[Leica] Using LR..... Questions.....

[Robert Adler]

Tina do you find you need to export the HDD images from your trip that have
been edited as a catalogue, and then import the catalogue to the at
home/final destination? I have found that I lose edits when I just import
the images themselves.
Thanks,
Bob

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> Scenario #1 is what I do all the time.  I import photos to a portable hard
> drive when I'm traveling, work on them, and then import them to my main
> catalog when I get home.
>
> Scenario #2 you would just import the photos from the hard drive into your
> catalog.  The photos are never actually moved. They are just added to your
> catalog in LR.  If you want to disconnect that hard drive but still view
> your photos, you can tell LR to make Smart Previews which take up more room
> on the hard drive where your catalog lives, but the photos are still not
> moved.  They stay wherever they were when you accessed them.  You can load
> LR on two separate computers with no problems.  The catalogs will be the
> same.  If you want to use more than two computers (when you travel maybe) ,
> you can sign out on one computer and sign in on another one.  The program
> is not removed or changed.  Sign back in when you have finished using the
> third or forth computer.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Tina
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> > If I wanted to use LR CC in the following situations,  #1, is it
> possible?
> > #2, What Image and sidebar and catalog files do I need to put where to
> make
> > this work...?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Scenario #1...  I am on a trip.  I have a PC with me.  I take images and
> > wish to review them and sort out the bad ones in LR CC while on the road.
> > The images will be located on a USB HDD ( Downloaded from the SD Card.)
> > When I get home I wish to merge them into my master file on my desktop PC
> > with all edits intact.  ( I think this is what the merge catalog function
> > is
> > used for.?).
> >
> >
> >
> > Scenario #2 ( and not mutually exclusive to the first scenario...)  I am
> > home.  My PC  computer is on a home WIFI network, located in my office.
> > All
> > my images are on that computer.  I have a backup USB HDD with the same
> > images on it that I COULD use.  I wish to edit my images from a Laptop (
> > PC)
> > in another room in the house.  Same questions.. How do I best access the
> > images from a remote location?  What files must I access to make this
> > scenario work?  Ideally, I should be modifying the file on the office
> > computer so that I really only have 1 set of files in play.  I COULD use
> > the
> > external USB HDD if required as a temporary vehicle.. But this is less
> than
> > ideal.
> >
> >
> >
> > I could not be the only shmuck in the world that wants to do this...  So
> it
> > SHOULD be possible.  Figuring it out is what frustrates me..
> >
> > It WAS easier with contact sheets..
> >
> >
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> >
> > Red735i at verizon.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
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