How are you guys using Lightroom Library?

[rookies]

I mean at the moment I use aperture 3 and have the library all set up nicely naming each events etc all on one side of the application it nice.

I am finding it hard how to make it work in Lightroom to arrange all my photos any of you show your screen shoots?

I am trailing Lightroom at the moment and love the Noise Reduction on it and I have found the images that are imported seem more true to life colour than they are when imported into aperture which I find strange

Any advise and help please

 

[cowasaki]

I import everything into one folder called LIBRARY by DATE so folders for each year then inside that a folder for each day that I take a picture. Inside LIBRARY I also have a directory called FILM and inside that the same date directories.

THEN

As I import each group of photos I add tags such as WEDDING, STUDIO, FILM and a tag for the location.

THEN

I have smart folders for each type and location so that I can see all images from say Worden Park with a single key press.

PLUS

I also tag certain people, animals, pets etc etc and have smart folders for each lens and body


When I import, I import as DNG copying the image TO the library.

 

[rookies]

Think I am with you on this but could you send me a screen shoot with light room open to show me what your folders are like on the left pane

Cheers

I import everything into one folder called LIBRARY by DATE so folders for each year then inside that a folder for each day that I take a picture. Inside LIBRARY I also have a directory called FILM and inside that the same date directories.

THEN

As I import each group of photos I add tags such as WEDDING, STUDIO, FILM and a tag for the location.

THEN

I have smart folders for each type and location so that I can see all images from say Worden Park with a single key press.

PLUS

I also tag certain people, animals, pets etc etc and have smart folders for each lens and body


When I import, I import as DNG copying the image TO the library.

 

[cowasaki]

 

[rookies]

Thanks, so really it not far off on how we do it in aperture....

I have found that when I import to light room the images are more true to colour without being touch compare to aperture is this a known thing?

Now i need to find it at a best price as possible as know no students to get it...

 

[cowasaki]

I have found that when I import to light room the images are more true to colour without being touch compare to aperture is this a known thing?

This might be down to the default RAW conversion rather than anything else!

 

[rookies]

This might be down to the default RAW conversion rather than anything else!

Just to test how can I alter raw coverter in aperture to be like light room. But I think I like change over to light room at some point

 

[cowasaki]

Just to test how can I alter raw coverter in aperture to be like light room. But I think I like change over to light room at some point

I haven't used aperture since version 1

 

[Tricky01]

Aperture 3 is really good. No experience of older versions but from what I've read it's a lot better.

The problem for me has been working out how to organise them. Typically it's iphoto events and aperture events, each import with a different title. Typcally then a couple of smart albums in each with better than 1 star. Also have a few top level smart albums for syncing with my iphone:

Places smart album: has location
Faces smart album; has named face

The screen grabs above are really useful, think it's time to start cataloging properly...

 

[cowasaki]

Aperture 3 is really good. No experience of older versions but from what I've read it's a lot better.

The problem for me has been working out how to organise them. Typically it's iphoto events and aperture events, each import with a different title. Typcally then a couple of smart albums in each with better than 1 star. Also have a few top level smart albums for syncing with my iphone:

Places smart album: has location
Faces smart album; has named face

The screen grabs above are really useful, think it's time to start cataloging properly...

Aperture by default (unless this has changed) imported all the images into a giant Aperture folder which just got bigger and bigger! I prefer the normal folder with all the pictures in it THEN a separate folder with the LR3 data files etc in that. That is the main reason I switched but now I am using CS5 too so it is much better keeping both of them.