Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ric - are you saying that you have multiple copies of the same photo in different catalogs? That is a no-no. VB says, "The idea is that you use collections and virtual copies rather than having multiple copies of the same photo in different catalogs. If you do need to create a physical copy on the hard drive, use File menu > Export, set to save the duplicate in the location of your choice, adding to the catalog automatically, and using the Original file format setting. If you only need a copy of the photo consider using Virtual Copy instead. They don't create an additional copy on the hard drive, but they behave like separate copies within LR. Tina On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 12:18 PM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote: > i'm trying this strategy and have a worry > > imported yesterday's images into slimmed "current" > > later imported additions from "current" to "full" catalog of several years > images. > > did not duplicate image files, left them in the same arachive folder > > now all those images (in current) are showing metadata change warnings > asking if it should overwrite or import > > nothing has changed except they were included in a different catalog > > what should i do? > is it unavaoidable? > > ric > > > > > > On Feb 2, 2014, at 10:34 AM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote: > > > i've just stated trying something like that. > > > > my LR catalog was getting slow as the devil to open or search > > > > I'm trying annual catalogs plus current which is last year and this year > so far plus one slow open master with everything > > > > keeping those older annuals up to date is one concern i'm having now > > > > ric > > > > > > > > On Feb 2, 2014, at 9:16 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > > > >> Hi, Peter - Just the fact that you can't open more than one catalog at a > >> time. If you know what year a particular photo was made, you would only > >> have to open that one catalog, but if you need to search (which I often > >> do), you cannot search across several catalogs. My plan, recommended by > >> Peter Krogh, is to have one catalog for Archive photos - anything made > >> before this year - and one catalog for the current year. The current > year > >> catalog would be much smaller and would normally be the one that I'm > >> working on most of the time. The smaller catalog would be faster to > work > >> on and the Archive catalog would be for searching anything I've already > >> keyworded and filed. > >> > >> Tina > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com > >wrote: > >> > >>> Tina, > >>> > >>> I am only just starting to work with LR and am thinking about how I > might > >>> handle > >>> my stuff (which is nothing like as big as yours of course!) I thought > that > >>> I > >>> might split the Archive up by years. Is there any reason that you can't > >>> split up > >>> into more than two? > >>> > >>> Peter > >>> > >>> On 31/01/2014 14:43, Tina Manley wrote: > >>>> PESO: > >>>> > >>>> I haven't commented on photos lately because I can't get to them. My > >>> main > >>>> computer is tied up with LR. After reading Peter Krogh's latest book > on > >>>> digital management, I decided to divide my photos into two LR catalogs > >>>> instead of one huge one. I made one for Archive photos and kept the > >>>> original catalog for Current photos. That part went fine. Then I > had to > >>>> remove all of the Archive photos from the the Current catalog. LR > worked > >>>> on it for two days, I left it working when I went to Charleston. > When I > >>>> came back it was 88% finished, but I got a notice that my computer was > >>>> dangerously low on memory and was shutting down. I had to start all > over > >>>> again. Now it's been working for three days and is 85% finished. I > have > >>>> shut down everything else on the computer, including e-mail. I'm > using > >>> my > >>>> little Acer netbook for e-mail. LR is using 99% of the physical > memory - > >>>> 8GB. I had over 500,000 photos in the one catalog and am trying to > >>> remove > >>>> 175,000. I guess I should have done it in smaller amounts. > >>>> > >>>> The Acer is too small and slow to look at photos, but I'll catch up > >>> someday. > >>>> > >>>> Any suggestions besides throwing the computer out the window would be > >>>> greatly appreciated. I can't even download the photos I took in > >>>> Charleston!! > >>>> > >>>> Tina > >>>> . > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> =========================================================== > >>> Dr Peter Dzwig > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Tina Manley > >> http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com