Christine Aguila wrote: > Sent: 14 July 2010 04:53 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Managing image files > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles Robinson" <charl...@visi.com> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 4:50 PM > Subject: Re: Managing image files > > > > On Jul 13, 2010, at 15:39, Bob W wrote: > >> > >> Because LR can do all of this, I don't do any organisation of the > files > >> outside of LR. I import all the photographs into the same folder on > disk, > >> and use the camera-assigned name for the file. I see no point in > >> organising > >> them outside LR in parallel with LR. Other people take a different > view > >> and > >> have their own organisation on disk, and various strategies are > >> recommended > >> by the authors of LR books. > >> > > > > I agree with all of this, Bob. > > > > The only organization I do outside of LR (ie, before even importing > them > > into LR) is to group into a "month" folder (2010_June, 2010_July, > > etc...) - this gives me a discrete collection of files which I can > later > > back up. Typically (but not always) I have less than 4.7 gigs of > images > > each month, which means I can both spin off a copy of the folder to a > > second harddrive AND burn a copy onto a couple of different DVDs. If > I > > slopped everything into one huge folder I wouldn't have any handy way > of > > grouping them for backup and the eventual move to "off-line" status. > > > > I agree with Charles who agrees with Bob W. Majority of my > organization is > done inside of Lightroom. And, if you're still reading this thread, > Eric, > you can easily move files around within Lightroom. You really should > download a free trial version, watch the tutorials, and buy Scott > Kelby's > book. I own a copy and refer to it often. Cheers, Christine > And I agree with Christine who agrees with Charles and Bob. I let Lightroom store images by date and use keywords to do the indexing and searching. I hardly ever use Photoshop nowadays, and haven't bothered to upgrade from CS3. My versions of LR and PS actually belong to my daughter- we purchased them for her when she was a student and got education discounts. Once bought, the upgrade pricing is almost reasonable.
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