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

Thu Feb 18 17:32:29 PST 2016

There’s a video from Julianne Kost about how to do this on her blog. I think it was about 2 months ago. You’d have to search for it.

She walks through the entire set of steps about moving a catalog from a laptop to the primary desktop computer.

By importing from a catalog you keep any collection information you may have made.

Amazingly I found the entry: <http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/2015/04/exporting-images-from-lightroom.html>

It’s for LR 4 but the process is identical for LR CC (after the update)

Adam

> On Feb 18, 2016, at 12:32 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> 
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