If you know what you're doing, e.g. know what a "shell" is, you can keep Lightroom in sync on two computers using just rsync. I do it all the time. But you really probably have to be an old unix hound.
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2008/04/05/Lightroom-sync-with-rsync -T On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, more complete information. :-) > > If you plan to change the nature of the image file repository (that > is, reorganize its folder layout, change some of the files from RAW to > JPEG, delete some, etc), then the procedure is: > > - select all the files you want to work on and put them into a collection. > - export the collection as a working catalog including previews and negatives. > - DELETE all those files from the main catalog and volume.* > > Now you have all the affected files copied into an independent file > repository to be worked on and they no longer exist in the main > catalog and file repository. You can do what you want with them. Then, > when you want to reintegrate them into the main catalog again, import > from the working catalog and tell LR to move the files into the > appropriate places in the main original image repository. > > * This last is tricky because deleting files from a collection simply > removes them from the collection. You actually need to delete the > originals in this repository from the volume. I came up with a simple > way to do this: . > > Use the Export As Catalog command twice. The first time with "Previews > and Negatives" selected ... that copies the files to a folder > hierarchy in the working catalog folder ... the second time with only > Previews selected ... that makes a new catalog that references the > same files as the main catalog. Now open the second catalog, select > all in the Folders panel, Select all in the Grid, and delete the files > from disk. Then re-open the main catalog and use the Synchronize > command on the whole Folders file hierarchy (another reason to display > the root parent folder in the Folders panel). When the dialog comes > up, check the "remove missing files" option and let it clean them out > of the main catalog. > >> I don't understand the paragraph about the Folders panel. > > Let's say you have files organized on disk like this: > > Pictures > 2009 > 2010 > 2011 > 01-Jan > 02-Jan > 03-Jan > ... > > Lightroom's default if you import the files will be to display > "01-Jan", "02-Jan", "03-Jan" in the Folders panel to simplify the view > of the file system, it does not the full path on disk. To make it > easier to organize these folder when you export the catalog, you would > right-click (or control-click) on the "01-Jan" folder and use the > "Show Parent Folder" command. That will shuffle the Folder's panel > view and show it like a Finder list view. If you do that again on the > 2011 folder, it will show in the Folders view like the above (assuming > that you also have some files imported from 2009 and 2010). > > I always have Lightroom configured to display the root folder of my > entire image archive in the Folders panel. It makes doing operations > like Synchronize much easier. > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks, Godfrey! >> >> The laptop is also Mac (OS 10.5). >> >> I'm planning to do grading, deleting, keywording, editing, converting to >> jpg, etc. That's why the transfer back to the desktop seems a bit >> tricky--some pix will be missing, and a lot will be changed. >> >> I don't understand the paragraph about the Folders panel. >> >> Rick >> >> >> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >> >> >> --- On Tue, 8/2/11, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Lightroom photo shuffling question >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>> Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 10:07 PM >>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Rick >>> Womer <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Holiday is coming up, and I'm planning on some photo >>> sorting, having hundreds of shots untouched. This raises >>> questions. >>> > >>> > The pix (DNG files) and the Lightroom catalog are on a >>> (Mac) desktop. My laptop also has LR. >>> >>> Is your laptop also an Apple system? Unclear. >>> >>> > 1. On the desktop, open the catalog, select all the >>> photos I want to work on, and hit Command-S to save the >>> metadata and settings to the DNG files. >>> >>> No need to write out the metadata to the files at all. >>> Select all the >>> files you want to work on and put them into a Collection so >>> you don't >>> risk deselecting any inadvertently. >>> >>> > 2. Use "export as catalog" to send the pix etc. to an >>> external hard drive. >>> >>> That's fine. Couple of things to be sure of: >>> >>> - If your laptop is not a Mac OS X system, be sure that the >>> external >>> drive is formatted for FAT32 or exFAT; Mac OS X can read >>> but not write >>> to NTFS file system structures. >>> >>> - It is helpful if when you do your export to catalog from >>> the master >>> catalog you have the Folders panel the root folder of all >>> image file >>> folders. This makes for a cleaner exported catalog folder. >>> You achieve >>> this by using the right click command on successively >>> higher levels of >>> the image folder tree "Show Parent Directory" until all the >>> folders >>> are subdirectories of one parent. >>> >>> - Be sure to include previews and negatives on the export. >>> >>> > 3. Plug the external hard drive into the laptop, >>> launch LR, and "import from catalog". >>> >>> Why? The "Export As Catalog" command, with the include neg >>> and preview >>> options checked, creates a completely self-contained LR >>> catalog folder >>> with subdirectories containing the image original files. >>> All you need >>> to do is copy that folder to your laptop (or leave it on >>> the external >>> drive if it is a portable drive) and double click the >>> catalog file to >>> start Lightroom with it for doing your sorting/grading >>> etc. >>> >>> > 4. Reverse the procedure on our return. >>> >>> All you need to do, if you just work on this set for >>> sorting grading, >>> when you get back home is >>> >>> - put that catalog folder back onto the external drive >>> - import from catalog on that catalog file, and set up the >>> rules about >>> what to do with new files and changed settings. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
