On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:44 PM, David Parsons <[email protected]> wrote: > ... When I import pictures, LR > puts the files on my HDD by date and I process and tag them. After > I've got them how I like them, I move them (inside LR) to different > folders based on subject matter. I do this because that's how I like > to do it.
Another way to get a similar effect is to tag them with standardized subject keywords and use Smart Collections to organize them by subject inside Lightroom. They stay where they were put during the import process, but you can browse them by subject this way. They can also be in multiple subject categories this way ... say you have one category which is Portrait and another which is Landscape. If you have a very nice environmental portrait of a friend which also happens to be in a wonderful Landscape setting, you can keyword the image with both and it will be browseable in both contexts in the category-based smart collections. You can't do that without duplicating files in the file system, which is why it's an advantageous way to use the LR features. Lightroom is very flexible when it comes to how you organize your work, both with regard to the file system and its internal tools. The key is to understand how those things can work and use them according to a consistent policy that suits your needs. :-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
