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Catalogs Create a New Catalog and Catalog Settings

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I pretty much understand how to create a new catalog (File Menu > New Catalog) bu try concern is maintaining my current Catalog Settings, Identity Plate and keywords. The book discusses a method utilizing a "Template catalog" with my favorite settings - "saved somewhere safe". Can anyone expand on this?
 
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Califdan said:
If your current catalog has all the ID Plates and templates you want, with LrC closed, use File Manager or Finder to make a copy the "*.lrcat" file. Rename this "Catalog Template" (or whatever you want). Then open this catalog and remove - DO NOT DELETE FROM DISK, JUST REMOVE - all the images and folders. Close LrC. Keep the "*.lrcat" file as your template. You cen get rid of other files and folders that start with "Catalog Template" (or whatever name you used).

This method wil retain all your current keywords as well as your ID Plates, collection sets and collections.
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Since you master catalog is constantly getting new keywords, collections etc. You don’t really need a stored template.
Just used Dan’s method to create an empty...
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Create a new catalog, and change the catalog settings to what you want. This will be your template. Every time you want to create a new catalog with these settings, you make a copy of this catalog and use that copy rather than make a new catalog from scratch.
 
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Keywords can be imported and exported, so you can save your current keywords as a text file and import them in the new catalog. You can also save the template with keywords already imported, of course. Same thing with an identity plate.
 
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If your current catalog has all the ID Plates and templates you want, with LrC closed, use File Manager or Finder to make a copy the "*.lrcat" file. Rename this "Catalog Template" (or whatever you want). Then open this catalog and remove - DO NOT DELETE FROM DISK, JUST REMOVE - all the images and folders. Close LrC. Keep the "*.lrcat" file as your template. You cen get rid of other files and folders that start with "Catalog Template" (or whatever name you used).

This method wil retain all your current keywords as well as your ID Plates, collection sets and collections.
 
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Califdan said:
If your current catalog has all the ID Plates and templates you want, with LrC closed, use File Manager or Finder to make a copy the "*.lrcat" file. Rename this "Catalog Template" (or whatever you want). Then open this catalog and remove - DO NOT DELETE FROM DISK, JUST REMOVE - all the images and folders. Close LrC. Keep the "*.lrcat" file as your template. You cen get rid of other files and folders that start with "Catalog Template" (or whatever name you used).

This method wil retain all your current keywords as well as your ID Plates, collection sets and collections.
Click to expand...

Since you master catalog is constantly getting new keywords, collections etc. You don’t really need a stored template.
Just used Dan’s method to create an empty clone of your current master catalog every time you want to duplicate your master catalog with a new catalog.


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clee01l said:
Since you master catalog is constantly getting new keywords, collections etc. You don’t really need a stored template.
Just used Dan’s method to create an empty clone of your current master catalog every time you want to duplicate your master catalog with a new catalog.


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Thank all of you for your input - I hope I won't need to do this again - but incase I do - I have a process that works.
 
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