Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great idea Tina. Thanks. My guess is that once the year is over, you "import from catalogue" your 2014 files into your archived catalogue? Best, Bob On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > I have several hundred thousand images in my LR catalogs but the secret is > to have two catalogs. One is archival for everything you have already > worked on. It is huge but you only need it for viewing and searching, not > for developing. The other catalog is 2014 for all of the photos taken this > year which I am still editing and working on. It's much smaller and > faster. I render 1:1 previews for that one so it's fast and easy to work > on. > > Tina > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Thanks, Bob. I hear what you are saying, but LR is still a bit slow on > the > > intake whereas, as Leo points out, PM is blazing fast. I know people who > > have 25,000+ images in a LR catalog and if I undertake this enterprise in > > LR I'm afraid I will be in that group. For 95% of these images I just > want > > to see them and there has got to be a cheap fast app for that. Or maybe > > there isn't. > > > > --Bob > > > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi Robert, > > > Not sure of your reticence to use LR. It's perfect for what you want to > > > do. It's only a database and adding images to it only takes up very > > little > > > space on your disk. Renaming the folders in LR is also easy. > > > I've many thousands of images in my catalogue, some from over 10 years > > > ago. It's very simple, efficient and powerful. > > > Just don't think it's worth your time to reinvent this wheel.... > > > IMO of course. > > > Best, > > > Bob > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > > > On Oct 28, 2014, at 4:46 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > When I started using digital cameras back ten or so years ago I > started > > > > saving the image files in folders named by......year. Or > > by......camera. > > > > This was obviously an extremely bad idea since I now don't remember > > what > > > > might be in those folders, or if I am looking for a specific photo I > > > don't > > > > know where it might be. I don't see the need to import all those > image > > > > folders and their contents into my Lightroom catalog but I would like > > to > > > > quickly scroll through them and rename the folders to something more > > > > helpful. Photo Mechanic http://www.camerabits.com/ comes to mind > > (I've > > > got > > > > an old license I could upgrade) but I'd be happy for any other > > > suggestions. > > > > > > > > --Bob > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > www.tinamanley.com > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler