bob_estremera

I've been using LR for many years and don't really understand the catalog system. I am using LR Classic V12.5. Since I'm about to upgrade my PC to a new drive, I want to understand my catalog system and make it more streamlined. On my main PC drive, I have a folder in my Pictures folder named 'Lightroom Folder' I haven't cleaned out my past catalogs so I know there are a ton of very old LR files I could delete. But which ones? My current LR is using a catalog named Catalog-2-2-V12. Inside the Lightroom folder there are 3 folders and one white icon for 'V12'. Folder 1: Catalog-V12 Helper.lrdata Folder 2: Catalog-V12 Preview.lrdata Folder 3: Catalog-V12.lrdata-data White icon named Catalog V12. See photo. How do these all work together and what do they each do? If I want to clean up my Lightroom folder, how can I delete what I don't need and keep the most recent backups? Maybe the last 3 or 4. Any help on how to maintain a clean and tight Catalog system on my PC will be appreciated. Thanks, Bob

I'm about to replace my failing hard drive (disk) on a Dell desktop with an SSD drive. I have everything backed up. I will put all of my catalog backups in the same place on the new SSD, namely, in my 'Pictures' folder. Even though it is in the Pictures folder on the new drive, will LR still go to the 'Pictures' folder to open from the last backup? Will it have a problem finding/recognizing the new drive and my backup catalogs? Thanks

I hope someone can help me, I just picked up a mint MD 35-70mm 3.5 macro, but I’m not sure how to engage the macro. There is a little blue button but not sure what to do with it. There also seems to be another black button, more rectangular, that I also don’t know what to do with. Can someone tell me how to engage the macro and what that other button is for? Is there an online users manual for this lens? Thanks!

Thanks everybody. This is helpful.

I'm about to use lifepixel to convert a Fuji X-M1 to infrared but don't quite understand the options. I'm after a pretty classic b&w image with glowy, snowy greens and dark blue skies rendering to dark grays to nearly black (Zones1-4?) I might want to have the option of outputting a b&w image with blue skies, though. Any help or experience will be helpful. Thanks, Bob

Running out of space on my 3TB WD hard drives and need to purchase 2, 6TB units, one to work from and one for a backup. Most all of the images I work with are on a folder named 'Categories' that only takes up 1TB. The rest are photos I almost never use. I was wondering if I could just copy and paste or do a backup from the old external to the new ones with only the Categories folder. That way the unused photos will still reside on the older, 3TB externals and the new drives will be more streamlined with only the active, Categories folder. My worry is that Lightroom might need the established folder hierarchy to 'find' all the images and that are in the LR directories now. Am I making it more complicated? Should I just leave everything as is and move the entire 3TB contents to the new 6TB drives. Will LR find and open the images on the new drive or will I need to import all photos for each folder I work from? Thanks,

Thanks!

At work, I use a 27" imac, the kind that's a computer and monitor in the same unit. I find photographs to be breathtakingly beautiful on the monitor. Absolutely exquisite. What monitor can I get for my PC that yields similar quality? It seems as if the panel itself is made of something completely different than a normal monitor. Thanks,

Thanks guys.

I've noticed a pretty large price disparity for 30X40" prints. I have a nice landscape shot from Monument Valley that I want to print on canvas. I just want it wrapped around a wooden frame, not actually framed. Anybody have suggestions for a printer that delivers a nice product at a good price? Thanks, Bob

I just did a test on a file and closed it Lightroom without clicking 'Done'. When I reopened the file and clicked on the Filters/Masks icon, the previous mask was active and able to be further manipulated. I guess that answered my question.

Just discovering the capabilities of Lightroom filters and masking. Wow. Quick question, can I save the file I'm working on with all the masks and filters in place, sort of like saving a Photoshop file with all the adjustment layers? I would like to go back in and change things around without having to start from scratch from a new file. Thanks, Bob

Thanks all. Bob

Thanks for the help guys. Can I Super Enhance a TIFF file? I find that going into Photo Ninja with my Xtrans Fuji files yields better fine details and holds highlight details noticeable better than Lightroom does. But then I have to work from a TIFF. Bob

Quick question, I need to uprez a 24mp photo through Adobe Super Resolution for the final print. I plan to use Lightroom for all the post processing including using the new masking features, which I have not used before. This photo will be the first. Should I uprez the photo as a first step and make the adjustments to the uprezzed image or should I make all the adjustment first and uprez the finished file for printing? Thanks, Bob