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So can you find out what Leica means by HD video?Fair does - each to his own -
Thanks for this Jerome - that's true - and helpful, but if you have a managed Aperture library with 50,000 images in it, it may not be quite so easy to find! I also didn't manage to make that work with Photos.Just a quick note about the "crashed library" part. If this happen, either use time machine to restore a previous version or ctrl-click the library file (it is actually a "package", that is a directory presenting itself as a file) and choose "show package content". Then you'll see the files in the library "package". Presumably, all what is needed is to delete the offending file in the "masters" directory.
It works with Photos and it is easy to find. The directory structure makes sense for humans. If your picture is called 1234.dng and was taken on march, 1st 2015 it will be found in:Thanks for this Jerome - that's true - and helpful, but if you have a managed Aperture library with 50,000 images in it, it may not be quite so easy to find! I also didn't manage to make that work with Photos.
Ummmmm... You're doing yourself a disservice by having 50k photos in your LR cat.It works with Photos and it is easy to find. The directory structure makes sense for humans. If your picture is called 1234.dng and was taken on march, 1st 2015 it will be found in:
masters/2015/03/01/1234.dng
Well actually I was talking about my Aperture LIBRARY - not my LR CatalogueUmmmmm... You're doing yourself a disservice by having 50k photos in your LR cat.
Now I'm using LR and . .You should make a new cat. every session and just name it the date you were out. You should also keep those said sessions on an external SSD (preferably thunderbolt drive). And have LR on your internal SSD. Have all the cat files in one folder, and have all the images in their respective dated folders.
Thanks for the help, date based folder structures etc. etc. been doing it since I started scanning pictures 20 years ago. But if you know a wonder way of keyword searching across multiple LR catalogues then I'm quite open to suggestions! Otherwise I'm going to need to keep an overall catalogue - and one day I'm going to have to convert my Aperture Library - but the plan is to reduce it to a couple of thousand quality images.Performance wise, that's the fastest way to work. AND, a bit of preplanning every time you unload your memory cards will save you a lot of headache down the road.
HI JeromeIt works with Photos and it is easy to find. The directory structure makes sense for humans. If your picture is called 1234.dng and was taken on march, 1st 2015 it will be found in:
masters/2015/03/01/1234.dng
This is a good point. I always rename the first character of every camera I get. I use to be cleaver, now it's just A, B, C, D...HI Jerome
Imagine - you have 4 Leica cameras, all with filenames starting with 'L' you've been importing jpg+dng into your Aperture Library with jpg as master for 3 months - still using 10.10.2 - you aren't very computer savvy (like lots of photographers I know). Then you decide to update to 10.10.3 and BAM - you can't load your library. You have lots of Lxxxxx.dng files scattered through folders and directories in your Aperture /Photos library, you aren't sure which is which, and anyway nobody has told you how to look inside the folder
My warning wasn't personal - it was generic - It only caused me irritation . but it could be quite bad for someone in the above situation.
all the best
Jono
HI Jerome
Imagine - you have 4 Leica cameras, all with filenames starting with 'L' you've been importing jpg+dng into your Aperture Library with jpg as master for 3 months - still using 10.10.2 - you aren't very computer savvy (like lots of photographers I know). Then you decide to update to 10.10.3 and BAM - you can't load your library. You have lots of Lxxxxx.dng files scattered through folders and directories in your Aperture /Photos library, you aren't sure which is which, and anyway nobody has told you how to look inside the folder
My warning wasn't personal - it was generic - It only caused me irritation . but it could be quite bad for someone in the above situation.
I think it depends really on what sort of use you need of your images - I shoot the same subjects from season to season, and I want to be able to create collections etc. from all of my images. Having a separate document to pull it together really doesn't do it.Yes, use tags for your images in each cat. But other then that, no not really a smart way to flip between cats.
HI Jerome.I was only trying to help. Sure, Apple gets the blame for the crashed library. All I wanted to say is: if that happens to you, there is no reason for panic. It can be fixed without trashing the whole library and that is the procedure to do it.
It is not very important whether one has 50 thousand files and 4 cameras, BTW. Since the files are organised internally by date, you only need to look in the directory holding the files for the day.
Exactly. This was the only reason for my post: someone may have a crashed library, use google, and find this thread. Nothing more.HI Jerome.
I know you were trying to help - but I didn't need the help - someone might some day though
Um, no.Ummmmm... You're doing yourself a disservice by having 50k photos in your LR cat.
You should make a new cat. every session and just name it the date you were out. You should also keep those said sessions on an external SSD (preferably thunderbolt drive). And have LR on your internal SSD. Have all the cat files in one folder, and have all the images in their respective dated folders.
Performance wise, that's the fastest way to work. AND, a bit of preplanning every time you unload your memory cards will save you a lot of headache down the road.
If I had multiple, identical cameras, I might do that kind of thing. Normally, though, I'm pretty uninterested in which camera produced what image, and only marginally interested in what lens or exposure was used most of the time. It's useful when testing equipment and tracking usage, but I don't need to do that any more.This is a good point. I always rename the first character of every camera I get. I use to be cleaver, now it's just A, B, C, D...