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Originally posted by BigBayesian View PostI'm having trouble with backup in lightroom. If I want to move a bunch of my raw files off the hard drive and onto a backup drive, I'm not sure how to move them with all my changes / tweaks / labels attached. Anyone know how?
If its the latter, move the files while youre in lightroom. Just make a folder in the new drive and drag and drop them through the LR interface. It'll keep track of where they are.
If its the former, have LR write onto your raw files (if they are DNGs) or create a sidecar XMP file (if proprietary RAW such as NEF or CR2). Read about it here http://help.adobe.com/en_US/lightroo...8BA5CDE37.html You can then just copy the files over to your backup drive.
EDIT: And I just realized rlriii13 already mentioned all of this. Whoops.
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Originally posted by TravelingJ View PostThat was always my issue with lightroom. That, and I'm too lazy to sort through my 48k photos. They would take up more HDD space than I have in my MacBook, so I just don't get around to doing anything at all with them...
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Thanks much - to both of you. What I want is to back up all my changes, while still preserving the original RAW file (which is what the xmp file is for, I think). Ideally, I'd do it in such a way that if I were to switch computers, I could just copy the raw + xmp files over to the new computer, and access my old raw files, and my old changes and labels, without any fuss. I'll look at the link and the videos to confirm that I can do that. Thanks.
Originally posted by trung View PostDo you want to just back them up or move them entirely from your internal hard drive to an external?
If its the latter, move the files while youre in lightroom. Just make a folder in the new drive and drag and drop them through the LR interface. It'll keep track of where they are.
If its the former, have LR write onto your raw files (if they are DNGs) or create a sidecar XMP file (if proprietary RAW such as NEF or CR2). Read about it here http://help.adobe.com/en_US/lightroo...8BA5CDE37.html You can then just copy the files over to your backup drive.
EDIT: And I just realized rlriii13 already mentioned all of this. Whoops.
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Every time you post in a page of a photography thread without photos in it, God drops a Leica.
Little Corona by PeterDSims, on Flickr
Moon Over the Newport Harbor Jetty by PeterDSims, on Flickr
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Originally posted by BigBayesian View PostIdeally, I'd do it in such a way that if I were to switch computers, I could just copy the raw + xmp files over to the new computer, and access my old raw files, and my old changes and labels, without any fuss.
Originally posted by thedrake View PostEvery time you post in a page of a photography thread without photos in it, God drops a Leica.
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Originally posted by BigBayesian View PostThanks much - to both of you. What I want is to back up all my changes, while still preserving the original RAW file (which is what the xmp file is for, I think). Ideally, I'd do it in such a way that if I were to switch computers, I could just copy the raw + xmp files over to the new computer, and access my old raw files, and my old changes and labels, without any fuss. I'll look at the link and the videos to confirm that I can do that. Thanks.
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Another page with no photos!
How about some old stuff from Sedona, AZ
20131105 - Sedona AZ-41.jpg by PeterDSims, on Flickr
20131105 - Sedona AZ-77.jpg by PeterDSims, on Flickr
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To the original poster's question, what really helped me out was youtube. Learning the basics and feeding my excitement for photography.
Here's some good ones as there are a lot of crappy ones out there:
Karl Taylor
FroKnowsFoto
Chase Jarvis
Zack Arias
DigitalRev - The Top Gear of photography
Edit: I forgot to mention to look for youtube videos where they critique user submitted photos. SLR Lounge has a long running series on youtube. This is a lot more effective after getting the basics down.
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Originally posted by thedrake View Post[MENTION=2192]Cannon[/MENTION] that second shot is amazing, love it
It looks like Mars, where is that?
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Finally got a chance to walk around with my new prime lens...
A cloudy day in Boston by pratato, on Flickr
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