Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/24

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Subject: [Leica] Lightroom advice
From: michiel.fokkema at wanadoo.nl (Michiel Fokkema)
Date: Sat Mar 24 06:14:52 2007
References: <46052D5A.8070002@dlridings.se>

Hi Daniel,

It is possible but not ideal.
Look here:http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/lighroom-illuminated.shtml

Cheers,

Michiel Fokkema

Daniel Ridings wrote:
> I'm starting to feel like I will be using Lightroom for most things and 
> have it go out to Lightzone for the things Lightzone is best at. 
> (Lightroom is best at more things).
> 
> But a practical issue.
> 
> I now loaded my raw scans into the library (about 115 gb).
> 
> (I've been testing printing from Lightroom ... works very nicely).
> 
> Anyway ... I want to tag all my scans with keywords etc.
> 
> I was planning on doing a lot of this time consuming stuff on train 
> rides. I sit on the train for hours each week and this would be a nice 
> way to pass the time.
> 
> So I would be working on a laptop.
> 
> But I want things available on my desktop too.
> 
> What do I need to think of if I want to use an external harddisk to let 
> my library live on for these scans. The "editing" file that is separate 
> from the raw tiff ... does it contain absolute paths to the tiff file 
> that is going to be edited?
> 
> Or is the editing file stored in the same directory as the original file 
> and thereby use relative paths?
> 
> I don't want to paint myself into a corner.
> 
> Thanks for advice or your experiences with administering libraries in 
> Lightroom.
> 
> Daniel
> 
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