On 6/7/2010 10:55 AM, AlunFoto wrote:
Boris,
My understanding is that you can't have one catalog indexing another.
It is my understanding as well, but I don't pretend to have deep
knowledge of LR operation, so was my question.
If you want to reduce the size of the catalog, one way to approach it
is maybe to offload a selection based on certain metadata criteria.
Like, select all images with two stars or less, from more than 3 years
ago, and then export as a catalog. Or you can offload images based on
topic from your keywords, for example; finished series, discrete
projects like "NuttyNorwegiansFeb2005" or similar. Your options will
be limited by the amount of metadata you have applied though. :-)
Dunno what exactly affects performance of LR, but maybe the setting
for retention of 1:1 previews has something to do with it?
Jostein
It is not the performance that I am worried about. My main catalog
before I thought I'd start splitting was at 420 MB. That's a lot of info.
Now, Jostein, what you suggest is "offloading". But that's exactly what
I want to do too. However, I still want to be able to hmmm how to put it
- have a look at the whole collection as a whole and not to remember
that the photo of Galia and Jorgen from 2005 is in that catalog and
another photo of Galia and Jorgen from 2006 is in fact in another catalog...
I am sure you see what I mean.
Boris
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