Posts for: JimGray
Apr 15, 2024 13:48:06 #
dougbev3 wrote:
Monument Rocks - western Kansas down dirt roads but worth the trip.
Monument Rock and Castle Rock are similar but different photogenic geological structures in western Kansas worth a stop.
Apr 14, 2024 21:15:07 #
I am also having problems with a 4 TB SanDisk SSD drive. At this point, I have not lost data because I am compulsive about backup. My problem is that the drive disconnects while the Mac is in sleep mode. This causes Photoshop to crash because the PS scratch file is on the SSD drive. It also causes problems across my home network. Even if the SSD drive is reconnected when PS is accessed, PS still crashes. I will add that this SSD drive has already been replaced under warranty.
Feb 16, 2024 14:16:09 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
If we think about how Topaz uses DNG to edit RAW first and pass those edits back into LR or PS, this is another 'serious' and 'useful' implementation. So, it's not that DNG doesn't have uses. Rather, default conversion and replacement of proprietary RAW with DNG is where Adobe pushed 'industry standard' too far for the industry to agree / adopt.
This is another very good point. I create dng files with Topaz applications regularly.
Feb 16, 2024 14:08:19 #
Jan 16, 2024 14:27:19 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
A camera sees the world differently than the human eye, so who cares what the camera saw?
Nov 20, 2023 21:12:40 #
Nov 10, 2023 19:15:27 #
wrangler5 wrote:
I use Carbon Copy Cloner for automated backups - in addition to the Mac Mini's built in Time Machine. My photo image files live on an external SSD, and are copied nightly to another external hard drive (spinning disk) as backup. I have different automatic backups that run on different schedules for backing up other files to other external backup destinations. Carbon Copy Cloner is vastly configurable.
Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner are your best choices if you want an automated backup. I believe you really should be using Time Machine to back up your main internal hard drive. There were 4 instances when Time Machine really saved me.
I do want to say that your images that are cataloged in Lightroom are not in Lightroom. Lightroom stores the address of each of your images, but not the image. Your backup does not know what files have been cataloged into Lightroom and Lightroom (assuming you do not allow duplicates in your Lightroom catalog) does not know about your image backups. If your images are stored in folders that contain images not cataloged into Lightroom or files that are not images, I do not know how you automate backups of just the files catalogues into Lightroom.
Oct 26, 2023 19:32:33 #
fredpnm wrote:
Please reconsider...I doubt any of us are interested in hearing anything about your disappointment...
I never expected this response. I would think some hoggers might be interested in case they consider using Adobe software support. My experience might save them a lot of time.
Oct 26, 2023 16:48:11 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
I didn't read the discussion, but you can have the 'same image' in your LR catalog as many times as you think that is useful, just not the same image with the same name in the same source folder. But, part of the magic of Lightroom is virtual copies,.
This thread has evolved into a discussion about LR. On my import page, I have "Don't import suspected Duplicates" checked normally. How many of you who use LR do not have that checked? I do have "Add" highlighted. I often have different versions of the same image in the LR catalog. I do not think the OS will let you have multiple copies of the same image with the same name in the same folder. I do not see the advantage of cataloging multiple identical copies of the same image in LR. I can use Bridge to examine secondary copies of an image. It is also possible to use something like Finder. I like Bridge better.
I hope I get around to starting a new thread about my disappointment with Adobe Support where I wasted many hours.
Oct 25, 2023 22:37:58 #
fredpnm wrote:
Not entirely true, you could import any of the images from the other drives into LR (using the 'Add' function of import) and LR would not have any issues tracking and editing those independent of those on the "Main Photo" folder...but that sounds like a workflow that is asking for trouble.
And no, you would not have to change the file name of either of the images.
And no, you would not have to change the file name of either of the images.
I agree. You can set LR to import duplicates. It does sound like trouble. I have enough trouble already.
Oct 25, 2023 20:49:47 #
When I have a new card with new images on it, I copy those new images to 4 separate folders on 4 drives. One drive receives the new files in a folder named "Main Photo". Then all of the images are also copied to 3 other drives. Only the images in Main Photo are "imported in place" so they are known to LR. The images in the 3 other drives can be accessed by Bridge, but not by LR.
Oct 25, 2023 19:40:06 #
Just to be clear, I have loaded the latest version of Bridge and Lightroom. I will say a few words about how I use Bridge and Lightroom. The Lightroom catalog backup only backs up the LR catalog and not your images. So we each need a backup system that is not dependent on LR. Another point is that LR works best if you only have one copy of each image file in the Lightroom catalog. So if you have multiple copies of each image file only one of those copies will be in LR. The other copies are backups. You can only access the one copy in the catalog from LR. You need another app like Bridge to access the other copies.
Oct 25, 2023 15:01:01 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Added-order to the collection might be the workaround approach inside LR, when viewing this collection.
In LR there is a sort called Custom Order. That seems functionally the same as User Sort or Manual Sort. I do not see a way to migrate User Sorts in Bridge to Custom Order in LR.
Oct 25, 2023 13:59:23 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
You're correct, LR only has predefined sorts of images in the catalog, using various attributes of the images, coupled with various metadata filters, if used. What's an example of a User Sort that differs from these options?
User Sorts are arbitrary. The criteria I use are varied. In one Collection I put photos that may have potential for competition in our camera club. That collection typically has hundreds of images in it. I can show 12 to 21 (or more) on the monitor at one time. I can drag and drop the image I think is the best of the 21 to the top left corner. I can drag and drop any of the 21 to any location showing on the screen. I can then scroll down one row and repeat the process. In this example, the image in the lower right is the least good image. After scrolling up the previous lower right image is one row up. It can be moved to the bottom row again if it is not as good as any of the ones in the newly visible row of images. Because the criteria are arbitrary and based solely on my judgement, the User Sort can be used to select images for a calendar, slide show, juried show, etc.
Oct 25, 2023 12:25:25 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
We've probably suggested in the past, Lightroom is Adobe's premier digital asset management software.
Your answer is the only one so far to be aimed at my question. I agree that Lightroom is Adobe's best digital asset management system. If somebody could provide me with a way to migrate User Sorts and their collections from Bridge to LR I would jump on it right away. Unfortunately, LR's User Sorts are embedded in the LR catalog as far as I can tell. I see no way to do that without a special app from Adobe designed to do that. I am an oddball as I use both LR and Bridge. I have been using Bridge since about 2009 as best as I can recollect. I only implemented LR in 2021. If somebody asks me I will explain why I was so slow in implementing LR. One reason is the stupid misleading terminology that LR uses. The worst may be "import in place"!!! Until you get used to LR that term makes no sense. One of the reasons I use Bridge is that I was already heavily dependent on using User manual sorts.