You can export your catalog and import it into LR on another computer no problem. All your metadata will be in the catalog, so your rating and scoring will travel with the catalog files.
If the image files are not on your laptop, then you'll only have whichever previews have been rendered for those files. Since you say you don't plan on editing them on your laptop, not having the files shouldn't be a problem (though you will see a warning on each file in LR. On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been gathering together onto a single drive all of the various > family (digital) photos we have taken over the years... And now they > are all organized by year, and imported into LR 4. That was the easy > part... Now I'd like to be able to go through them, select favorites, > rate them, make some collections, etc. Eventually, the goal is > prints, probably in blurb book format. > > It feels like a big job. My workspace is not in the house. I'd like > to be able to export a catalog of files onto my laptop, and while I > sit on the sofa in the evenings, go through the rating, > collection-izing, etc. Then, sync this organization back with the > main catalog. I wouldn't really do any image editing, just > organizing. > > I think I can do this... Maybe one of resident LR gurus can > confirm...? An initial search for info didn't turn up a quick answer, > but I'm probably not searching the right thing... If anyone knows of a > link to more info, that would be helpful... > > Thanks! > -c > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
