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What are best practices for using Lightroom libraries?
How do you organize your lightroom library (libraries)?
Since I am a casual photographer, I have a single huge library with all my photos in it. Then I create smart collections to be able to find my ...
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How many images can a Lightroom catalog really handle?
I read here that Lightroom V3 Catalogs can handle lots of images, but the largest database anyone mentioned was 60k. Meh! ;)
I currently have over 300k RAW + 200k JPEGs (from days long gone) clocking ...
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How does Lightroom store data about photos?
I've seen numerous mentions of Lightroom's database, or catalog, and having to back it up. Being used to Bridge and Camera Raw, I'm accustomed to seeing sidecar .xmp files alongside my RAW files. ...
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Can Lightroom and Photoshop Elements share catalog info?
I like Photoshop Elements 10 cataloguing abilities to find people and objects in photos. I own Lightroom but managing a 30k plus catalog is hard and would appreciate the consumer friendly version in ...
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Should I add my exported photos to my Lightroom catalog?
After processing my RAW files in Lightroom, I often export JPGs to give to people or to post online. I create these files in a directory structure under an \Export top level directory. I'm trying to ...
