Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You can Import as Catalog and then merge the catalogs. That's the easiest way I've found. Tina On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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=5a1bc0a2-f8d9-4117-e725-050f1b55a0c4> www.tinamanley.com http://socialdocumentary.net/photographer/tinamanley http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/