On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote:
> > All you need to do is import in place on the scan files ... scan them into > the directory you want them to be placed in, then import. I use LR for all > my scanned images too. It does a very good job. I embed metadata at time of > importing and tell LR to embed it into the scan TIFF files. > > I don't know what LR has to do with archiving the scanned images either. > Everything in my photo-files directories is organized in the directory tree > archived the same way ... digital capture or scan is irrelevant. > > I don't understand the antipathy towards using keyword metadata to allow > intelligent search and organization. It's very easy to do and provides a > wealth more information than juggling filenames and directory structures. > > Godfrey > And exactly what do I gain by importing them? Nothing except a file management UI I don't like in the first place and metadata-based searching I'll never use along with the need to import it in the first place, which Bridge doesn't need to do. Not to mention the fact that Bridge allows me to work on the files as I scan them without additional jumping through hoops (don't need to set a watched directory). And I'll end up importing once, then having to point LR at the files again when they go from 'To Be Worked' to the archives. Which I don't have to do with Bridge. So Bridge does exactly what I want, with less work. My organizational needs are different between film and digital. I don't edit the files the same way, I can't usually organize film scans by the day they were shot and the day they were scanned is useless to me since I might have scanned a half-dozen rolls of varying vintage that day (Among other things, I'm rescanning my archives). So using the same folder heirarchy makes little sense to me. As to keyword metadata, frankly I find adding it annoying and using it of little use to me. I understand what value it can add, I just find using said capabilities to be something that doesn't work for me. I've got nothing agains keywording (Which Bridge fully supports btw), I just don't want it shoved down my throat like Lightroom does (Since the LR file management UI is based around it) -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
