[Leica] I Need A Quick and Simple Image Viewer for Mac

[Tina Manley]

Yes, exactly, if I have finished editing them!!

Tina

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great idea Tina. Thanks. My guess is that once the year is over, you
> "import from catalogue" your 2014 files into your archived catalogue?
> Best,
> Bob
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have several hundred thousand images in my LR catalogs but the secret
> is
> > to have two catalogs.  One is archival for everything you have already
> > worked on.  It is huge but you only need it for viewing and searching,
> not
> > for developing.  The other catalog is 2014 for all of the photos taken
> this
> > year which I am still editing and working on.  It's much smaller and
> > faster.  I render 1:1 previews for that one so it's fast and easy to work
> > on.
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks, Bob.  I hear what you are saying, but LR is still a bit slow on
> > the
> > > intake whereas, as Leo points out, PM is blazing fast. I know people
> who
> > > have 25,000+ images in a LR catalog and if I undertake this enterprise
> in
> > > LR I'm afraid I will be in that group. For 95% of these images I just
> > want
> > > to see them and there has got to be a cheap fast app for that.  Or
> maybe
> > > there isn't.
> > >
> > > --Bob
> > >
> > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Robert,
> > > > Not sure of your reticence to use LR. It's perfect for what you want
> to
> > > > do. It's only a database and adding images to it only takes up very
> > > little
> > > > space on your disk. Renaming the folders in LR is also easy.
> > > > I've many thousands of images in my catalogue, some from over 10
> years
> > > > ago. It's very simple, efficient and powerful.
> > > > Just don't think it's worth your time to reinvent this wheel....
> > > > IMO of course.
> > > > Best,
> > > > Bob
> > > >
> > > > Sent from my iPad
> > > >
> > > > > On Oct 28, 2014, at 4:46 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > When I started using digital cameras back ten or so years ago I
> > started
> > > > > saving the image files in folders named by......year. Or
> > > by......camera.
> > > > > This was obviously an extremely bad idea since I now don't remember
> > > what
> > > > > might be in those folders, or if I am looking for a specific photo
> I
> > > > don't
> > > > > know where it might be.  I don't see the need to import all those
> > image
> > > > > folders and their contents into my Lightroom catalog but I would
> like
> > > to
> > > > > quickly scroll through them and rename the folders to something
> more
> > > > > helpful.  Photo Mechanic http://www.camerabits.com/ comes to mind
> > > (I've
> > > > got
> > > > > an old license I could upgrade) but I'd be happy for any other
> > > > suggestions.
> > > > >
> > > > > --Bob
> > > > >
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