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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: Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 09:50:45 -0500
You move them within LR.  Otherwise, you can right click on the folders you
have changed and choose Synchronize Folder.

Tina

On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 8:24 PM, Wayne Harridge <
wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus [mailto:olympus-bounces+wayne.harridge=structuregraphs.com@
> thomasclausen.net] On Behalf Of Piers Hemy
> Sent: Tuesday, 10 January 2017 5:56 AM
> To: 'Olympus Camera Discussion' <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus [mailto:olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@thomasclausen.
> net] 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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