LR2 workflow-filing and editing system
I am making myself use LR2 as my main organizing and basic editing software going forward. Before I create any habits that are not logical, I would love to hear how others manage their photo organizing and editing in LR2 from downloading files to editing to backing them up, etc. Any guidance is appreciated. I searched through the threads and couldn't see anything, so if another thread already exists or there is a book or something specifically about LR2, please let me know. Thanks!
Last edited by Bryan Hix; 01-14-2010 at 10:55 AM.
I always keyword as I import. Then, if I have multiple species in a single shoot, I use this plugin Link to add species data. All files are copied from my card to my main lr catalog and drive and also backed up to an external drive. After my edits, I back up the lr catalog and all new images to dvd.
Not the best way, but it's how I do it.
dug
Hi Bryan
One thing I think is important is keeping your imported files organized. I make a file with the year then inside a file for locations, inside locations other files with dates. If anything fails I can usually remember a date/place.
The short time I was with the original Aperture all had to be imported to a vault ... what a mess !!! Since they have changed !!
Take your time assigning key words and be vicious editing !! Like the program a lot !! ... btw the version is out and can download the beta !!!
That's a pretty cool plugin. I might try that because I tend to export to another folder that I upload to my smugmug site, so that might make it easier to find things by species.Originally Posted by Dug Threewitt
Hi, Brian...I noticed that you mentioned a SmugMug site. I've been wondering about them. Do you mind giving me your impressions and expierience with them. Thanks. Reply off-list, since I changed the subject of this thread....?
Richard
very cool plugin, never came across this one before but just installed it, it will take a while to setup but will be nice in the end for sure
thanks for posting this !!!
have one for other wildlife ? :D
I have one subdirectory for all of my images. Inside the subdirectory I have one called 1-temp where i import all of my images from a day of work. Sometimes if I have more than one days of images to work on, I will import each into its own sub-dir under 1-temp. I go through a days of images and mark the ones I might like to keep. I delete the rest. I work on the ones I want to keep and when finished I move them to one of many subdirectories by subject. My subject subdirecories are things like family, friends, trips, rock climbing, skiing, birds, animals, etc. I might have subdirectories inside each of these (family/sister, family/brother, etc). I don't use keywords or collections. I have found i can quickly find an image I have previously stored. I don't have a large collection, maybe 15,000 images. One of these days I will force myself to go through them and delete the ones i will never ever use.
Check out this book - The DAM Book (digital asset management) at http://www.amazon.com/DAM-Book-Digit.../dp/0596523572 There is a lot to consider and this book is packed with info.
I use Lightroom as my sole editing and cataloguing software.
I have folders as per location (this is a part of the legacy before Lightroom). I import the files to folders that are named by year-month-day format. And these folders are contained in the folder according to location. The location folder is a redundancy that can help in looking at files without lightroom.
After importing, immediately I rate the files 1-5. The 1-2 rated files are deleted. 3s are good and can be shown to the world. 4 is very good and 5 means those rare jewels. ;)
You can use different sets for key words according to species. My files are also named to display the date they were photographed.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi
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