Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LR is cheap for what it does Bob. And works fast if your PC/Mac is fast ? I can't see myself without its powerful and efficient database, its editing capabilities, and export or printing features ? The only downside is the treatment of fuji files, but I guess you wouldn't be affected by that. Amities Philippe Le 29 oct. 2014 ? 18:19, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> a ?crit : > 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