Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wade, Any information on whether Lightroom (Or CS3 for that matter) work in Vista? Capture One LE Does Not. Bill in Denver -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bill=photobynelsch.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bill=photobynelsch.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Wade Heninger Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 2:33 PM To: LUG Leica; Brian Reid Subject: Re: [Leica] Lightroom & Bridge The way I use LR is to copy all images to a location and then import them. The files stay in a folder directory in the locaiton you specify. The DB will then import them and maintain a cache of them like Bridge. They are there and available for Bridge to see/edit with ACR and the settings are shared between the two tools. That said, it is a database manager and not just a file browser and if you don't use the import from card feature, you'll have to tell LR about the files if you use other apps/the finder to move them around. > * If you move files inside LR folders the same files will also be > moved on disk. Never done this. I import them and then use the collections feature to manage them. Not an issue for me. > * If you move files out of the folders that are mirrored in LR with > other tools LR will find these image originals missing and allows to > re-link them. True. It will keep everything it knows about it and then if you ask for the image it will ask where you put it. It isn't a magician, but it will update the rest if you update one. Pretty painless. > * If you add files to the original folders from the outside LR won't > see them unless you import the files. True. It will ignore duplicates if you re-import the entire folder. Pretty painless. As to Jim's comments: > That is the conclusion I came to after trying both LR and Elements 5.0. > After working on an image in LR, I could not do a "Save As" and put it > back in the original folder. I was forced to export it to a special > folder. I prefer Elements 5.0 in this respect. I'm not sure why one would want to create another copy next to the original if you work with Raw properly. With lightroom you can create a "virtual copy" of the image with different Raw settings. You can then stack them together. Saves disk space and lets you work as you want. You can also edit in photoshop and ask that it creates a new file alongside the original (with or without LR settings). You can also stack this together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w a d e h e n i n g e r u s e r e x p e r i e n c e a d o b e s y s t e m s , i n c _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information