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Re: Virtual Images Part 1: Snapshots

genemcc — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:15:27 -0000

Good catch Thomas! Thanks!

I'll add an update for those who don't read the comments.

Re: Virtual Images Part 1: Snapshots

Thomas — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:46:58 -0000

A little search on the web and now I know that LR 3 doesn't create this automatic "Import" snapshot anymore

Re: Virtual Images Part 1: Snapshots

Thomas — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:39:29 -0000

I don't get the automatic snapshot "Import" when I am importing photos. Did I have to set this in any preferance?

Thanks for this great post.

Re: Virtual Images Part 1: Snapshots

genemcc — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:06:05 -0000

Thanks Matt!

I've added these two plugins in an update at the end of the article (in case someone doesn't read the comments). This way they won't miss out on these great plugins!

Re: Virtual Images Part 1: Snapshots

Matt — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:17 -0000

Great article Gene! For those who are interested you can also bulk create snapshots using plugins in Lightroom 3. From the Library module you can use my Snapshotter plugin ( http://thephotogeek.com/lightroom/snapshotter/ ) to create snapshots for any selected photo. Or Jeffrey's Snapshot on Export plugin ( http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/snapshot-on-export ) can be added as a post-process action to capture exactly how the photo looked when it was exported.

Re: Get Your Data in the Cloud Today

genemcc — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:39:31 -0000

Hi Marek!

Yes. I find that backup is a topic acknowledged by many but practiced by few. At least few practice it well!

If your upload bandwidth is small it can be quite a chore to get all this into the cloud. But that is still nothing compared with permanently losing an image. Once you get past the initial upload (which, by the way, can take WEEKS) the incremental backups are barely noticeable. Having everything in the cloud is a really nice feeling too!

Of course, that doesn't mean you shouldn't backup locally as well. A local backup will get you up and running a lot quicker. Then you can rely on the cloud backup for major catastrophes.

Re: Moving Your Images From iPhoto to Lightroom

genemcc — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:31:27 -0000

Hi bzeller!

The two month timeline does sound suspicious. Perhaps that is the cause. Another possibility is that you are shooting in a raw format that iPhoto recognizes but LR does not. That is a highly unlikely situation, though, as Adobe is much quicker at getting out raw support updates than Apple is.

If you plan on moving from iPhoto to LR and can't find an answer you could export the images from the last two months and then import those into LR. Alternatively, you could try opening the iPhoto package and copying one or two of the missing files to your desktop and then see if LR can import those.

Re: Get Your Data in the Cloud Today

Marek Mularczyk - Sai Training — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:18:30 -0000

Hi Gene,

This is a very interesting and very important topic. I meet so many photographers on my Lightroom courses that do not take serious backing up their files...

Even with automatic backup feature in Lightroom, they usually do it on the same computer.... so if anything happens with the computer everything is gone...

One thing though is, how would you deal if you wanted to back up all your files? What of you have 300GB of files? Storing them online, uploading them online(!) is a task on its own...

Thanks for the post once again,

Marek Mularczyk

Re: Getting to Your iPhoto Images – Snow Leopard Update

genemcc — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:15:09 -0000

Hi bzeller!

Sounds like you have LR3. LR2 used the finder for import. LR3 does not so that option isn't available.

Re: Moving Your Images From iPhoto to Lightroom

bzeller — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:55:06 -0000

Is it possible that an updated version of iphoto (updated two months ago) is causing the confusion?
It still does not explain the discrepancy in the numbers, though.
If this is the cause, is there an easy fix?

Re: Getting to Your iPhoto Images – Snow Leopard Update

bzeller — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:31:11 -0000

Hi Gene,
I have Snow Leopard but when I click on Import from the Library module on Lightroom, I do not get the Finder window. Lightroom itself presents me with options to choose from in order to select my source, folder, etc. How can I instead get this Finder window with the Media category?
Thanks!

Re: Moving Your Images From iPhoto to Lightroom

bzeller — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:01:01 -0000

Hi Gene,
I am attempting to transfer the 30,656 'items' (photos) that are in my iphoto to lightroom. When i make an alias of my originals and click that alias folder on my desktop from lightroom, 30,585 (71 short of the number in iphoto) items appear in lightroom, ready to copy. However, for some reason, none of my photos from the past two months are among these. These recent photos number far more than the 71 or so that are supposedly missing from the originals alias. My question is:

How can I make sure that all my photos are copied?

