Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Daniel Ridings wrote: >On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 10:37 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu> >wrote: > > > >>2) Import the images into Lightroom, with the "convert to DNG" option. I >>have a default directory which is the destination for those DNG files. >> >> > >This is where we work differently. I don't have a default directory. I >have a directory for every year and under that directory, >subdirectories for each month of the year. > > > you don't need that with LR, it does it for you follow Nathan's method, but just use a large enough HD, no trees and roots or inherited reflexes from MS DOS, and everything will be fine for a loooong time phx >So you only had to specify one time where you wanted things. I have to >change it every month, and believe me, it is frustrating. > >Some of it has to do with what Brian mentioned, the way LR works >asynchronously. It is not self-evident if LR will create a directory >in the one you have chosen or if it will just dump the DNG files >there. If you get it right the first time and then always use that as >a default, things should be fine. But when I change it every month ... >it gets messy. > >The real mess starts when you end up with a subdirectory you didn't >want, but which is at the right level, and you decide the delete the >one you wanted to have your images in and then rename the one where >they really ended up (inherited from the CF/SD card) to what you >really wanted (08Aug08, for example). I've never found the option for >renaming folders in LR. But it's been months since I tried. > >Daniel > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >