the 500 page book by Scott Kelby I've had on my bookshelf for 4 months!!! DUH!!! I do have an excuse. Stubborn and old! :lol: :lol:

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

:thumbup:

orrie smith Loc: Kansas

right click on the image and select delete, decide if you want to completely delete it from your computer or just delete it from lightroom and click the proper icon.
one thing that lightroom can do for you that photoshop cannot is to batch edit multiple photos assuming you want the same adjustments in all of the photos, makes for short work on most of your photos, leaving time to work more closely on the best of the best.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Have you been afflicted too, Don?
Mark

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

Quite definitely, since moving from Aperture to Lightroom several years ago everything I do begins and ends in Lightroom.... everything gets imported and either deleted or basic keywords applied, then any that are not deleted right away get converted from NEF to DNG and then edited starting in Lightroom, some going on to Photoshop, then back into Lightroom for additional keyword and GPS co-ordinates along with some metadata adjustments, then on to publishing on Flickr and/or export as needed from within Lightroom.

Without Lightroom I would be lost ;)

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Actually I was referring to the "stubborn and old".
Thanks so much for the enlightening comments. I'm becoming a believer.
Mark

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

Ohhh.... Well, YES!!!!! :)

blackest Loc: Ireland

even better to work with filters x rejects P is a pick and then you can filter on the rejects select all then delete from lightroom and optionally the drive no need to do the housekeeping one at a time. you can also flag with colors and stars. Some pro's will use green for acceptable or ready red for needs some work.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

I fit the S/O categorization also.

I've been using LR for years. I download my files from the card separately and change the file names to something meaningful. Then I import into LR. Last year I started using color labels to indicate the status of an image. Red label means I should work on it. Yellow label means I started to work on it but didn't finish. Green label means I finished work on it. Blue label means it went to Photoshop. When the PS file comes back to LR, it gets a yellor or green label, as appropriate, and the blue label original gets stacked with it. A purple label means it's something that doesn't fit in with the other labels. No color label means (1) it hasn't been looked at yet or (2 -- after initial triage) it wasn't considered a keeper.

When I have all the files imported I go into loupe view so I have a fairly large image to evaluate. I go through them with the arrow key and the "6" key. If an image is worth pursuing in post, I hit the "6" key and that applies a red color label to the image. After going through all the images I just select for no color label. That shows me the stuff I didn't think was worth keeping. Select all. Hit delete. Delete from disk (I had already backed up the original files before importing to LR).

Then I can deselect the "no color" filter and all the keepers are there for me to go through and work on. When I work on something and get it to the final form, the "8" key will apply a green color label. If I work on it but don't finish the "7" key will apply a yellow color label. If an image needs to go to Photoshop it gets a blue label. When it comes back from PS it gets a yellow or green label, as appropriate. Then the blue label original is stacked under the PS version. Stuff that doesn't fit into that system gets a purple label.

If I start to work on an image and decide it really isn't worth much (e.g. duplicates from burst shots) then it keeps the red label. After going through processing all the images, the red label images get deleted from the catalog, but not the disk. At that point I should have only yellow, green, and purple labels showing. Blue labels are stacked under the PS return. Red labels are deleted. No label images are removed from the catalog and the disk.

I wrote up my workflow at http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user_page.jsp?upnum=1584
Also, http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user_page.jsp?upnum=1595 explains why I don't import directly from the card into LR.

Before I started to use the color labels, I just used the pick flag when the image was finished or the reject flag if I decided the image was junk. I didn't have a way to indicate that I had skipped over a file to do it later or that I hadn't even tried to do anything to it. Using the color labels keep me from a hit or miss workflow.

Now I have to start using the star ratings.

Mr PC Loc: Austin, TX

I personally use the star ratings, 5 is a Wow shot, 4 is worth working on, 3 is a picture that may contain a friend or relative that I want to keep and 2 and below usually get deleted. I've found that the new free Adobe Bridge makes quicker work out of applying the star ratings so I do that there, then import into Lightroom for keywording, rejecting and deleting or for further editing or sending over to PS. My 2 cents.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

I suspect I would do my triage and delete the junk before I got to the star ratings so I would probably want to use all 5 for something. (Actually all 6, since no star is a valid rating). If I did that I would have very few 5-star images. I just have to get my head around how to evaluate the images in terms of numbers 0-5.

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

It it easy to delete as you review your photos the bad one hit the X key It flags that photo with a black flag. When you are finished go to Photos and scroll to the bottom of the drop-down list. Where it says. You have two options just or delete from disk. If you want to keep the pictures that delete from catalog, but I delete from this just to free up the disk space. Simple, easy

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

You just need to set up your own system. What I do as I triage is flag the photo either keep or delete using the P key to keep or the X key to delete.
Then I review the keep photos and those that I want to work on, I assign one star. After processing those that are almost the best. I will star either a 3 or 4 star the photos. The best ones are a 5 star

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I didn't know about the X to mark for deletion. After marking some images, what do I do next? Library module?

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Thanks for the info. I did figure that out, but did not know about the X. That's very helpful.
Mark