Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/02/28

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] TECH - HELP : LR experts' advice (much) needed
From: leowesson at gmail.com (Leo Wesson)
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2021 17:21:01 -0600
References: <7DED1747-A35A-4DF1-BD3D-730D65B61E22@cartersxrd.net>

Dng?s don?t have sidecar (xmp) files. 

Thanks,

Leo Wesson
817-733-9157
Leo at leowesson.com

> On Feb 28, 2021, at 2:52 PM, RicCarter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> ??optimize catalog? might be worth a try also
> 
> ric
> 
> 
> 
>> On Feb 28, 2021, at 2:34 PM, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I?m trying to help one of us on the lists to solve a problem with LR and 
>> would hate myself if I gave him wrong advice that might cause the loss of 
>> some, or all, of his precious stuff.
>> 
>> He?s using LR6 (not that different from the LR CLassic I?m using from 
>> what I see).
>> He says he lost the adjustments he made to about 20,000 files ? (tough!)
>> The RAWs, DNGs are still on his computer disks.
>> Oh yes, he?s an I-Mac guy.
>> 
>> I asked him when he lost them, and how, but he doesn?t know.
>> I also conducted to check if he still had the previous saved catalogs on 
>> his HD. He does, back to three years ago, which gives me some hope.
>> 
>> 
>> My thought is that if he created a new catalog.
>> Then import both his current catalog, and the older ones (or the oldest 
>> one) into this newly created catalog, he might (might) retrieve some of 
>> the adjustments (edits) he?d painstainkingly made over time, and enjoy 
>> his latest works as well.
>> 
>> What do you think of this somewhat non pro and makeshift procedure ?
>> 
>> Please, do not derail or hijack this thread, things are already somewhat 
>> complex on my end to try to figure out what might help a real photog who 
>> highly deserves it.
>> 
>> Thanks a zillion in anticipation
>> 
>> 
>> Be all well, and stay so.
>> 
>> Amities
>> 
>> Philippe
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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


In reply to: Message from cartersxrd at gmail.com (RicCarter) ([Leica] TECH - HELP : LR experts' advice (much) needed)