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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 do you move a Lightroom catalog from one HD to another?
I recently got a new Hard Drive, much larger than my previous one. I'm wanting to move my entire library to the new HD, but I'm not seeing an easy way to do it. Can anyone out there offer me some help ...
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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 ...
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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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Is there anything to watch out for when upgrading Lightroom 3 to 4?
If I decided to take the plunge and upgrade from LR3 to LR4, does LR4 manage the migration of my catalogs for me automatically, when opening it for first time? Are there any things that break or that ...
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How to prevent Lightroom's preview folder from growing large?
I'm currently transferring my Lightroom catalog from my laptop to my new desktop PC. I decided to copy both the catalog file itself and the preview files (folder Lightroom 3 Catalog Previews.lrdata). ...
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Moving Lightroom catalog from PC to Macbook using Google Drive
I recently bought a new macbook pro and I'd like to move my existing Lightroom catalog which is on a PC over onto the Macbook. I have a 100gb Google drive account which I think I should be able to ...
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Best way to Re-Organize my photos in Lightroom
I started using Lightroom years ago on Version 1 or 2, and back then, I told it to import my photos into a folder, and put the photos into a folder for each day (for example 2006-01-07, etc.).
It ...
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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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Lightroom: What data is stored in a Catalog vs. What can be stored in a XMP sidecar?
I always have the setting Automatically write changes into XMP enabled. Unfortunately as I'm still often improving/experimenting with my workflow, I tend to delete/create catalogs every once in ...
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How can I manage a Lightroom catalogue across 2 systems without networking?
I have just purchased Lightroom 4, and taking advantage of Adobe's enlightened two system licensing policy, I have it installed on a laptop and desktop PC. I take the laptop with me on trips and often ...
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How can I change where Lightroom stores draft edits?
I installed Lightroom with default settings. Apparently one default is to store Draft Edits onto a C: folder. But my C: drive is a relatively small SSD drive and LR fills it up within a few months.
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Lightroom Multi-Catalog Syncing/Management [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the best way to synchronize Adobe Lightroom databases between two computers?
I'm looking for an application to manage multiple Lightroom catalogs for me - I ...
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What would I lose by deleting old Lightroom backup folders?
So I've noticed that the size of my harddisk drive that has the Lightroom backups is decreased dramatically. This is because it contains many Lightroom backups. I've almost 10,000 photos in my ...
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How to add EXIF Lens data in Lightroom for unknown lens?
One of my prime lenses is non-electronic and so the photos EXIF data does not include any lens information. These show up in Lightroom 4.3 as "Unknown".
I see no way through Lightroom to add this ...
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How should I migrate photos so I don't lose my Lightroom edits
So I guess this is my debut question. I sure hope someone has had a similar experience.
I've been editing photos with LR 2.7 on 2 drives (a local MacBook Pro drive and an external Seagate formatted ...
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Using different Lightroom catalogues for Import and Export?
Over the years I have built up a disparate collection of both JPEGs, RAWs and RAW+JPEG from various different cameras, which are currently organised on disk by camera model and then date/event etc. I ...
