Everyone has a different workflow, and there really isn't a right or wrong way to do it.
I import files to a temp location by date and do all my tagging there. I'll then move them to their permanent home at a later time. It allows me to keep daily sessions organized (since they tend to be of a single subject or theme). I don't want to put the files into permanent storage right away because if I don't take care of tagging when right away, I'll lose them in the storage areas and my tagging will be useless. IMO, using dated folders for permanent storage is kind of a bad idea if you ever need to find the files in the future. On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:19 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > Regards your work flow ... > > With LR, it's just as sensible to put them where you want them to live > permanently in the first place, do your sort and grade, then tell it > to delete the rejected ones, rather than putting them in one place, > sorting/grading, deleting, then moving the remainder to a final > destination. (Works more smoothly that way, for my workflow.) > > The notion in Lightroom is to create an "original image file > repository" that never moves, just grows. Since all the image editing > information is stored in the catalog and the original image files are > there only for reading that repository can be situated anywhere you > want. Where to put it is a matter of your backup and performance > configuration. Once you have a good design for the repository > (organized by a date directory tree, a category directory tree, > whatever works for you) there's very little reason to move pieces of > it around. You identify images by keyword and IPTC metadata, you group > images by using collections and collection sets, you track editing > state by using flags/stars/labels. The original image files never have > to move, these markings are simply annotations in the database. > > (This is completely different from a typical Photoshop workflow, which > moves or copies files from bucket to bucket to track the state of the > image editing.) > -- > 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. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.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.
