[Leica] OT: Quick LR2 tip? How to import?

[leica at web-options.com (Bob W)]

I should have referenced that book properly. It's

The Photoshop Lightroom Workbook 
Seth Resnick & Jamie Spritzer
Focal Press, 2009 (sic) 
978-0-240-81067-6

It's the most useful LR book I've seen. 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Photoshop-Lightroom-Workbook-Workflow-Workslow/dp/02
40810678/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229298508&sr=1-1

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of Bob W
> Sent: 14 December 2008 23:43
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: Quick LR2 tip? How to import?
> 
> You can import photos into the Lightroom catalogue and tell 
> Lightroom to
> keep them where they currently are, rather than have it move 
> them elsewhere.
> It's an option on the import dialogue.
> 
> Don't get too hung up on your existing folder. It's best to 
> keep it as flat
> and as simple as possible and let Lightroom do the work for you.
> 
> I have 3 folders - Camera raw, Scanner raw and one for jpegs 
> from other
> sources such as my phone. I really only need one. All the 
> information you've
> coded into your folder structure is held in the LR catalogue 
> and it makes us
> of it for fast searching.
> 
> The book The Photoshop Lightroom Workbook gives pretty good 
> guidance about
> this stuff, and much else besides.
> 
> Bob  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org 
> > [mailto:lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org] On 
> > Behalf Of Richard Man
> > Sent: 14 December 2008 23:28
> > To: lug@leica-users.org
> > Subject: [Leica] OT: Quick LR2 tip? How to import?
> > 
> > I broke down and got LR2. I think for the time being, I will 
> > maintain my
> > folder structure, e.g.
> > 
> > d:\photos\E-3\2008\dec\...
> > 
> > with subdirs for different cameras and different months and 
> > years. Should I
> > have LR2 to just import photos from the top level dir? e.g. 
> > d:\photos? What
> > if I add more files to the subdirs? Do I do a re-import or 
> > some kind of
> > synchronization command?
> > 
> > Or would it be better if I create different catalogs for 
> > different things,
> > e.g. may be by the "E-3" subdir etc.?
> > 
> > What are the best practices?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com
> > // b: http://richardfman.wordpress.com
> > 
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