Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, exactly, if I have finished editing them!! Tina On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com