arrrgggh. its, NOT it's.
On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Does LR allow for multi-file keyword application? I don't use it, but
> Digikam, in the Linux world, performs a similar function. I file photos in
> a directory (folder) structure simply by date. There's a 2014 directory,
> within which are directories numbered 1-12, and within each month
> directory, only those days for which I have photos are represented, by
> their number within the month.
>
> On "import" to Digikam, the software adds to it's catalog database. I then
> select all files with a similar subject matter, and assign keywords.
> Digikam maintains a keyword list of existing keywords, displayed in a
> window pane at the right of the screen, and I just have to check the boxes
> for appropriate keywords (assuming no new keyword is needed). The method
> allows assignment of keywords rapidly to a large number of photos, and
> there's an ability to assign a new keyword to a selection of photos with
> only a couple of extra clicks.
>
> Side note: Much of this approach, in both LR and Digikam, I imagine comes
> from the idea in current computer use, that it's more efficient to create a
> searchable key word set than to attempt to maintain a complex folder
> structure over time. You can see this in Gmail, for example, which although
> it allows for folders, really doesn't encourage them. It's far easier to
> search the contents of one's email via the search function provided than to
> try to remember the location in a potentially large folder structure where
> one filed a message thread.
>
> Simpler for indexed text than for pictures, to be sure, but I've found
> that Digikam's approach means only a couple of extra minutes per import.
> With thoughtful multiple keyword creation or assignment on import, it has
> allowed me to find a old photo much faster when I can search via location,
> or date, or subjects, and etc. using whatever I can remember of the photo.
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> When I imported all my files into LR a few years ago, it kept my folder
>> structure intact, though as the import proceeded, it looked like everything
>> was going to one place. Over to the left you can go back and forth between
>> Catalogue and Folders. In Catalogue it looks like I have a mess. In Folders
>> all of the original structure is there.
>>
>> —Bob Whitmire
>> Certified Neanderthal
>>
>> On Jul 4, 2014, at 9:16 AM, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I actually own both CS6 and LR5. In fact I've owned many versions of
>> LR over the years but never started one up in earnest (let it create a
>> library) until last night. I handed it the top level folder for my
>> existing images (a by date folder structure) and let it run for 3 hours. I
>> really have no clue what it did except that it appears to have created a
>> "collection" of some 65,000 images with no differentiation that I can see.
>> My original date structure seems to be inaccessible. I hope that's not
>> what I have to use in the future.
>>
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