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| Posted: Sat Jun 23rd, 2012 20:36 |
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richw
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There are two ways this problem can happen. The first is if the drive on which the pictures are kept is 'Offline' i.e. it's an external hard drive or network attached. If you reconnect the drive and then come out of the image you are in look at something else, go back and all should be well. The second way this problem might occur is if you have moved images or changed folder structures using something other than Lightroom. You should avoid doing this, but if you have not all is lost as long as you can find the image on your hard drive. Doing this the locate trick will re-map that image and any others where the same path issue exists. If you right click on an image there is an option that states 'Show in Explorer' that shows you where the image was meant to be and is a good place to start. You can use the windows search for file function and put in the file name (which you can see in Lightroom). Most times find one and the rest will sort themselves out unless you have done a major restructure outside of Lightroom. If you want to move images around best way is drag and drop in the Lightroom File structure, this will keep everything mapped.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24th, 2012 07:07 |
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Ric
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Robert and Rich, Thank you for the explanation. I get it. I do have an external hard drive. I will see if that file is in there. Thanks again, Ric
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| Posted: Fri Jul 6th, 2012 05:18 |
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Bob Bowen
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LR4 brilliant for imaging processing but tortuous for filing IMHO. Now if you could switch off the catalogue bit and have the ease of access of Photomechanic to a folder then good to me
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| Posted: Fri Jul 6th, 2012 05:19 |
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Bob Bowen
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Oop's sorry for the triple post but nothing seemed to happen after the first click.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 6th, 2012 09:13 |
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Robert
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Sorted Bob! I like the DAM aspect, although PhotoMechanic may be better, I don't know. I can find a particular image pretty quickly if I need to and that's all I want. I find the keywording reasonable although I think it could be improved. Some sort of algorithm to help it learn which keywords go together and which don't from history shouldn't be too difficult. There is a pattern there, it's just extracting the core data then making use of it. If I have selected for example 'lake' and 'boat' for the last 50 images it should be able to cope with 'reflections' or 'sail' on a couple of images without completely loosing the plot. (Which it does.) It should be capable of building a list of associated keywords behind the scenes, which it should make available once a pattern develops. Although I do find it interesting to analyse which lenses I use and break down by camera etc.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 8th, 2012 02:53 |
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Doug
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Robert wrote:OK When in the Finder (or Windows Explorer) you can keep images wherever you like (even multiple internal, external and network drives if you like) but when it comes to importing photos it's best to organize by event and/or date - nothing else (unless you like life to be complicated) As Robert says a problem arises when you try and organize by file type, ie. what happens if you have a beautiful landscape photo which includes a racetrack or similar? Do you put the photo into both folders? What happens when you edit one and then later find the unedited version from the other folder and spend time and energy recreating a similar copy. Mac and PC file systems just don't support photographers needs in this scenario and this is why programs like Lightroom can be so helpful since it is very easy to have a photo in any number of different albums which act very much like folders without the need for duplicates I would recommend that anyone unfamiliar with managing their photos just 'walk the corridors' to familiarize themselves with what is possible Try copying a couple of thousand assorted images to an external drive where you don't care if they are lost, corrupted or disorganised Create a new empty catalog then experiment with importing using 'add' then delete the catalog and repeat using 'move, Delete some images using remove then reimport by right clicking on the folder and using 'synchronize' Select some images and create an album choosing 'selected images' 'with virtual copies' repeat without selecting virtual copies Move images from 'library' to an album, repeat with the same images and see how the album doesn't add them twice Create multiple albums and note how the albums grow and how the library grows (or doesn't) Delete images from 'library' and see how you are warned and that they disappear from all albums, and note what happens in the finder when you choose 'remove' versus 'delete' (right click an image and choose 'show in finder' so the folder is open and you can check the file count as images are deleted) Add keywords in grid mode to groups of images then create smart albums that reference those keywords Note how smart albums automatically grow as these keywords are added to new images Note functions like 'show in library', 'show in album' Experiment with renaming folders in the left side column when in grid mode, add parent folders, add new folders - notice how new folders actually appear in the finder immediately and that deleting empty folders makes them disappear from the finder while deleting folders with images (and even other types of file which are not in Lightroom) does not delete the folder Experiment with roundtripping into photoshop and watch where the images can go Try exporting both with and without add to library Once you play this all becomes quite obvious and it's easy to learn because there is no fear of losing any images due to the fact that these are all worthless copies anyway Lightroom has it's flaws (no ability to sort by image size, no ability to search for 'missing' images, tendency to get bogged down with moots of images on slower drives etc), but it is far more powerful than most seem to believe and I think it is the best choice for those who would struggle to learn the concepts of a full and complete DAM solution
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