Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]yes and so far as i know nothing changd in the files other than that they are now referenced by another catalog On Feb 2, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > Are you using File menu > Import from Another Catalog to move the photos to > the other catalog? > > Tina > > > On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 12:18 PM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote: > >> i'm trying this strategy and have a worry >> >> imported yesterday's images into slimmed "current" >> >> later imported additions from "current" to "full" catalog of several years >> images. >> >> did not duplicate image files, left them in the same arachive folder >> >> now all those images (in current) are showing metadata change warnings >> asking if it should overwrite or import >> >> nothing has changed except they were included in a different catalog >> >> what should i do? >> is it unavaoidable? >> >> ric >> >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 2, 2014, at 10:34 AM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote: >> >>> i've just stated trying something like that. >>> >>> my LR catalog was getting slow as the devil to open or search >>> >>> I'm trying annual catalogs plus current which is last year and this year >> so far plus one slow open master with everything >>> >>> keeping those older annuals up to date is one concern i'm having now >>> >>> ric >>> >>> >>> >>> On Feb 2, 2014, at 9:16 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, Peter - Just the fact that you can't open more than one catalog at a >>>> time. If you know what year a particular photo was made, you would only >>>> have to open that one catalog, but if you need to search (which I often >>>> do), you cannot search across several catalogs. My plan, recommended by >>>> Peter Krogh, is to have one catalog for Archive photos - anything made >>>> before this year - and one catalog for the current year. The current >> year >>>> catalog would be much smaller and would normally be the one that I'm >>>> working on most of the time. The smaller catalog would be faster to >> work >>>> on and the Archive catalog would be for searching anything I've already >>>> keyworded and filed. >>>> >>>> Tina >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Tina, >>>>> >>>>> I am only just starting to work with LR and am thinking about how I >> might >>>>> handle >>>>> my stuff (which is nothing like as big as yours of course!) I thought >> that >>>>> I >>>>> might split the Archive up by years. Is there any reason that you can't >>>>> split up >>>>> into more than two? >>>>> >>>>> Peter >>>>> >>>>> On 31/01/2014 14:43, Tina Manley wrote: >>>>>> PESO: >>>>>> >>>>>> I haven't commented on photos lately because I can't get to them. My >>>>> main >>>>>> computer is tied up with LR. After reading Peter Krogh's latest book >> on >>>>>> digital management, I decided to divide my photos into two LR catalogs >>>>>> instead of one huge one. I made one for Archive photos and kept the >>>>>> original catalog for Current photos. That part went fine. Then I >> had to >>>>>> remove all of the Archive photos from the the Current catalog. LR >> worked >>>>>> on it for two days, I left it working when I went to Charleston. >> When I >>>>>> came back it was 88% finished, but I got a notice that my computer was >>>>>> dangerously low on memory and was shutting down. I had to start all >> over >>>>>> again. Now it's been working for three days and is 85% finished. I >> have >>>>>> shut down everything else on the computer, including e-mail. I'm >> using >>>>> my >>>>>> little Acer netbook for e-mail. LR is using 99% of the physical >> memory - >>>>>> 8GB. I had over 500,000 photos in the one catalog and am trying to >>>>> remove >>>>>> 175,000. I guess I should have done it in smaller amounts. >>>>>> >>>>>> The Acer is too small and slow to look at photos, but I'll catch up >>>>> someday. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any suggestions besides throwing the computer out the window would be >>>>>> greatly appreciated. I can't even download the photos I took in >>>>>> Charleston!! >>>>>> >>>>>> Tina >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> =========================================================== >>>>> Dr Peter Dzwig >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Tina Manley >>>> http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information