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(NOTE: If you'd like to skip my rambling back story, just go to the part that says "MY POINT." )
Back before LR4 came out, I downloaded the trial version of LR3 and gave it a try. I gotta admit, I never really figured it out and gave up on it. To be fair, it was at a time when during the 30-day trial, I probably didn't have enough time to dedicate to really learning the software. But I just found it frustrating and I gave up (remember, I'm an old fogey, and sometimes it's HARD to learn new tricks).
After that, I pretty much went back to my regular method of photo organization, in which I move them from the sd card onto an external drive, then onto a backup external drive, then erase them from the card. Then I view them and WRITE DOWN the file names of the ones I want to process. Yes, I know--that is *ridiculously* old school.
In the past six months, I've gotten REALLY brave and starting at least using Bridge. I still do the same thing initially, as far as putting the photos onto external drives first, but then I view them in Bridge and "star" the ones I think may be worth processing--4 stars for the best, 3 stars for ones I'll likely at least process, 2 stars for "keep this but don't bother processing." It's worked, better than the piles of paper everywhere with file names on them.
But, I was using a trial version of PS (my Mac died in December, taking all my Adobe software with it. Long story, but the upshot is I got a new desktop (NOT Mac) recently).
MY POINT:
I now have a desktop for most of my photo editing, but also have a laptop (neither are Macs). I just ordered CS6--might eventually move to the Cloud, but I wanted an actual copy of the software to fall back on, just in case I need it. B&H had a "bundle" deal where I could get LR for a decent discount IF I bought it at the same time.
So, I did.
So, I'm about to have both LR and PS again. This time, it won't be the 30-day trial, so I'll have whatever time I need to learn how to use it, but here's one of my initial questions and the source of some of my frustration the first time:
What I *want* is to be able to use LR on both the desktop AND the laptop. 90% of the editing/organizing would be done on the desktop, but the other 10% would be on the laptop. For instance, when I go on vacation--I want to be able to go ahead and get my photos put on my external drives and backed up, and maybe edit a few of them before I get home. If I do that, and then when I get home, I connect the external drive to my desktop, will LR still be able to "find" the pictures? I just don't understand how to get it set up and organized.
ANY advice about what works best for you would be appreciated!
Back before LR4 came out, I downloaded the trial version of LR3 and gave it a try. I gotta admit, I never really figured it out and gave up on it. To be fair, it was at a time when during the 30-day trial, I probably didn't have enough time to dedicate to really learning the software. But I just found it frustrating and I gave up (remember, I'm an old fogey, and sometimes it's HARD to learn new tricks).
After that, I pretty much went back to my regular method of photo organization, in which I move them from the sd card onto an external drive, then onto a backup external drive, then erase them from the card. Then I view them and WRITE DOWN the file names of the ones I want to process. Yes, I know--that is *ridiculously* old school.
In the past six months, I've gotten REALLY brave and starting at least using Bridge. I still do the same thing initially, as far as putting the photos onto external drives first, but then I view them in Bridge and "star" the ones I think may be worth processing--4 stars for the best, 3 stars for ones I'll likely at least process, 2 stars for "keep this but don't bother processing." It's worked, better than the piles of paper everywhere with file names on them.
But, I was using a trial version of PS (my Mac died in December, taking all my Adobe software with it. Long story, but the upshot is I got a new desktop (NOT Mac) recently).
MY POINT:
I now have a desktop for most of my photo editing, but also have a laptop (neither are Macs). I just ordered CS6--might eventually move to the Cloud, but I wanted an actual copy of the software to fall back on, just in case I need it. B&H had a "bundle" deal where I could get LR for a decent discount IF I bought it at the same time.
So, I did.
So, I'm about to have both LR and PS again. This time, it won't be the 30-day trial, so I'll have whatever time I need to learn how to use it, but here's one of my initial questions and the source of some of my frustration the first time:
What I *want* is to be able to use LR on both the desktop AND the laptop. 90% of the editing/organizing would be done on the desktop, but the other 10% would be on the laptop. For instance, when I go on vacation--I want to be able to go ahead and get my photos put on my external drives and backed up, and maybe edit a few of them before I get home. If I do that, and then when I get home, I connect the external drive to my desktop, will LR still be able to "find" the pictures? I just don't understand how to get it set up and organized.
ANY advice about what works best for you would be appreciated!