[Leica] iView Media Pro

[robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron)]

===On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>
wrote:

> I don't think there is any way to import from Media Pro to LR but if the
> files are on your computer, you can just import them directly and check to
> include all of the metadata.  That should import any changes and ratings
> that you did in MP.
>

Thanks for the advice.  This will give me something else to do on a
too-hot-to-go-anywhere Sunday afternoon.


>
> I actually have two LR catalogs - one Archive with everything except this
> year's photos, and one 2014 for the files I've taken this year and am
> working on.  That one is really fast since it has many less files than
> Archive.
>

Do you then merge the 2014 catalog into the Archive catalog at the end of
the year?


>
> Good luck!
>
> Tina
>

Thanks,

--Bob



>
>
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > ====On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Tina Manley <images at 
> > comporium.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I used Media Pro from the time it used to be iView.  The advantage is
> > that
> > > you can search through all catalogs and you can have several catalogs
> > open
> > > at the same time.  The disadvantage is that they are very slow to
> upgrade
> > > to new formats and it doesn't play well with DNG files.  Mine is also
> > slow
> > > and crashes often. I have almost abandoned it in favor of LR which is
> > much
> > > faster but can only open one catalog at a time.  You can get around
> that
> > by
> > > only having one catalog ;-)
> > >
> > > Tina
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > I had forgot about this program, which I think at one time went by 'iView
> > Media Pro'.  I think I may have a number of image files in it somewhere.
> >  Is there a way to import all that directly into my one LR catalog?
> >
> > I know some people keep different LR catalogs but many of the experts
> seem
> > to suggest keeping just one.
> >
> > --Bob
> >
> >