Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, Gerry - That's exactly how I edit with the stars. It is a very time-consuming process, though!! Thanks, Tina On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 2:58 AM Gerry Walden via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Tina > > I would start on either Guatemala or Honduras, which ever one you think > most viable. > > What I tend to do is use the star rating in LR. I go through and give the > better ones 3 stars. That cuts them down, and you can then just view the 3 > star ones by using ?attribute? in the Library panel. I then go through that > batch and either uprate them to 4 star or downrate then to 2 star. I then > just view the four star and do the up or down grade cull over again so I > end up with just the 5 stars. > > I don?t envy you, I think editing is te most time consuming and boring job > in photography. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden > www.gwpics.com > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > > > > > > > > > On 30 Jul 2019, at 23:35, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > > PESO: > > > > I am cleaning up old files on my Drobo and trying to consolidate > > everything. Years ago, I spent a couple of weeks with Maggie Steber, a > > photo editor, who helped me edit 50,000 of my Honduran photos down to > about > > 24. The problem is that I have many, many more than the original 50,000 > > that she edited. According to my LR files, I have 174,258 photos of > > Honduras. If I spend the rest of my life editing them I will not finish. > > But just glancing through, it looks like there are a lot I would include > in > > a final edit. So what to do? Recently, I have been going back editing > old > > family photos of European trips. Should I stop that and work on > Honduras? > > I really am drawn to that because of their situation today. The same > thing > > applies to Guatemala. I have over 150,000 photos of Guatemala. If I > edit > > those, I will never get to any other countries. > > > > I think I have answered my own question but I would appreciate your > > opinion, anyway. > > > > TIA > > > > TIna > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley > > < > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > *https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html > > <https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html>* > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley <http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html> *https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html <https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html>*