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

[Tina Manley]

You can Import as Catalog and then merge the catalogs.  That's the easiest
way I've found.

Tina

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>
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