suzpax
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- Dec 11, 2018
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- Windows 10
Greetings!
I am suffering from analysis paralysis when it comes to finally getting my Lightroom monster under control and would appreciate your thoughts and recommendations.
I have been using Lightroom since 2003 for personal images and about 8 years ago dove into photography as a living... I have multiple catalogs, many many "Pictures" folders, and I can't even imagine how many nested duplicates (backups--for my paranoid mind) there are. I am about 80% confident about locating all of the historical catalogs as well as where most of the images are.
I want to finally get this under control with one (maybe two) catalogs. I don't need to be convinced of the merits of one big catalog, but since I no longer shoot professionally, I am toying with having two--one for all (former) client files and one for everything else. I don't want to see my former client images again, but would like the convenience of the keywords, ratings, etc that Lightroom has.
One Catalog or Two?
I read the merging catalog article and feel like this will be the best place to begin. I have an 8TB external backup drive that I was going to use to copy all data/files "mess" over, you know, as a backup.
My main question is: Do I start the merging/ fixing/moving process with my current computer (nearly 10 years old) or would it save me tangible time to copy the mess to a WAY faster machine to chew through?
Obviously I don't want to carry the disease over to the shiny, neat and clean machine, but I am at a loss about what and where to begin!
Your thoughts and advice would be so much appreciated!
Thanks!
I am suffering from analysis paralysis when it comes to finally getting my Lightroom monster under control and would appreciate your thoughts and recommendations.
I have been using Lightroom since 2003 for personal images and about 8 years ago dove into photography as a living... I have multiple catalogs, many many "Pictures" folders, and I can't even imagine how many nested duplicates (backups--for my paranoid mind) there are. I am about 80% confident about locating all of the historical catalogs as well as where most of the images are.
I want to finally get this under control with one (maybe two) catalogs. I don't need to be convinced of the merits of one big catalog, but since I no longer shoot professionally, I am toying with having two--one for all (former) client files and one for everything else. I don't want to see my former client images again, but would like the convenience of the keywords, ratings, etc that Lightroom has.
One Catalog or Two?
I read the merging catalog article and feel like this will be the best place to begin. I have an 8TB external backup drive that I was going to use to copy all data/files "mess" over, you know, as a backup.
My main question is: Do I start the merging/ fixing/moving process with my current computer (nearly 10 years old) or would it save me tangible time to copy the mess to a WAY faster machine to chew through?
Obviously I don't want to carry the disease over to the shiny, neat and clean machine, but I am at a loss about what and where to begin!
Your thoughts and advice would be so much appreciated!
Thanks!