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Subject: [Leica] TECH - HELP : LR experts' advice (much) needed - RIC
From: cartersxrd at gmail.com (CartersXRd)
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2021 16:42:16 -0500
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i used dng with LR and I think it wrote the info to the file itself

but maybe they?re invisible mto me

ric





> On Feb 28, 2021, at 4:00 PM, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Ric - I asked him to do so before I posted on the lug.
> 
> I?ll see what turns up.
> 
> The main suspects at the time I?m typing are the xmp files, have they got 
> lost, forever?
> 
> 
> The whole thing is confusing, and distance and languages don?t help speed 
> up the process. We?re working step by step as a result :-)
> 
> Thanks again
> 
> Amities
> 
> Philippe
> 
> 
> 
>> Le 28 f?vr. 2021 ? 21:51, RicCarter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a 
>> ?crit :
>> 
>> ?optimize catalog? might be worth a try also
>> 
>> ric
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 28, 2021, at 2:34 PM, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I?m trying to help one of us on the lists to solve a problem with LR and 
>>> would hate myself if I gave him wrong advice that might cause the loss 
>>> of some, or all, of his precious stuff.
>>> 
>>> He?s using LR6 (not that different from the LR CLassic I?m using from 
>>> what I see).
>>> He says he lost the adjustments he made to about 20,000 files ? (tough!)
>>> The RAWs, DNGs are still on his computer disks.
>>> Oh yes, he?s an I-Mac guy.
>>> 
>>> I asked him when he lost them, and how, but he doesn?t know.
>>> I also conducted to check if he still had the previous saved catalogs on 
>>> his HD. He does, back to three years ago, which gives me some hope.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> My thought is that if he created a new catalog.
>>> Then import both his current catalog, and the older ones (or the oldest 
>>> one) into this newly created catalog, he might (might) retrieve some of 
>>> the adjustments (edits) he?d painstainkingly made over time, and enjoy 
>>> his latest works as well.
>>> 
>>> What do you think of this somewhat non pro and makeshift procedure ?
>>> 
>>> Please, do not derail or hijack this thread, things are already somewhat 
>>> complex on my end to try to figure out what might help a real photog who 
>>> highly deserves it.
>>> 
>>> Thanks a zillion in anticipation
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Be all well, and stay so.
>>> 
>>> Amities
>>> 
>>> Philippe
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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