It doesn't matter, you can't export a preview. And, unless he were to turn off the cache expiration, he'd lose them anyway.
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 04:02:54PM -0400, David Parsons wrote: >> That he can't do anything with. Best to move on and not torture >> yourself with previews that you can't do anything with. > > Aren't even the low resolution previews at least a megapixel? > > Or does all he have are the thumbnails? > >> >> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 03:17:02PM -0400, David Parsons wrote: >> >> Why bother? >> > >> > So that he can at least look at his last five years of photos. >> > >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > You should have your old LR3 catalog on your disk. >> >> > >> >> > Point some sort of image importing software at the previews folder >> >> > there and you should be able to at least salvage the preview images of >> >> > your old catalog. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 05:54:09PM -0400, Eric Weir wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> I've upgraded to LR 5 in my new computer from LR 3 on the old one. You >> >> >> will recall---if not, take my word for it---I lost my entire photo >> >> >> database. It actually happened back at the turn of the year, but I >> >> >> only discovered it a couple weeks ago. Nevertheless, in LR3 I could >> >> >> still see the images even though the database was missing. >> >> >> >> >> >> I've imported my old catalogue into LR 5 following instructions I got >> >> >> on the web [Laura Shoe video]. When I open up LR 5 and navigate to the >> >> >> empty folders I no longer see the images. Only empty slide frames. Is >> >> >> that as it should be? >> >> >> >> >> >> It shouldn't matter. The files are gone. I couldn't do anything with >> >> >> the images in LR 3 anyway. But at least I had reminders of what I had. >> >> >> >> >> >> [Or maybe I'm mistaken. Maybe there are things that could be done with >> >> >> whatever it was I have in my LR 3 installation. I'll be surprise if >> >> >> that's the case, but of course also delighted.] >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> Eric Weir >> >> >> Decatur, GA USA >> >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> "What does it mean...that the world is so beautiful?" >> >> >> >> >> >> - Mary Oliver >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> 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. >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Larry Colen [email protected] >> >> > http://red4est.com/lrc >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > 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. >> > >> > -- >> > Larry Colen [email protected] >> > http://red4est.com/lrc >> > >> > >> > -- >> > 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. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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.
