Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Bob, My LR pictures physically reside in a folder called LR pictures (doh) on my desktop, with subfolders for each year. When importing the images from a trip, I actually first copy the entire folder containing the images and the LR catalog onto my desktop and import from that copy. LR automatically creates a subfolder of the destination folder. I have never seen an error message like the one you describe. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Jul 9, 2011, at 10:49 AM, Robert Baron wrote: > Nathan, it is the last step that sometimes gets me.... > > "AT HOME: > 5) Connect the transfer medium from step 4 to the iMac and copy the images > to their normal destinations > 6) Open LR on the iMac and do a IMPORT FROM CATALOG from the travel > catalog." I get the dreaded "Unable to Import - Unknown Error" message. > > My research indicates it may have something to do with trying to import > into > the root folder on the desktop. Do you establish a new folder (directory) > before you import? > > -Thanks, > > --Bob > > p.s. When you are doing the IMPORT do you check the box that says Import > Negatives? Are you using the setting for saving the xmp files as sidecars? > > ==On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 12:16 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at > frozenlight.eu>wrote: > >> Bob, I am in the "no book needed" camp, that is one reason I like >> Lightroom >> so much. I am in the situation you describe--i.e. editing on the laptop >> and >> then transferring to the desktop when I get home--almost every time I >> travel, and I see no particular problem--what is the issue you are >> struggling with? >> >> FWIW, my procedure is this (based on my recent trip to the Netherlands): >> >> DURING THE TRIP: >> 1) Create a new LR catalog on the laptop >> 2) Copy SD card to the computer, import the RAW files as DNGs into the LR >> catalog created in step 1 >> 3) Do my edits etc. in Lightroom, just as I do when I am at home--this is >> why I frequently post trip pictures while still on the trip. >> 4) Just before starting the journey home, copy the RAW dump and the LR >> library and images onto a USB stick or my iPod. This has the benefit of >> providing a backup in case something happens to the laptop during the >> voyage, and also providing a transfer medium when I get home. >> >> AT HOME: >> 5) Connect the transfer medium from step 4 to the iMac and copy the images >> to their normal destinations >> 6) Open LR on the iMac and do a IMPORT FROM CATALOG from the travel >> catalog. >> >> That's it. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jul 9, 2011, at 1:41 AM, Robert Baron wrote: >> >>>> >>>> >>> Does either of these books contain a good guide to using LR to review, >> edit >>> and adjust on a laptop when in the field and then moving same to a >> desktop >>> when back home? >>> >>> I've been cruising the various LR forii on this subject and every poster >>> seems to have a different idea of the 'right' way to do it. >>> >>> --Bob (heading for the field) >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >