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

Adam Bridge abridge683 at fastmail.com
Thu Feb 18 17:41:50 PST 2016


I was too quick on passing along a link. 

here’s the blog post I was thinking of: <http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/2015/11/merging-lightroom-catalogs.html>

The other is good too, but this is precisely on task.

Adam

> On Feb 18, 2016, at 5:32 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge683 at fastmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Tina Manley
>>>> http://
>>>> <
>>>> 
>>> http://t.sidekickopen35.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=737b5007-1906-49a5-a43c-a75e722a1749
>>>>> 
>>>> www.tinamanley.com
>>>> http://socialdocumentary.net/photographer/tinamanley
>>>> http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/
>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
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>>> www.robertadlerphotography.com
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Tina Manley
>> http://
>> <http://t.sidekickopen35.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=5a1bc0a2-f8d9-4117-e725-050f1b55a0c4>
>> www.tinamanley.com
>> http://socialdocumentary.net/photographer/tinamanley
>> http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/
>> 
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