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• Catalogs and Collections?  Which is the correct way / better to organize a large library of images?

  Hi all

  I decided to spend time in organizing and creating a backup decent system for my personal iibrary of images which is about 500Gig.

  I used CaptureOne for years, but to do research the best software to use for this purpose, decided to jump in the use of Lightroom.

  I am now reasonably confident with the basics of importing and creating catalogs / folders / Collections etc., but there seems to be a slight fracture on how people break there images using these tools.

  Some people recommend that this is done by creating multiple catalogs is to say every year or even by use / event because it prevents LR latecomers under duress of a large portfolio.   Others say to keep catalogs to an absolute minimum and sort all Collections projects instead.

  I am sure that there is no absolute right and wrong and a lot is probably down to personal preferences, but can I ask the community if you would mind throwing some advantages and disadvantages of each method please?

  Many thanks for any help

  John was soon

  Some people recommend that this is done by creating multiple catalogs is to say every year or even by employment

  It is a horrible idea which defeats the entire purpose of the Lightroom library Module. Any who recommend what needs to explain how it is preferable, because it isn't better somehow, in my opinion.

  If you have multiple catalogs, you can not search for your set of photos. You find not all photos with particular metadata, you can find the photos with this metadata in a catalog.

  because this would prevent late LR under the constraint of a major portfolio

  A problem that does not exist. People in this area and other forums report catalogs more 500 000 pictures works well.

  Others say to keep catalogs to an absolute minimum and sort all Collections projects instead.

  Most people I know (including most of the people in this forum I've read) say to keep everything in a single catalog. Use keywords and other metadata, no collections, as your tool main body. Smart Collections are used as a mechanism of research (not a mechanism of "spell"). Regular collections are used to group the pictures together for a specific task, such as the creation of a book, slideshow, web page, etc. (again not a mechanism of "spell".

• Two computers OK, but where are the catalogs and collections?

  I guess I missed something here, but I'm new on this.

  I have an iMac desktop and a Windows 10 laptop. CC of Lightroom installed on both and both work well.

  But I don't think I understand this cloud thing. I assumed that I could create a catalog, collections slideshows etc. on my iMac. Then I could sign and go out with my Windows laptop. Then I

  could sign in Lightroom CC on my laptop and BOOM, there is all the stuff that I created on my iMac on my laptop via the cloud.

  I assumed that all the work that I do was preserved in a cloud of Lightroom, but I now think that I'm wrong. Am I?

  If so, how can I do things on my iMac, and then synchronize with my laptop Windows 10?

  Thank you.

  I assumed that all the work that I do was preserved in a cloud of Lightroom, but I now think that I'm wrong. Am I?

  Your work is usually saved on your local hard drive, unless you use the sync to work with Lightroom Mobile features.

  How do I synchronize Lightroom desktop and mobile application of Lightroom

  The part of the cloud of the cloud makes Adobe refers to the granting of licences where license controls are managed remotely by license Adobe Cloud servers.

  Software installs and runs locally. Œuvre produced by the software is saved locally, unless you choose to use Adobe Cloud storage or use the Lightroom Publishing Services.

  Lightroom catalogs and collections are stored locally.

  synchronization problems between 2 desktops

  Post in the Lightroom forum if you have any other questions.

• Catalogs and Collections

  Windows 7 and CS4 Production Premium, LR3, and Acrobat X I just got LR3.3 then this application is new to me. I currently use a non Adobe application for my image database management. My images are primarily associated with the work of genealogy saved as TIFF uncompressed. Right now I have 5716 files in 68 cases. It is organized as follows: the highest level is by family name (6 files). Each of these folders contain 9 other subfolders that represents the content of the image; for example, people, brothers and sisters, family, etc. Among the higher level folders is used to contain images that have many of the family name in the image. In addition to these genealogy records, there are other folders that contain pictures sorted according to certain characteristics, such as travel, scenic, trains, planes, etc. Using the current terms of the request, I maintain a catalog for each subfolder. This is a thumbnail of each image in this folder with the name and the description of IPTC caption 'title '. I make extensive use of IPTC metadata for each image: title, Description, title, keywords, and Instructions. I want to understand the LR3 catalogs and collections, and collections smart before you begin the transition to LR3. Q1: whenever I add a new image to my hard file storage folder, I have to add it manually to the LR catalog? With my current application, when a folder is selected in this application, it searches the folder changes and the new thumbnails are generated for new files. Q2: A smart collection seems built by keywords in the catalog in LR3 and the non-smart collection must be created manually from the LR3 catalog... Fix? Q3: When I create a collection of "key words" can parts of filename structure be included (not placed in metadata keyword) in building criteria? Q4: Thought to use a catalog in LR3 for my genealogy pictures and one for my non-genealogie images. Then use collections (chip or non-smart to determine) for each of my subfolders. His reasonable? Q5: Can I do a search on the catalog via keywords without a defined collection name? It would be a temporary Assembly of images only. Q6: Can I print the catalog, either a collection with the file name and IPTC (e.g., Headline) data under each thumbnail?

