On Oct 10, 2007, at 9:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> ...The above directory structure is the way I've been organizing >> my work >> for some time even prior to using Lightroom. It probably isn't >> exactly what you wanted. However, it works well given Lightroom's >> Folder panel display behavior. > > Thanks, Godfrey. Going to have to print out what you said and read > it over > and see if it makes sense to me re my experience. Re understand about > collections and folders, which is why right now I just want to > mirror what's on disc.
A quick example: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/LR-folder_v_files.jpg On the left is the display of the file system as seen in the Finder on Mac OS X. On the right is the Lightroom view of the file system in the Folders panel. Note that I've chosen to only import certain parts of the 2007 directory tree into the database, and all the subdirectories are leaf nodes ... there's no enabled disclosure triangle for them in the Lightroom view, they are seen in the FilmStrip panel on the bottom of the display or in the Grid view. In the Finder view, clicking on the disclosure triangle would show the image files icons listed in each directory. (Windows Explorer can produce a view very similar to this List View in the Finder, but there are some subtle differences in how it behaves relative to the Mac OS X Finder. Lightroom behaves the same on both, far as I can tell.) - If I manipulate the file system structure in the Finder, Lightroom will automatically update the Folder view to accommodate those changes if the directory tree is local and not to another volume. If I add files in the Finder, I need to tell Lightroom to synchronize the Folder view and import new files. - If I manipulate the Folders/files in Lightroom, the Finder immediately reflects the changes. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
