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 Posted: Thu Aug 1st, 2013 04:01
jk



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Q1. I use LR5 as my catalog DAM.
I put the catalog on the drive where all the images live. So if I use LR to access local file the I just make a new catalog which I can delete easily. The main catalog on the networked drive is accessible from all machines. I copy all new folders of files onto the network drive as soon as I download from the camera.
If i wan to sync I just sync the xmp files which are tiny. This way if I edit in PS, LR, but not Bibble/ASP or Capture One then I have all my changes and especially any metadata changes. in fact some metadata changes om CO, PS, LR and Bibble5/ASP are all freely exchanged for EXIF changes or catalogs.
The latest version 7.1.3 of CO allows sharing of catalogs with LR but it is still very new and since I dont use the CO catalogs only sessions.

Q2 So much more - Actions, proper layer editing. That is more than enough to stop me using LR except for trivial edits if at all.


Woof, woof.



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