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    Catalogs Storing RAW photos on a large/not connected drive -experiences and suggestions?

    Sorry for my late reply. Thanks for your suggestion, Rob. I haven't yet had the time yet to study this extensively, but it looks as this could work. Since I already have all my photos (RAWs, videos and all) organized on my internal drive as well as two external backups, is there a specific...
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    Catalogs Storing RAW photos on a large/not connected drive -experiences and suggestions?

    Glad we cleared up the confusion :) Yes, initially I was hoping for a solution where the RAW files were stored on an external drive and simultaneously allowing me the same workflow, but as the discussion went on and I learnt more I came to the understanding that I would need to have everything...
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    Catalogs Storing RAW photos on a large/not connected drive -experiences and suggestions?

    Yes, I understand about Smart Previews -that they're for images which are not currently present (i.e. on an external drive which isn't attached). That is why I suggested (post #16) I create JPG copies of all my RAW images on the internal drive, then delete the RAW files there. But to that you...
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    Catalogs Storing RAW photos on a large/not connected drive -experiences and suggestions?

    But after reading Rob Cullen's reply (se quote below) I decided against a dual (external and internal drives) setup as this would further complicate navigating and viewing through my photos/videos/PDFs etc. (especially if someone else besides myself was to do it). If I was to do what you're...
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    Catalogs Storing RAW photos on a large/not connected drive -experiences and suggestions?

    So, (on the internal drive) select all the RAW files in my entire catalog, create Smart Previews of them, and when done I can delete all the RAW files from that drive?
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    Catalogs Storing RAW photos on a large/not connected drive -experiences and suggestions?

    Looks like I can't have it all :( I think the simplest solution is to keep the file structure as it is on the external drive, with the RAW files and all. Then copy it all over to the internal drive where I first convert all the RAWs to high resolution JPGs, and when done -delete all the RAWs...
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    Catalogs Storing RAW photos on a large/not connected drive -experiences and suggestions?

    Hmmmm... I see what you mean. A lot of things to keep in mind in order not to create a chaos. But if I should decide to do it this way, can you please explain how it's done. Alternatively, what would you suggest I do if I want to keep the current file structure (see post #8) but avoid having...
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    Catalogs Storing RAW photos on a large/not connected drive -experiences and suggestions?

    I figured I just had to try this out in real life to understand it better, so I created a test folder with a variety of file-types and sub-folders along the same structure as I usually have. Once set up on my local (permanently attached) internal drive I quit LR and copied the entire folder over...
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    Catalogs Storing RAW photos on a large/not connected drive -experiences and suggestions?

    I'm a little confused. I understand how an external drive with a photo library can be disconnected then the Smart Previews "take over" when you view a photo, but when that drive is disconnected LR will no longer see any of the photo library "on-line" (attached), right? So what I'm looking for is...
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    Catalogs Storing RAW photos on a large/not connected drive -experiences and suggestions?

    I guess what I'm envisioning is a "dual" system which combines two drives: External (removable) drive: all LR images and files Internal Mac drive: same as drive #1 except for RAW, TIFF and other large files (these are replaced by Smart Previews)
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    Catalogs Storing RAW photos on a large/not connected drive -experiences and suggestions?

    Thanks to everybody for the comments! Is it correct that Smart Previews are just for RAW files, or images in general? The guide linked earlier and other info online is a little unclear on this, but in case it's for all image files -is there any significant space saving compared to a JPG or PNG...
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    Catalogs Storing RAW photos on a large/not connected drive -experiences and suggestions?

    Yes, "Smart previews" was what I was thinking about! 2560 pixels isn't bad if Ijust need to occasionally share a copy with family/friends or for uploading to web forums etc. I just tried to search the web for info if this applies to version 6.14 but didn't find anything -does anyone know? I did...
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    Catalogs Storing RAW photos on a large/not connected drive -experiences and suggestions?

    I understand that it's possible to store RAW photos in LR "off-line" (i.e. to a drive which isn't permanently available) while still being able to view, edit (and export?) a high resolution JPG preview copy. It's been a while since I looked into this and back then I never seriously used it, so...
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    Removing personal metadata when exporting?

    Is there a way to remove personal metadata (name etc.) when exporting photos? I often find myself uploading stuff to web forums etc. and would like my name among other things removed from those photos, but LR 6.14 doesn't appear to have an option for this, or I haven't found it it. These are...
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    Can't export cropped PNG screenshot images

    Thanks to everybody for clearing all this up. It's a pity that LR doesn't support other formats than the typical photography formats in this day and age, but I can live with that :) However, is there a workaround with some sort of third party plugin?
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    Can't export cropped PNG screenshot images

    I've imported some screenshots from an iPad which are all PNG files. I've then made virtual copies of them which have further been cropped, and now I want to export those cropped screenshots (for uploading to online forums), and where the trouble starts.... First I see no PNG option, and since...
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    Custom sizes when printing to PDF?

    .... or better yet: just press (on a Mac) CMD-P three times after each other (something I accidently discovered) once you've selected the photos! The complete procedure being as follows: 1) go to the Library module and select the photos you want to include in the PDF file 2) press CMD-P (go to...
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    Custom sizes when printing to PDF?

    No, as far as I can see it only saves the print setup, not the actual print procedure. But I believe I've found a solution! Actually I should have thought of this before as I use it all the time for making PDFs of web pages, forum discussions, email etc. which I want to keep for later... In...
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    Custom sizes when printing to PDF?

    Very nice! But I still have to press the "Printer" button (not "Print") and go through the rest of the procedure I listed, finally by pressing "Save PDF", right? Is there a way I could just select the images in question then press just a single button, a single menu item or similar?
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    Custom sizes when printing to PDF?

    Excellent explanation! I'll be sure to always have the PPI value setting turned off when printing PDF files from LR. Prior to reading your reply I tried out different paper sizes (in the MacOS print dialog). While viewing the different results I believe I came to the same conclusion as yours...
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    Custom sizes when printing to PDF?

    It works the same way here (relying on a "PDF printing" feature within the operating system (or some OS-add on) PDF feature). I just tried it but the end result was terrible (degraded image resolution). Then I did another test, this time by disabling the "Print resolution" where I previously...
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    Custom sizes when printing to PDF?

    Luckily Preview can handle PNG files without first converting. I've been using Preview for this sort of thing before, but it's a multi-step thing and a bit cumbersome, first adding all the images to the sidebar (ensuring they're in the correct order), then "Printing" to PDF. Preview's...
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    Custom sizes when printing to PDF?

    I'd like to "print" multiple images to a PDF file with the same quality and dimensions they're at originally. They're all the same resolution and dimensions (1024x768, 72 DPI) and PNG files so I'd like to keep that for the final PDF as well, but as far as I can see there are only a few standard...
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    Copy Mac Finder paths to keyword hierarchy?

    I don't know if anyone's still reading and I'm certainly not very much into this stuff, but.... I made a couple of changes and it seems to work (copying only the folder's name to use as keywords -not the entire path as well). I made two changes: 1) found at the beginning of the script, first...
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    Library module Folder name to keywords -a plugin for this?

    Thanks John :)
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