  What I wanted was to avoid a two-step process: place the image of the 'original' in a folder from the hard drive, then import in the catalog. I will maintain the architecture of the hard drive for several reason folder

  Well, this is not automatic, but after you put new images in your folder, when you launch lightroom, right - click the folder and "synchronize the folder.  He will review the matter and propose to add anything, there.   So at least you don't have to remember what are the images to add or not; a bit easier than to try to use the import dialog box.

  See you soon!

• To other catalogs of Collections with Lightroom

  Does anyone know if there is a way to move a collection to set a Lightroom Catalog to another Lightroom Catalog?

  My workflow is like this: I have all my image files contained in folders on my drive. My main work stream is to separate my images in collections and work from there.

  I have two different catalogs, that I worked, but I really want to work in a master catalog. However, I can't seem to find a way to transfer the collection sets with all my settings in a new catalog without physically moving the files. Is there a way to move the entire collection with its information, but not the files (and always linked to files on my disk?)

  I tried to export the collection as a catalog, and then import the catalog, but this way wants to move my files.

  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

  Thank you

  -Murphy

  I think (LR believes) that there are 48 images in this catalogue, but maybe you can't because you need to update? You may need to try the command synchronize folders on different folders (or folder ' root') and see if they appear. Clarify this point, and then try importing again. As I said, it worked like a charm on this end and did not move the originals.

• Catalog/Records/Collection panels self-aggrandizing ' collapse in the library module

  Lightroom 4.3, Mac OS X 10.7.5

  Maybe I'm just crazy today, but working in the library module, I swear I used to open the panels of catalogues, folders and Collections at the same time. Now, for example, I clicked on the records. So, to display the Collections Panel, I need to click on the arrow to the left of "Collections". Then I do. And Collections, at the same time automatically opens collapse folders. If I click on the left arrow to publish Services, he collapses Collections and opened Services to publish. "Navigator" is the only Panel I can keep open while one of the other is open.

  Does make sense? I accidentally press a key or spoil a preference or something? I just tried to move in a different catalog, and I've also updated to 4.3 (I was on the previous version, when I noticed this problem this morning) but the problem remains. Am I missing something really obvious?

  Never mind. I just thought of it by looking at two issues. Apparently, there's something called "Solo Mode" that does this. How I accidentally activated, I don't know. To resolve this problem, you just right-click on any dark section of a Panel and uncheck the "solo mode" option in the dropdown menu drop-down. I use Lightroom for years, and I'm still discovering things I didn't know.

  Thank you!

• Is there a way to filter only the missing files in a folder from catalog or collection?

  I don't think that there is nothing more to say on this one.

  If you go to the catalog tab and choose all the photographs and then run the menu command, you will see the number of missing photos in the catalogue (image below)

  

  You will still need to re - connect to them. But if you moved the entire folder the file will have a question mark after the name. You right-click on the folder name and choose the location of the update folder. Then navigate to where you place the folder and LR updates links to all images in this folder.

  See the link below for more information.

  http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm

• How does Lightroom 5 update affect existing collections of Revel published in my LR catalog?

  Hello

  I currently use the plug-in Lightroom 4 Revel to publish collections of Revel. If I understand correctly, the Revel plug-in is more included in Lightroom 5 but must be downloaded and installed separately. This isn't a problem, but I wonder what will happen to my existing Revel collections that I published in Lightroom 4 when I update my library Lightroom 5.

  If the plugin LR4 is disabled or uninstalled the LR5 upgrade so I guess my Revel collections created in the LR4 will not be migrated to LR5 (given that the Revel plug-in is not installed in the LR5 during the upgrade process, but must be installed afterwards). This probably means that the relationship between collections of Revel in my catalog and collections in the cloud of Revel will be lost. Is this correct? If so, will the collections Revel automatically re-created in LR5 once I have installed the plug-in and log in to Revel? Or do I have to recreate all Revel in LR5 collections manually so that they are found again in the cloud of Revel?

  Kind regards

  Mark

  Hi Mark,

  When you update your catalog Lightroom 4 to 5 of Lightroom, the Revel publish collections will be intact.  However, you must install and activate the plugin Revel in Lightroom 5 until you can access your collections to publish.  Once you have the plugin set up, you can continue working with your collections as you did in Lightroom 4.  You will not need to recreate the collections.

  Becky

• "Of LR Mobile" different Collections between 2 PCs

  I have CC Lightroom installed on 1) my desktop and laptop) 2 and both are PCs with Windows installed 10.  Collections under "Lightroom Mobile" should not be the same between my desktop PC and laptop because I am connected to Lightroom CC on both computers?

  However, they are not. I understand that the content will be different, because computers use the catalog located on-site. However, since Collections "Of LR Mobile" are supposed to sync with all my devices, I thought they were supposed to be identical. :

  KostFan2 wrote:

  LR Mobile is synchronize collections (more than 10) on the computer with multiple devices (iPad & iPhone).

  What does that mean ^.

  Right, you can synchronize multiple mobile devices with a catalog on a single computer and have several collections in sync between multiple mobile devices and a catalog on a single computer.

  LR Mobile never had to synchronize catalogs or collections between several desktops / laptop. Even if you were to use the same exact catalog on each of your mobile computers LR would only synchronize with one of them.

