Excellent... easier than I thought. Thanks, David & Godfrey! On Oct 24, 2013, at 7:53 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@me.com> wrote:
Picked the groups of files you want to work with. Export as catalog and include previews and Smart Previews, no negatives. Carry that catalog anywhere you like and create collections, metadata, whatever. When back to your main system, import the edited catalog. All your edits, collections, etc will move into the main catalog. Godfrey > On Oct 24, 2013, at 2:20 PM, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have been gathering together onto a single drive all of the various > family (digital) photos we have taken over the years... And now they > are all organized by year, and imported into LR 4. That was the easy > part... Now I'd like to be able to go through them, select favorites, > rate them, make some collections, etc. Eventually, the goal is > prints, probably in blurb book format. > > It feels like a big job. My workspace is not in the house. I'd like > to be able to export a catalog of files onto my laptop, and while I > sit on the sofa in the evenings, go through the rating, > collection-izing, etc. Then, sync this organization back with the > main catalog. I wouldn't really do any image editing, just > organizing. > > I think I can do this... Maybe one of resident LR gurus can > confirm...? An initial search for info didn't turn up a quick answer, > but I'm probably not searching the right thing... If anyone knows of a > link to more info, that would be helpful... > > Thanks! > -c > > -- > 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. -- 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. -- 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.
