Hi Thibouille, On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0100, Thibouille wrote:
>1/ As I understand, when Lightroom imports data it copies it to it own >storage area (which means I'd beter have anough space for it). I think you get the choice, either create copies (taking up much space) or reference an existing archive of images (no copy done). >And I can backup the originals elsewhere once the import is done. Don't see why not :-) >2/ Lightroom also stores previews, its database etc... Have not used lightroom itself yet, but if it is anything like the CS/CS2 Bridge it probably has 'caches' for previews and a few other things. These speed up viewing significantly (after the 1st time) but the contents is dispensible, when deleted the next 'view' wil be slower. >Can I ask Lightroom to store *everything* on another drive? >It'd make things a lot easier if any OS/apps reinstallation is >needed. The thumbnail cache for CS/CS2 can be placed anywhere you like and I expect Lightroom to be the same in that respect. It is not that important since the info will be recreated automatically when needed after it has been deleted (just takes time then). Another thing is the RAW conversion information, that is often kept in a database (specific to the RAW conversion application). With DNG however, it is common to store that info IN the DNG itself. That has the advantage that multiple copies of CS (or Lightroom) automatically share the same inf, and DNG's copied to backup storage still have all conversion info with them ... >It could even be used to share the dtabase betwenn computers ... Yes, but having it with the DNG's is even better I think ... >Is that correct ? I guess most of your assumptions are, but will wait for Godders to chime in, he seems to be one of the few people on the list that has actually used the beta to some extent ... For me, I am still trying to decide if Lightroom is the way to go now, or if it is better to wait for CS3 with Camera RAW/Bridge ... Regards, JvW ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
