[Leica] OT: Lightroom 3 book recommendations?

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

Bob, I am in the "no book needed" camp, that is one reason I like Lightroom 
so much. I am in the situation you describe--i.e. editing on the laptop and 
then transferring to the desktop when I get home--almost every time I 
travel, and I see no particular problem--what is the issue you are 
struggling with?

FWIW, my procedure is this (based on my recent trip to the Netherlands):

DURING THE TRIP:
1) Create a new LR catalog on the laptop 
2) Copy SD card to the computer, import the RAW files as DNGs into the LR 
catalog created in step 1
3) Do my edits etc. in Lightroom, just as I do when I am at home--this is 
why I frequently post trip pictures while still on the trip.
4) Just before starting the journey home, copy the RAW dump and the LR 
library and images onto a USB stick or my iPod. This has the benefit of 
providing a backup in case something happens to the laptop during the 
voyage, and also providing a transfer medium when I get home.

AT HOME:
5) Connect the transfer medium from step 4 to the iMac and copy the images 
to their normal destinations
6) Open LR on the iMac and do a IMPORT FROM CATALOG from the travel catalog.

That's it. 

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA







On Jul 9, 2011, at 1:41 AM, Robert Baron wrote:

>> 
>> 
> Does either of these books contain a good guide to using LR to review, edit
> and adjust on a laptop when in the field and then moving same to a desktop
> when back home?
> 
> I've been cruising the various LR forii on this subject and every poster
> seems to have a different idea of the 'right' way to do it.
> 
> --Bob (heading for the field)
> 
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