On Jul 14, 2010, at 2:52 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: > Christine Aguila wrote: >> Sent: 14 July 2010 04:53 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Managing image files >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Charles Robinson" <[email protected]> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 4:50 PM >> Subject: Re: Managing image files >> >> >>> On Jul 13, 2010, at 15:39, Bob W wrote: >>>> >>>> Because LR can do all of this, I don't do any organisation of the >> files >>>> outside of LR. I import all the photographs into the same folder on >> disk, >>>> and use the camera-assigned name for the file. I see no point in >>>> organising >>>> them outside LR in parallel with LR. Other people take a different >> view >>>> and >>>> have their own organisation on disk, and various strategies are >>>> recommended >>>> by the authors of LR books. >>>> >>> >>> I agree with all of this, Bob. >>> >>> The only organization I do outside of LR (ie, before even importing >> them >>> into LR) is to group into a "month" folder (2010_June, 2010_July, >>> etc...) - this gives me a discrete collection of files which I can >> later >>> back up. Typically (but not always) I have less than 4.7 gigs of >> images >>> each month, which means I can both spin off a copy of the folder to a >>> second harddrive AND burn a copy onto a couple of different DVDs. If >> I >>> slopped everything into one huge folder I wouldn't have any handy way >> of >>> grouping them for backup and the eventual move to "off-line" status. >> >> >> >> I agree with Charles who agrees with Bob W. Majority of my >> organization is >> done inside of Lightroom. And, if you're still reading this thread, >> Eric, >> you can easily move files around within Lightroom. You really should >> download a free trial version, watch the tutorials, and buy Scott >> Kelby's >> book. I own a copy and refer to it often. Cheers, Christine >> > And I agree with Christine who agrees with Charles and Bob. I let Lightroom > store images by date and use keywords to do the indexing and searching. I > hardly ever use Photoshop nowadays, and haven't bothered to upgrade from > CS3. My versions of LR and PS actually belong to my daughter- we purchased > them for her when she was a student and got education discounts. Once > bought, the upgrade pricing is almost reasonable. > > Chris >
I agree as well. If you're eventually going to use Lightroom, you're better off starting there. It's a different way of working than PhotoShop and Elements with Bridge, and there's no point in heading off in another direction. Paul > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
