Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lightroom beta 4.1 does work quite well in Vista. Particularly with 2 gig's of RAM and a dual core processor. :) 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: Sunday, February 04, 2007 6:00 PM To: LUG Leica Subject: Re: [Leica] Lightroom & Bridge - Vista compatible? I ran dev builds on Vista for a few weeks - I had some issues, but was never sure if they were LR or Vista problems. The release version is being tested just as much on vista as XP or X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 On 2/3/07 9:46 PM, "Bill" <Bill@photobynelsch.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information