Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Or faster: right click on any available photo and look for "display in the finder" (my translation) you'll instantly know where LR stores them, as simple as that ... I bet you moved the files at some point and they're still there, it's just that you probably broke the link to the small data files I'd perform a search by date or by name. Once you've found where the missing files are, you'll simply have to re-synchonize them with the catalogue, which can be done in batches - probably by date of capture. OTT: I have LR3 and CS5, the latter I only use for stitching; as expensive a process as haute couture I know ... Ph Le 27 d?c. 11 ? 22:25, Tina Manley a ?crit : > Ted - > > There is something you can try. Open Lightroom and click on File > > Import > Photos. The Import screen will open. The left-hand side of the > screen > shows where the photos are being imported from (usually my memory > card). > The right hand side show where they are being imported to. Check > and see > what destination is set for the photos. It should be on the very top, > right-hand side. On mine, I have it set for my Drobo and a copy to > another > hard-drive. If you can figure out where LR imported your photos to, > maybe > you can find the photos. > > Hope this helps! > > Tina > > On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> > wrote: > >> Dr. Ted: >> >> What happened to you on a large scale is what just happened to me for >> three images. It is an indication that the user interface of Adobe >> products >> sucks and that goes for Photoshop too. >> >> When you import the RAW files into LR, there is a spot on the >> window where >> you tell it where the hell to put the DNG (RAW) files. That info is >> supposed to stay put unless deliberately changed. My DNGs go to a >> terabyte >> disk that is always connected to my computer and is a different >> disk from >> my ordinary backup. >> >> Well, three pictures vanished, and I finally found them in a folder >> on my >> internal disk, a folder that I use for .jpg files that are probably >> destined for the LUG gallery. No idea how that happened. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Herb >> >> >> Adam Bridge OFFERED: >>> >>>> This is seriously neat and means that your original file is ALWAYS >>>>>> >>>>> there to be edited in its original state.<<<<<< >>> >>> Hi Adam, >>> That being the case how is it when I was shooting RAW and >>> downloading into Lightroom. All had been going fine and I'd do the >>> same routine everytime. WHEN ONE DAY???????? >>> >>> All I had on screen was about 2000 or more nice looking grey >>> coloured 35mm looking frames in the Lightroom folders / files? >>> Pictures? Images? Frames? NADA !!! Not one but blank grey 35mm >>> frames.... Unfortunately lost some important stuff. :-( >>> >>> My immediate response??? Screw this LR stuff.... went back to >>> shooting JPEG and using Photoshop and all has been perfect ever >>> since. >>> >>> I keep hearing LIGHTROOM folks say.... "The images are in there you >>> just have to find them!" Well OK I have looked in every conceivable >>> click on spot..... same thing, " beautiful grey coloured 35mm blank >>> frames!" Another? "OFFLINE OR MISSING!" Yeah right, they sure as >>> hell are missing! >>> >>> This is seriously neat and means that your original file is >>>>>> ALWAYS there to be edited in its original state.<<<< >>>>>> >>>>> >>> I can only offer...... "REALLY?" And where might I find them? I have >>> found some in folders through the Photoshop system.. But hundreds of >>> others??????????????? no where in site. If they were giving away the >>> very best LR system for free I'd have doubts about taking it. >>> Unfortunately when I read all the good & great stuff you fok are >>> sayng about Light Room. >>> >>> cheers, >>> ted >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce at cox.net >>> > >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 9:34 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] photoshop-vs-lightroom >>> >>> >>> I'm not so sure I understand this non-destructive business. It is >>>> supposed to be the end-all answer to our problems, and answer to a >>>> question that seemed without an answer, and yet I've been doing the >>>> same thing for years. Simple, really, before photoshopping a file, >>>> save it with a different name, and do all you want to it, the >>>> original remains untouched. >>>> >>>> Oh well, I never said I was smart. >>>> >>>> Bill Pearce >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Adam Bridge >>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 11:01 AM >>>> To: Leica Users Group >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] photoshop-vs-lightroom >>>> >>>> On thing not mentioned: Lightroom is entirely non-destructive to >>>> your images. Everything it does is parametric - that is the changes >>>> are done on the fly. This is seriously neat and means that your >>>> original file is ALWAYS there to be edited in its original state. >>>> >>>> Photoshop doesn't do that unless you convert to smart filters. >>>> >>>> It's the creation of masks on the fly that is amazing inside >>>> Lightroom. I have a bit of an inkling on how it does it, but I sure >>>> admire the engineers who implemented those features. >>>> >>>> There are tasks that only Photoshop can do. If you need layers and >>>> compositing then Lightroom isn't it - although you can do much >>>> before you get to the point where you need those. >>>> >>>> I'm making these points, not to convince Mark that he's wrong, but >>>> simply to bring out a fundamental and profound difference between >>>> the two software environments. >>>> >>>> Adam >>>> >>>> On Dec 26, 2011, at 5:24 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >>>> >>>> http://mansurovs.com/**photoshop-vs-lightroom<http://mansurovs.com/photoshop-vs-lightroom >>>> >>>> > >>>>> Here is a comparison. >>>>> There are hundreds of others you could find in a minute. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See >>>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug >>>> >>>> >for more information >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See >>>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug >>>> >>>> >for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See >>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug >>> >>> >for more information >>> >> >> -- >> Herbert Kanner >> kanner at acm.org >> 650-326-8204 >> >> Question authority and the authorities will question you. >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> >for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information