On Sep 26, 2012, at 3:36 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: David J Brooks >> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Thanks for the advice, Larry! >>> >>> I've always imported my RAW files into directories with a YYYY-MM-DD naming >>> convention, >> >> See that was my problem. My file would be 9-8-12-wedding and >> subfolders of NEF and JPG. When i imported the folder i would juts ask >> for nefs to be lodaed, not realizing until just recently, that that >> was the folder now, nef ,not 9-8-12-wedding, nef >> >> Live and learn >> >> Dave > > You should still have the original folders. AFAIK, LR doesn't actually > move anything, it just makes a database of virtual folders and points to > where the photos physically reside.
John, as Bob W. pointed out, all folders are virtual. File names, folder names, directory names, sub-directory names - they are all just part of an addressing scheme that allows the OS to find the address header in a file. Said file potentially residing in many little pieces scattered across your drive, with each fragment ending in a pointer to the next fragment. Most often, a given file is contiguous, but with an older drive that has experienced many writes/rewrites/deletions, stuff gets fragmented. Hence the need for utilities that defrag hard drives. LR works with the resident OS. If you rename a folder or file in LR, the folder or file is renamed. The OS knows that and if you do a directory sort, for example, you will see your folder or file under its new name. Or should I say it's new name? Yes, LR keeps track of file locations in its data base, just as the OS does. Different algorithms and heuristics possibly, but the same function. In a restaurant with bilingual staff, you can order your food in either language and get the same food. On your computer you can use LR or the OS to find/move/rename your files and you get the same result. Use whichever language you are more comfortable with, or, if you are bilingual, use whichever happens to be more appropriate for the task at hand. stan -- 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.