When I look through the originals folder on my computer, all the recent files are included. So it is as if they are not being recognized by Lightroom.

thanks so much!

Re: Import – Where It All Begins

genemcc — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:04:41 -0000

Try this... Right click on the folder and choose Add Parent. Do the same for the other folder. When they share a common parent in the folder panel they should merge together.

Re: Import – Where It All Begins

Arlemo — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:57:57 -0000

Thanks for your quick response! I've now tried all possible combinations of updating the folder location, but it is still the same.

Re: Import – Where It All Begins

genemcc — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:48:10 -0000

Hi Arlemo!

I suspect that the older version of "Ej brända 1" came into your LR3 catalog via a conversion from LR2. If that's the case then you aren't doing anything wrong. This seems to be a common issue with converted catalogs.

Try right-clicking on the newer version of the folder in the Folders panel and choose "Update folder location" then point at the folder on the drive. This should consolidate them in LR.

Re: Import – Where It All Begins

Arlemo — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:48:32 -0000

Hi,
When I import new photos by using the "Add" option, a new folder which is identical to an already existing folder is created. What am I doing wrong? In LR2 the photos (within LR) just ended up in the same folder structure as on the hard drive.

I don't see how I can attach a screenshot here, but I have attached a screenshot in this forum, please have a look far down on this page: http://www.fotosidan.se/forum/showthread.php?t=124478

The folder "Ej brända 1" with 11 photos was created when I imported 11 photos using the "Add" option. Before importing those 11 photos there was already a folder "Ej brända 1" in LR3.

On the harddrive there's still only one "Ej brända 1" just as it should be, and that's where those 11 photos are as well.

Can you see what I am doing wrong? I would very much appreciate a your help to solve this.

Re: Import – Where It All Begins

genemcc — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:55:13 -0000

You've got me a little stumped on this one.

First, make sure you have a backup before trying this. Select the EHD in the folders panel and click the + next to FOLDERS Choose Add Folder. The next dialog will let you navigate and add or create a folder. Add the missing parent folder on the EHD. Try synchronizing that after it appears in the folders panel. Perhaps that will work.

Let me know how this turns out.

Re: iPad Albums Via Publish Services

genemcc — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:24:59 -0000

Hi Michel!

I haven't heard of any plans for an iPad version of LR. It seems unlikely though.

Re: iPad Albums Via Publish Services

genemcc — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:24:06 -0000

Hi Markus!

You can set the resizing in the setup for the publish service. See the screen shot in the article.

Re: iPad Albums Via Publish Services

Markus — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:38:41 -0000

Is it also possible to combine the export preset with this workaround? It would be nice if all those exported pictures in the iPad folder ould be resize by the export preset automatically.

Re: iPad Albums Via Publish Services

Michel — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:46:34 -0000

The next step, however, is hopefully the release of Lightroom for iPad, like iPhoto...
Is someone aware of the development of this?

Re: iPad Albums Via Publish Services

Mike Sweeney — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:30:43 -0000

Very cool tip and timely since I just got an Ipad to try as a viewer for my clients.

Re: Import – Where It All Begins

Whitberg — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:29:45 -0000

HI Gene
I must have originally in LR2 set up my import wrong as I have the Mac internal hard drive listed and then all the individual photo folders. They are all located within one Photo folder on my EHD but the parent folder is not shown in lightroom. Should I add a parent folder to all of the files but noticed I can't do this unless the missing folder is found. Can I use shift and select more than one folder to find missing folders. I really want to have this set up correctly from now on and do not want to start a whole new catalogue.
Thanks for your help.

Re: Import – Where It All Begins

genemcc — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:21:01 -0000

Ah! Hopefully your images are in a folder structure that all fall under one parent folder at some point. Open the catalog on your iMac with the EHD attached. Right click on the topmost folder in the folder panel and choose "Find missing folder..." Now navigate to the EHD and choose that same top level folder. LR should reconnect the catalog images in this folder and cascade it down through the catalog.

Re: Creating Keyword Hierarchies

genemcc — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:19:40 -0000

Hi Stoney!

Yes. Just drag and drop keywords in the panel to create hierarchies.