So, copy everything to your backup. Select your 2009 images, then the
"Keepers" sub-set of images. Then flip the selection so now you have
in your selection all of those which are NOT Keepers. Delete them from
the HD from within LR. You are left with your Keepers still on your HD.
stan
On Oct 12, 2009, at 6:25 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Bob,
I think you see the problem now...
My paradyme with Photoshop was to keep everything in one catalogue on
one machine. Then it changed to move old images off the laptop (or
desktop) to free up space for newer pictures. At first, this was easy
and I was able to create a "Greatest Hits" album by copying 40 or 50
favorites for 2008 into a separate folder. This file could remain at
hand while the old photos moved off line.
In mid 2009, I became dissatisfied with Photoshop Elements 5.0 and
decided to move to Lightroom 2. Here the catalogue system is more
sophisticated and my paradyme for handling images is breaking down. I
can establish a '09 favorites on the catalogue system, but by mid
2010, most '09 RAW images will be moved off line. I will lose access
to the pictures without juggling a separate hard disk drive where the
images are stored. For a select set of '09 images, I would like to
keep the RAW files and sidecar files (or whatever the modifiers are)
on the laptop for easy access in 2010.
Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote:
What sort of access do you want to those pictures, and when you say
'roll
the pictures off', what do you mean - are you moving them from the
laptop's
internal disk to an external disk and also deleting them from the LR
catalogue, or are you keeping them in the catalogue?
When you import files into LR it adds an entry for each file into its
catalogue. The entry includes a preview of the photograph. You can
choose
the resolution of the preview. The catalogue entry also includes a
pointer
to the place on disk where the picture is stored. If you move the
file
outside of LR to another disk then LR won't be able to find it, but
it will
still have the catalogue entry and the preview data. You can
continue to use
this for everything except the Develop module.
An option you could consider is to keep the catalogue on the
internal disk,
but use external disks to store the photographs. Then very year you
just use
a new external disk. The catalogue retains continuity and if you do
need to
use the Develop module for any of the photos on disconnected
external disks,
just reconnect them.
Bob
Marnie,
The problem is not getting them into a lightroom collection.
The problem is what happens when I roll the calandar
quarter's worth of pictures off of the laptop.
I will lose access to all my favorites for that time period.
Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 10:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
In a message dated 10/11/2009 10:54:56 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
OK, Here's a question.
In Photoshop Elements 5.0 I kept/keep a file of 2008 best and 2009
best photos.
That way, I can reference and print them without digging them up.
With the K-7, I've shifted to Lightroom 2.5.
The laptop quickly fills with new images, and I have to
roll off past
quarters.
So how do I establish a place where I can keep the best of 2009
around for a long time.
Do I copy my favorites to a separate folder?
That's what I did in PS Elements.
Regards, Bob S.
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Why not just grab them into a LR collection? That way you
don't have
to copy them anywhere. They are ready and available in a
collection.
Uh, how to do that, well, consult Lightroom Help or something.
Marnie :-)
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