Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/24

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Subject: [Leica] Lightroom advice
From: dlr at dlridings.se (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Sat Mar 24 06:21:52 2007
References: <46052D5A.8070002@dlridings.se> <46053253.6030704@wanadoo.nl>

Thanks!

This is Lighzone's strong side ... so many + and - ...

Daniel

Michiel Fokkema wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> It is possible but not ideal.
> Look 
> here:http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/lighroom-illuminated.shtml
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Michiel Fokkema
> 
> Daniel Ridings wrote:
>> I'm starting to feel like I will be using Lightroom for most things 
>> and have it go out to Lightzone for the things Lightzone is best at. 
>> (Lightroom is best at more things).
>>
>> But a practical issue.
>>
>> I now loaded my raw scans into the library (about 115 gb).
>>
>> (I've been testing printing from Lightroom ... works very nicely).
>>
>> Anyway ... I want to tag all my scans with keywords etc.
>>
>> I was planning on doing a lot of this time consuming stuff on train 
>> rides. I sit on the train for hours each week and this would be a nice 
>> way to pass the time.
>>
>> So I would be working on a laptop.
>>
>> But I want things available on my desktop too.
>>
>> What do I need to think of if I want to use an external harddisk to 
>> let my library live on for these scans. The "editing" file that is 
>> separate from the raw tiff ... does it contain absolute paths to the 
>> tiff file that is going to be edited?
>>
>> Or is the editing file stored in the same directory as the original 
>> file and thereby use relative paths?
>>
>> I don't want to paint myself into a corner.
>>
>> Thanks for advice or your experiences with administering libraries in 
>> Lightroom.
>>
>> Daniel
>>

In reply to: Message from dlr at dlridings.se (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] Lightroom advice)
Message from michiel.fokkema at wanadoo.nl (Michiel Fokkema) ([Leica] Lightroom advice)