[Leica] How do folks manage catalogs in Lightroom?

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i’m just backwards from tina

work from a full catalog on one drobo

backup catalogs for each year on a second drobo

ric




> On May 23, 2018, at 7:49 PM, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> I have two catalogs.  One is Archival which includes everything except this
> year.  The other is Current which is what I've taken this year.  The
> Archival catalog is huge and so a little slower.  That doesn't usually
> matter since I'm using that mainly for searching and posting what has
> already been edited.  The Current catalog is very small and fast which is
> good because it's what I'm working on and editing now.
> 
> I've read several books on LR cataloging and how to manage it and this is
> the system I use.  It works.
> 
> Keywords are always a good thing ;-)
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 7:39 PM, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> I’m wondering about how Lightroom users here manage catalogs.
>> 
>> Is it 1) one catalog for everything
>>     2) a catalog a year
>>     3) something else?
>> 
>> Even with the “new/improved/faster” Lightroom my large catalog is getting
>> a bit unwieldy. But I find I browse past photos looking for a particular
>> image. Since Tina got me reved up on keywording (thanks for that, Tina)
>> being able to look through ALL my photos works well.
>> 
>> Thoughts?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Adam
>> 
>> 
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