You do if you supply stock images and get a request for lilac-breasted
roller bird in Africa. I put those four words in my search and it took
less than two seconds to pull up 4 photos. Otherwise, I would have had to
figure out what year I was in Africa and what part of the trip I
photographed the birds. Keywords are invaluable to me and I add them as
soon as I can after or as I import the photos.
Tina
On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Some quite sensible advice here (says you don't need keywords!)
>
> http://scottkelby.com/2009/10-things-i-would-tell-new-lightroom-users/
>
>
> On 5 July 2014 15:29, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Counter rant, sort of.
> >
> > The reason you don't understand is that I have no need of nor any desire
> > to add keywords to the 65,000 images already in my "library" nor any need
> > or desire to create "collections". My simplistic system of photo folders
> > looks like this: (a few random selections)
> >
> > 2010-09-23 - Skaneateles dinner cruise
> > 2011-01-09 - Robinson Preserve (Bradenton)
> > 2011-02-15 - Emerson Point (shell mound area)
> > 2011-05-11 - Northeast Auto Museum
> > 2011-07-01 - Scotland - Edinburg & Botanical Gardens
> > 2011-10-13 - Crossing Colorado via Black Canyon of the Gunnison
> >
> > I can't imagine how long it would take me to add keywords to 65,000
> > images... 5-600 hours maybe??? I think I'll use the time saved for other
> > things like taking pictures and drinking beer. :-)
> >
> > I'm not trying to force the software into my past habits, I'm trying to
> > keep it from trying to reprogram me (the gearbox) into its view of the
> > world. Yeah, why did I buy that car? I shouldn't have. I don't need
> it.
> >
> > Chuck Norcutt
> >
> >
> >
> > On 7/5/2014 3:40 AM, Philippe wrote:
> >
> >> Rant, sort of
> >>
> >> What I don't understand is why some of you are so reluctant to
> >> allowing the program to do its thing i.e. importing by dates - so
> >> long as you have typed adequate keywords on upload, you'll always
> >> retrieve photos in a second. Why try to force the software into your
> >> past habits? just as if one immediately tried to reprogram the
> >> gearbox on a new car - does any of you do that? if you do, why did
> >> you buy that car?
> >>
> >> I have no stakes in the company but this program does its things
> >> right for me who hates to know what happens behind the screen; I
> >> suffered too much under DOS and its followers not to fully appreciate
> >> the user-friendliness of today's offers.
> >>
> >> End of rant
> >>
> >> Now the tips:
> >>
> >> - trust LR to do its thing (sorting, ordering, etc) properly - keep
> >> the file names short - add keywords as soon as you can - on upload
> >> (preferred) or later on in batches, then refine as you go while
> >> editing. FYI you don't need to even tell the program about the gear
> >> used, it knows about it, except for scans. - create collections after
> >> upload and edition (batch <=> 5sec.), e.g. "Christmas 1776", "Family
> >> portraits", "BW", "lens tests", "butter & flies", etc. These can be
> >> recalled anytime by one click, and edited. - use the time you've now
> >> saved on technical issues for photography and for sharing a drink
> >> with friends ;-)
> >>
> >> I do that for myself, but also for Alice; she can retrieve photos she
> >> needs for the job even when I'm not in. Life in the easy lane.
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >> Amities Philippe
> >>
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