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Re: [OM] IMG: My Struggle to Learn to Use Lightroom

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: My Struggle to Learn to Use Lightroom
From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 23:47:52 -0600
Interesting question. In my case, my image files are on an external My Book drive, and and backed up, and my LR installation is on my C drive. As long as the C drive is functional, I won't be changing computers.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 1/9/2017 7:24 PM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
I have query about the LR catalogue/database.

How do you cope with the situation where all your image files (.ORF, .NEF, 
.JPG, etc.) are stored outside the catalogue in your own file structure then 
you get a new PC and decide to consolidate those image files (previously stored 
on different drives) onto a different drive configuration ?  Is there some way 
you can re-reference the pointers in the catalogue to the new file locations 
without having to re-index your images ?

...Wayne


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From: olympus 
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On Behalf Of Piers Hemy
Sent: Tuesday, 10 January 2017 5:56 AM
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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: My Struggle to Learn to Use Lightroom

Jim, STOP!

In this respect, you have missed the single biggest advantage of LR (which is, as far as I am aware, unique to LR). IT isn't just 
an image editor, it is an image management database too. You do not need to change any of your existing file structure, just 
leave your images where they are ("import" them into LR so as to give LR the information it needs to find them, of 
course) and then start to use LR keywords to classify the images. By all means use Family, Little League, Airport, Skydiving, 
Pretty, Boys, Girls in as many combinations as you please for each image. The beauty of this approach is that it is infinitely 
flexible and can be modified, expanded, developed as your needs evolve. And unlike a classification using the PC file/folder 
structure, it is multi-dimensional. You are not forced to choose whether a given image is an "Airport" image or a 
"Pretty Girl" image - give that image all three keywords, and you can later search for images meeting the 
"Pretty" and "Girl" criteria
.
  Or "Airport" and "Girl". Or...

This is certainly not the time to start restructuring your hierarchy of files 
and folders - use LR to its most advantage!

Piers

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From: olympus [mailto:olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
On Behalf Of Jim Nichols
Sent: 06 January 2017 16:45
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: My Struggle to Learn to Use Lightroom

Thanks for sharing your insights, Philippe.  I am getting ready to attempt to 
select a file structure that fits my picture taking habits, i.e., Family, 
Little League, Airport, Skydiving, maybe even Pretty Girls. :-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 1/6/2017 2:25 AM, Philippe wrote:
Three steps

I often rename e.g.   2016-Xmas-file nb   - LR can do that
semi-automatically, just type in the   prefix   and let the file
number - there are other options but I like this one best

I let LR create its folders the way it wants, by dates, and find it
convenient since it works fine - the itch is when you have several
cameras not all set to the accurate date and time - but this issue can
also be addressed after the upload, automatically (how do I know? I
edited the photos from a dozen not-synchronized cameras when I last
got married   )

And most importantly, you can, should, must use keywords on import - e.g. " 
holidays, Portugal, Sintra   . Thus, whatever the date, I can find all the photos I 
shot In Portugal in a second, whatever the day they were shot, or restrict my quest 
to a specific place, Sintra, etc.

In any case, the camera used will be recorded too, and it may sometimes be 
useful to make a query this way too.

Hope this helps.

Amities
Philippe


Le 6 janv. 2017   02:41, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a  crit :

One of the tutorials I watched this afternoon made a point of explaining that a 
three-day assignment, with files split into three folders by date, was a bad 
thing.  He always used a subject name instead of date.   To each his own. :-D

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 1/5/2017 7:32 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
Correction. The directory dates are not based on import date, but
file date. So if you shoot over a three day period of time, when you
import them, Lightroom will sort them into three directories. If you
want, of course.

This is a good thing, Martha. Unless, of course, you have a camera
that the clock resets itself to some crazy date like 6/1/2077. Don't
ask my how I know that.

AG Schnozz
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