Christopher Campbell
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I started a thread on this subject yesterday over on the DAM Forum (Digital Asset Management), but have not yet got much of a response, and thought it would be interesting to see what Lightroom users over here are doing:
http://thedambook.com/smf/index.php?topic=3175.'
To simplify backup and archiving, I've followed Peter Krogh's advice to segregate original and derivative files into "buckets" (essentially 1' GB folders, to be burned to Blu-Ray discs). Since buckets of originals (DNG files) are burned to optical disc as they are filled, all derivatives (jpegs, edited masters, printing files) are accumulated and stored in separate buckets that are burned to disc later, as they too become filled (DVD backups are in addition to hard drive backups). The physical and chronological separation of the derivatives from the originals (stored on different drives, often created years later) means that one needs to use careful naming strategies for files and folder (to facilitate things like Spotlight searches in OS X). It is also, however, a perfect opportunity to use Lightroom's many forms of metadata associations. I realize that there are lots of ways of linking files (and with the beta of Lightroom 2, new ones!): keywords, collections, etc.
At the moment, virtually all of my important work gets exported out of Lightroom for various reasons (Enfuse for HDR, Photoshop CS3 for Photokit Sharpener, PTMac for stitching, etc.). Since I'm now re-importing all the derivatives and cataloging everything in one large Lightroom catalog, I would be interested to hear some of the leanest and most efficient work-flows and practices for re-associating these various derivative files with the originals upon which they are built.
http://thedambook.com/smf/index.php?topic=3175.'
To simplify backup and archiving, I've followed Peter Krogh's advice to segregate original and derivative files into "buckets" (essentially 1' GB folders, to be burned to Blu-Ray discs). Since buckets of originals (DNG files) are burned to optical disc as they are filled, all derivatives (jpegs, edited masters, printing files) are accumulated and stored in separate buckets that are burned to disc later, as they too become filled (DVD backups are in addition to hard drive backups). The physical and chronological separation of the derivatives from the originals (stored on different drives, often created years later) means that one needs to use careful naming strategies for files and folder (to facilitate things like Spotlight searches in OS X). It is also, however, a perfect opportunity to use Lightroom's many forms of metadata associations. I realize that there are lots of ways of linking files (and with the beta of Lightroom 2, new ones!): keywords, collections, etc.
At the moment, virtually all of my important work gets exported out of Lightroom for various reasons (Enfuse for HDR, Photoshop CS3 for Photokit Sharpener, PTMac for stitching, etc.). Since I'm now re-importing all the derivatives and cataloging everything in one large Lightroom catalog, I would be interested to hear some of the leanest and most efficient work-flows and practices for re-associating these various derivative files with the originals upon which they are built.
