![]() Since Lightroom does not import things the way I want, you might be interested to know that I do the importing with a primitive Windows Batch file. I keep the Export(ed) and Processed images locally until I need space at which point I remove them from my LOCAL computer and just leave them in DropBox should I need them again. xmp files) that keep track of the changes you make with Lightroom or Adobe Camera Raw. By the way, I always create side-car files (the. That is, composites or extensive masking and adjusting that I have done in Photoshop. Processed images are those where I’ve done more than just Camera Raw adjustments or Lightroom adjustments. My Exported images are Processed images that have been downsized and watermarked ready for publication on e.g. All of them in fact except the absolute stinkers. Usually once I’m done with my photo processing sessions of the RAW images, I no longer have a need for the JPEGs – or even the RAWs. The fast load time of the JPEGs allows me to breeze through them first, and I sometimes use the small JPEGS (which are still plenty big) for web purposes. Lightroom does not know how to separate JPEG and RAW images into separate folders. ![]() Again, not ideal, but that’s the pattern Lightroom follows and it mostly works for me. I also break down my images by year, month, and year-month-day. That’s important because you’ll notice that I do not really have a good organization system for Android and Iphone photos and videos … just a year by year copy. LightRoom Catalog(s) (Good luck, Lightroom doesn’t much like shared drives or volumes, so I’ve had to trick Lightroom into thinking it’s writing to a regular volume).My folder/file structure looks like this: I keep the same structure across multiple machines for several reasons including consistency and the ability to work the same on each machine. ![]() ![]() Most of my work is in Windows, by the way, but I do use a Mac sometimes. My file organizational structure looks something like this on all my machines. Let me briefly explain how and why I do it, so what I communicate next won’t look like my crazy is showing. I have the 2 Terrabyte Plan at $99 a year. To set some background, it may help to know that I use DropBox to BACKUP, SHARE, and DISTRIBUTE my image files both to clients AND among my various computers. But I recently whacked my head on a problem that perplexed me. Managing and backing up large photo files is not particularly easy. ![]()
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