2011/4/27 Godfrey DiGiorgi <gdigio...@gmail.com>: > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 2:14 AM, Thibouille <pentaxl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I presently work with 2 catalogs. One for my personal work and one for >> my photo courses.... >> >> Now, my problem: I realized I imported files from my Courses catalog >> at the place I store my own files (lets call it Personal catalog). ... > > I'm not entirely sure I understand. Is this the situation? > > - You have two catalogs intended for different purposes, Personal and Courses. > - You do not want the image files to be included in both catalogs. > - When you import with each catalog, you want LR to move your image > files into different file system locations to keep them separated.
Yes, sir. > - When you imported files into your Courses catalog, you inadvertently > set LR to place the files in the file system location normally used > for your Personal files. It may be. Actually, looking at the rest of your post, I see that is most probably the problem. I, indeed, broke myself the thing. >> I do not want to mix files, deleting a file when it is also present in >> the second catalog will create a big mess and since LR can't open both >> catalog at the same time... can't do another way. >> >> Did I messed things up? Or did LR? I'm under the impression that LR >> keeps the last import settings in memory but do NOT it does so in >> relation to what catalog is opened. Which means, if I'm no cautious >> enough, things gets mixed (and messed up). Is it so ? > > The worst thing that can happen if you delete files from one catalog > (and delete or move them around in the file system) is that the same > image files also present in the other catalog will come up with > question marks saying that Lightroom can't find them. All you have to > do is tell the catalog with the question marks to synchronize with the > file system and remove missing files. Yep, indeed, that what happended (followed by a loud S**T) ;) But I copied back the files where I intended them to be otherwise it becomes a big mess. > Similarly, once you put the files into the right locations for the > other catalog, either re-import them or synchronize existing folders > into which they've been placed. Will do, thanks. > Lightroom remembers import settings on a per catalog basis > automatically, but the sensible and safe thing to do if you want LR to > move files into separate locations in two different catalogs/import > scenarios is to define two import presets, one for each catalog, and > remember to choose the correct one when doing your imports. That, I was unsure about. Thank you for pointing it out and more thanks because I never thought about the import presets. To me it was more like doing a couple adjustments/conversions at import time which I didn't want to. > I have about four different import scenarios articulating in what > destinations in the file system I want imports to place the files, so > I have a preset set up for each of them. Will certainly do as well now. Thank you much Godfrey :) > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs ---------------------- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ KX, MX, SuperA+Motor, Z1, P30 Mamiya C330+80/2.8 Sekonic L-208 FalconEyes TE300D x2 Studio flashes Laptop: Macbook 13" Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- 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.
