I am new to lightroom. I've been reading tons of web sites and posts on work flow. I'm still not comfortable that I know how to transition my existing photos into Lr.
My folders on my PC are organized by year and within them by "event". Each event folder contains a combination of DNG and JPGs.
Some of the JPGs have a "matching" DNG file. Some of them don't, such as those taken with a phone or created from panoramas or HDR.
From what I've read people say, don't import the JPGs into LR if you have the RAW file since you can always export a JPG from RAW. But how would I import these folders into LR when it's not easy to figure out which JPGs have an associated RAW and which do not? Note: sometimes the DNG has the same name as the JPG and sometimes they don't.
Should I just give up and import everything?
If I do import everything, what options are recommended on import?
Many thanks!
My folders on my PC are organized by year and within them by "event". Each event folder contains a combination of DNG and JPGs.
Some of the JPGs have a "matching" DNG file. Some of them don't, such as those taken with a phone or created from panoramas or HDR.
From what I've read people say, don't import the JPGs into LR if you have the RAW file since you can always export a JPG from RAW. But how would I import these folders into LR when it's not easy to figure out which JPGs have an associated RAW and which do not? Note: sometimes the DNG has the same name as the JPG and sometimes they don't.
Should I just give up and import everything?
If I do import everything, what options are recommended on import?
- Should I leave the Edit->Preferences:General->Treat JPEG files next to raw files as separate photos checked or unchecked?
- Is there any way to ensure that metadata which I added with Picasa gets imported? Such as captions and keywords and stars?
- What other issues should I take into consideration before jumping off this cliff and beginning the import?
Many thanks!