Re: Learning Lightroom the Hard Way, #462
Lightroom is a brilliant program, and I'm very glad I have it. The UI is a bit weak in some respects, though, and the documentation is awful. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 12/28/08, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: So I guess I'm not gonna buy Lightroom for a while... On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Of course, if Adobe had put these tasks in a menu, OR had documentation that was worth more than a maggot-ridden turd, I would have known this before I started. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Learning Lightroom the Hard Way, #462
So I guess I'm not gonna buy Lightroom for a while... On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Of course, if Adobe had put these tasks in a menu, OR had documentation that was worth more than a maggot-ridden turd, I would have known this before I started. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Learning Lightroom the Hard Way, #462
There is also an option to find missing files (ie files that have been moved). LR will tell you when you try to look at/edit an image that is in the database, but isn't where LR thinks it is. Using this feature, instead of synchronising, keeps all collections, tag etc. intact. Live learn. Cheers, Dave 2008/12/28 Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com: My list of folders was getting cumbersomely long, so I decided to create a folder for each year, and sort my existing folders into them. To do so, I used the Mac's Finder, and then had LR2 synchronize the folders. Bad idea. I had to delete all of the now-empty ghost folders from the list in LR, which was a minor pain. I went away and did other things while LR restored the previews, which could have been a moderate pain but wasn't. The major pain is that all of my Collections are now empty. Aargh. What I should have done is to have right-clicked on the top folder in my hierarchy in Lightroom, chosen Create Folder inside ---, and then moved things around within LR. Of course, if Adobe had put these tasks in a menu, OR had documentation that was worth more than a maggot-ridden turd, I would have known this before I started. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Learning Lightroom the Hard Way, #462
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: So I guess I'm not gonna buy Lightroom for a while... Buy it. Learn from Rick.:-) Dave On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Of course, if Adobe had put these tasks in a menu, OR had documentation that was worth more than a maggot-ridden turd, I would have known this before I started. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Learning Lightroom the Hard Way, #462
- Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan Subject: Re: Learning Lightroom the Hard Way, #462 So I guess I'm not gonna buy Lightroom for a while... The purchase of one of the Lightroom for Dummies style of books is pretty much a must buy with the software. I picked up Scott Kelby's book. If you can get past his rather annoying writing style, his information is solid. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Learning Lightroom the Hard Way, #462
I have two of Scotts books and i find them informative, with step by step screen shots to follow along with. Dave On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 11:37 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan Subject: Re: Learning Lightroom the Hard Way, #462 So I guess I'm not gonna buy Lightroom for a while... The purchase of one of the Lightroom for Dummies style of books is pretty much a must buy with the software. I picked up Scott Kelby's book. If you can get past his rather annoying writing style, his information is solid. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Learning Lightroom the Hard Way, #462
There are tons of Lightroom books and tutorials available. You don't have to experiment and make cataclysmic experiments afresh for everything you do. Look up what's required first. One hint: If you're going to do major catalog reorganization like this, it's always best to create a new catalog, populate it with a small number of files and folders, etc first, and experiment on that before tackling your main working catalog. I test out everything that's unclear to me this way first so as not to cause myself days of pain. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
