Larry, thank you for some suggestion. Manual backup of all the original
files in the current state (I have backups of the original state files,
and of the LR databases), - is a good idea.
Godfrey: Thanks for your response. I know quite well how busy one can be,
- and will appreciate if you can share your knowledge when you get a
moment.
Igor
On Thu, 2 Oct 2014, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
One more question:
3. When merging the catalogs, - do I need to have all the files available
(i.e. to have all the external drives attached)?
I vaguely remember that when I was importing a catalog, LR warned me
something about the missing files, but I don't remember what.
Igor
On Thu, 2 Oct 2014, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
I know that several people on PDML have extensive expertise with LR.
So, I would like to ask a few questions about the information I cannot
find.
In the context of LR:
1. Is there any difference of how the editing information (and not just the
end result, but also the editing steps) and metadata are
handled between the following two scenrios of moving photo files:
a) within LR
b) within the OS, and then "reattaching" in LR via "locate photos"?
I've seen recommendations for both scenarios, but more for (b), especially
in case of large quantities of files/folder. Those people argue that
the moving using OS means is more efficient, while moving within LR is
prone to problems/interruptions (e.g. if LR encounters a problem alone the
way).
I haven't seen any authoritative information if there is any difference
between the two with respect to handling editing and metadata information,
especially if the information is not written back into the file (or .xmp),
but kept within the LR database.
I assume there shouldn't be any problem, but I am not 100% sure.
I am also curious if there is a difference in this behavior between
LR-3 and LR-5.
2. If I am merging catalogs and importing one into another, I understand
that I can check-mark the option to preserve duplicates as virtual copies.
My question is what happens in that case if I have Collections with the
same names? How is the clash resolved by LR?
Again, if there is a difference between LR3 and LR5, I'd like to know.
Does anybody know? Godfrey? Mark? Anybody else?
Thank you!
Igor
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