Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina do you find you need to export the HDD images from your trip that have been edited as a catalogue, and then import the catalogue to the at home/final destination? I have found that I lose edits when I just import the images themselves. Thanks, Bob On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > Scenario #1 is what I do all the time. I import photos to a portable hard > drive when I'm traveling, work on them, and then import them to my main > catalog when I get home. > > Scenario #2 you would just import the photos from the hard drive into your > catalog. The photos are never actually moved. They are just added to your > catalog in LR. If you want to disconnect that hard drive but still view > your photos, you can tell LR to make Smart Previews which take up more room > on the hard drive where your catalog lives, but the photos are still not > moved. They stay wherever they were when you accessed them. You can load > LR on two separate computers with no problems. The catalogs will be the > same. If you want to use more than two computers (when you travel maybe) , > you can sign out on one computer and sign in on another one. The program > is not removed or changed. Sign back in when you have finished using the > third or forth computer. > > Hope this helps. > > Tina > > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> > wrote: > > > If I wanted to use LR CC in the following situations, #1, is it > possible? > > #2, What Image and sidebar and catalog files do I need to put where to > make > > this work...? > > > > > > > > > > > > Scenario #1... I am on a trip. I have a PC with me. I take images and > > wish to review them and sort out the bad ones in LR CC while on the road. > > The images will be located on a USB HDD ( Downloaded from the SD Card.) > > When I get home I wish to merge them into my master file on my desktop PC > > with all edits intact. ( I think this is what the merge catalog function > > is > > used for.?). > > > > > > > > Scenario #2 ( and not mutually exclusive to the first scenario...) I am > > home. My PC computer is on a home WIFI network, located in my office. > > All > > my images are on that computer. I have a backup USB HDD with the same > > images on it that I COULD use. I wish to edit my images from a Laptop ( > > PC) > > in another room in the house. Same questions.. How do I best access the > > images from a remote location? What files must I access to make this > > scenario work? Ideally, I should be modifying the file on the office > > computer so that I really only have 1 set of files in play. I COULD use > > the > > external USB HDD if required as a temporary vehicle.. But this is less > than > > ideal. > > > > > > > > I could not be the only shmuck in the world that wants to do this... So > it > > SHOULD be possible. Figuring it out is what frustrates me.. > > > > It WAS easier with contact sheets.. > > > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > Frank Filippone > > > > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley > http:// > < > http://t.sidekickopen35.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=737b5007-1906-49a5-a43c-a75e722a1749 > > > www.tinamanley.com > http://socialdocumentary.net/photographer/tinamanley > http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler www.robertadlerphotography.com