I can understand that ! I seem to recall that you should do any renaming or
moving of files to different directories from within lightroom so the DB
remains synchronised with what happens with the files themselves. Does LR
allow you to perform a bulk move of files from one disk to another ?
...Wayne
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> Subject: Re: [OM] setting up a photo database
>
> The article was saying renaming files outside of LR can confuse the database.
>
> WayneS
>
> At 1/3/2020 07:09 AM, you wrote:
>
> >I don’t understand your « renaming » photos. When I search for a
> file/photo, keywords and optionally year and/or camera are the easiest and
> fastest way to find them.
> >
> >As an LR user, I don’t give a damn what they are called, and most of the
> time where they are located so long as they are on MY computer or disks,
> and not in the cloud.
> >
> > However, I give them a name on « export » in JPEG for instance. The
> rest is left for LR to deal with.
> >
> >Amities
> >
> >Philippe
> >
> >
> >
> >> Le 3 janv. 2020 à 15:01, Wayne Shumaker <om3ti@xxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> >>
> >> Some random thoughts
> >>
> >> Digital Asset Management (DAM) discussion, an important one for me
> also. There is a "somewhat" interesting conversation on Fred Miranda on LR
> vs C1.
> >> https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1628609
> >>
> >> An Fstoppers article on DAM, and one approach to using LR for organizing
> photos.
> >> https://fstoppers.com/education/why-every-photographer-should-give-
> dam-163630
> >>
> >> If one is coming in cold to LR, or other DAM system, there is a lot of time
> up front to organize an initial database. A commitment I'm still looking into.
> With LR for instance, (reading the above article) I would now have to manage
> renaming photos, etc in LR, not on disk, or you can confuse the database.
> This was my early fault with LR when it first came out, and probably true of
> other systems.
> >>
> >> For someone uncommitted to any DAM system, how does one decide if
> LR is the way to go or some other approach? There are a lot of individual
> workflows to consider besides just the DAM piece.
> >>
> >> WayneS - DAMless and confused.
> >>
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