Bring out last September's selfie
;-)
Amities
Philippe
Le 5 juil. 2014 à 20:54, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> No one has ever asked me for a lilac-breasted roller bird image. In fact I
> don't think anyone has ever asked me for specific images of anything. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 7/5/2014 12:32 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>> You do if you supply stock images and get a request for lilac-breasted
>> roller bird in Africa. I put those four words in my search and it took
>> less than two seconds to pull up 4 photos. Otherwise, I would have had to
>> figure out what year I was in Africa and what part of the trip I
>> photographed the birds. Keywords are invaluable to me and I add them as
>> soon as I can after or as I import the photos.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Some quite sensible advice here (says you don't need keywords!)
>>>
>>> http://scottkelby.com/2009/10-things-i-would-tell-new-lightroom-users/
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5 July 2014 15:29, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Counter rant, sort of.
>>>>
>>>> The reason you don't understand is that I have no need of nor any desire
>>>> to add keywords to the 65,000 images already in my "library" nor any need
>>>> or desire to create "collections". My simplistic system of photo folders
>>>> looks like this: (a few random selections)
>>>>
>>>> 2010-09-23 - Skaneateles dinner cruise
>>>> 2011-01-09 - Robinson Preserve (Bradenton)
>>>> 2011-02-15 - Emerson Point (shell mound area)
>>>> 2011-05-11 - Northeast Auto Museum
>>>> 2011-07-01 - Scotland - Edinburg & Botanical Gardens
>>>> 2011-10-13 - Crossing Colorado via Black Canyon of the Gunnison
>>>>
>>>> I can't imagine how long it would take me to add keywords to 65,000
>>>> images... 5-600 hours maybe??? I think I'll use the time saved for other
>>>> things like taking pictures and drinking beer. :-)
>>>>
>>>> I'm not trying to force the software into my past habits, I'm trying to
>>>> keep it from trying to reprogram me (the gearbox) into its view of the
>>>> world. Yeah, why did I buy that car? I shouldn't have. I don't need
>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/5/2014 3:40 AM, Philippe wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Rant, sort of
>>>>>
>>>>> What I don't understand is why some of you are so reluctant to
>>>>> allowing the program to do its thing i.e. importing by dates - so
>>>>> long as you have typed adequate keywords on upload, you'll always
>>>>> retrieve photos in a second. Why try to force the software into your
>>>>> past habits? just as if one immediately tried to reprogram the
>>>>> gearbox on a new car - does any of you do that? if you do, why did
>>>>> you buy that car?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have no stakes in the company but this program does its things
>>>>> right for me who hates to know what happens behind the screen; I
>>>>> suffered too much under DOS and its followers not to fully appreciate
>>>>> the user-friendliness of today's offers.
>>>>>
>>>>> End of rant
>>>>>
>>>>> Now the tips:
>>>>>
>>>>> - trust LR to do its thing (sorting, ordering, etc) properly - keep
>>>>> the file names short - add keywords as soon as you can - on upload
>>>>> (preferred) or later on in batches, then refine as you go while
>>>>> editing. FYI you don't need to even tell the program about the gear
>>>>> used, it knows about it, except for scans. - create collections after
>>>>> upload and edition (batch <=> 5sec.), e.g. "Christmas 1776", "Family
>>>>> portraits", "BW", "lens tests", "butter & flies", etc. These can be
>>>>> recalled anytime by one click, and edited. - use the time you've now
>>>>> saved on technical issues for photography and for sharing a drink
>>>>> with friends ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> I do that for myself, but also for Alice; she can retrieve photos she
>>>>> needs for the job even when I'm not in. Life in the easy lane.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>>
>>>>> Amities Philippe
>>>>>
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