On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 01:37:23PM -0400, David J Brooks scripsit: > I guess i need to know, should i back up the catalogue in the same > directory on my external hard drives trhat house my photos, or does it > matter. I'm not worried about working on new photos, just getting the > old history back if i want to do more work on said photo. > Today i have started to make screen shots, thanks you google, of the > develop pages so i can go back an see what i did.
I have no idea about Lightroom specifically, but if (as it sounds) it's using a database to store the history information, the essential thing is to take your backup to some other machine, load it on to that machine, and try to use it. That's about the only way to be sure that you have got all the necessary bits and pieces in the backup. I use something called ufraw, which leaves simple text files containing settings next to the image files; not very flexible, but more robust than the database approach. -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