• Lost Moose Lightroom Catalog

  I did something in the library.  It seems that I have a new library, but it has none of my old files, catalogs or collections.  What I've done and how to fix

  It seems that you have inadvertently created a new catalog.

  Go to file > open recent, must be registered with your original catalog.

• Export comments to Gallery online Lightroom to a new catalog

  My old LR catalog had collections that have been synchronized with Lightroom Online. My clients put comments on their pictures, including synchronized with my old catalog. I create a new catalog with some of the old pictures that have comments. I want to keep the comments on the images in my new catalogue, if possible.

  Does anyone know if this is possible?

  Thanks advance!

  Dustin

  All comments provided by LR Web / Mobile and other services like Flickr edition are enclosed in the LR catalog, unfortunately. It is not currently sort out, other than manually by copying and pasting.  For example you could right click on the comment in the comments Panel, select copy, then paste the comment in the caption box (but the author and the date/time of the comment will be not glued).

  Not even plugins can access the comments.  Overall, the comments have the feel of an unfinished feature added for commercial purposes.

• Upgrade from Lightroom 6? Transfer of catalog?

  My catalog and collections, I have currently in Lightroom 5 automatically will transfer when I download Lightroom 6?

  TIA, Don

  Hello

  Yes because soon you will launch Lightroom 6 it will be updated from the 5 Lightroom Catalog and save it as a copy.

  And all your collections and the changes that you made on the images will be delayed.

  Thank you

• Created a new catalog in Lightroom 3 and all my files/folders are "gone".

  Of course, I'm pretty new with Lightroom, but I am quite at a loss to explain what happened.  I wanted to create a new catalog to move files in.  I went to file > new catalog, and then "create a folder with the new catalog" dialog box, I typed in my new name and press "Save".  Boom.  Lightroom closed right.  When I opened upward, all my folders and catologs disappeared.  Nothing is displayed in the navigation section of the left side, other than securities, "Catalogs", "Files", "Collections", etc and they are empty.  In 'My Computer' all the files are still there with the DNG files in place, but LR will not show them to me.  Can someone please explain to me why I can access is no longer my catalogs?  I hope it is something simple that I just keep overlooking...

  If Lightroom shuts down accidentally (computer crash, Lightroom crash, power failure) a .lock file is usually left. There are good reasons why the database creates this locking file, which I won't get in, but basically impossible to open your file catalog again until the .lock file is deleted from the hard drive.

  Recommended... some people write metadata in files, others do not. It certainly isn't a necessary step. I think that the main advantage to do this, if you want to share photos with other users of Adobe products that can read the changes (LR, PS, bridge or PSE); or if you want to share other metadata (keywrods, legends, location, etc.) in the file with other people or other applications that can read these other metadata. There is therefore, no recommended way to go, there is only the way that fits your needs. The main tool to protect you against the loss of data is the Catalog backup, as there are a few things in the catalog that are never written in the metadata.

  If you want to use as your first photographic application, Lightroom I advice to look at some of the many videos on Lightroom that are available online. I would also advise against Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski, as (according to me), their opinion is often off of the brand or simply bad advice.

• Different versions LR compatibility?

  Hello!

  I just received a draft classification of the old photos together... the person I'm cela for using Lightroom v651.  I've got 4 Lightroom and Lightroom CC online version.  If I created a catalog and collections and so is he, that we will be able to view the as each other work or maybe even work in the same catalog regardless of the different versions?

  Thank you!

  Lightroom is not backward compatible.

  Catalogs from Lightroom 6 can only be read in Lightroom 4.

• I do not understand the structure of files in lightroom

  I use ligtroom for a little while now, and I never really took the time to try to understand the structure of files in lightroom. Looking at it now, I'm totally confused.

  I'm on vacation and take tons of pictures and their import to my laptop (and an external hard drive).

  Since my trip is coming to an end, I'm wondering how to transfer all these catalogs to my office when I get home. Without messing up all the files that are already there.

  So I start looking at my Lightroom folders in my documents, and I like lightroom 6 6 develop records, 2 6 lightroom develop files previews.irdata, which I am unable to open and have no idea what is in them.

  And I have a folder on my desktop called new lightroom 6, which has a file called lightroom 6 in which has all my latest pix.

  How to consolidate this mess when I know not what is half of the files because I can't open most of them?

  Small question is - how to get catalogs and collections of my computer laptop lightroom app to my desktop lightroom app?

  Thank you

  Lightroom does not really use a file structure, it's a database.

  The photos must be in a folder somewhere in your operating system, and when you import a photo into Lightroom, the location of the actual folder and file name is entered in the Lightroom database, so now Lightroom knows where your photo.

  Now, I don't know it that all of these folders on your computer that you describe. You'll have to sort this possibility, somehow, perhaps by opening each folder Lightroom (not in your operating system) to see the benefits. Now, when you look in your operating system, you must find all the folders that contain pictures of Lightroom (you just find these files in the previous sentence), as well as the folder that contains your catalog and presets and preferences file. The default locations for these things and instructions to move your installation of Lightroom to another computer, are here: How can I move a computer to a new Lightroom?