2015
Lynda
Chris Orwig
1:00
English

Learn the best ways to work with catalogs in Lightroom and make your photo management process as reliable and efficient as possible. This exploration of Lightroom kicks off with the essentials: locating, saving, and (most importantly) backing up your catalog. Then author Chris Orwig shows how to clean up and speed up catalogs, access photos on more than one computer, merge multiple catalogs, and export catalog data for use in another program. Last but not least, Chris shows how to back up your catalog periodically, so you don't lose any important changes or photographs down the road.

Introduction
Welcome
Using the exercise files
1. Catalog Essentials
What is a catalog?
Thinking about catalogs in a new way
How many catalogs should I have?
Locating your catalog
Backing up your catalog to multiple locations
Saving and backing up the catalog
Catalog backup best practices
2. Maintaining Your Catalog
What are sidecar XMP settings?
What to consider when choosing XMP settings
Cleaning up an unorganized catalog
Synchronizing a folder
Improving Lightroom's speed
3. Working with Multiple Catalogs and Computers
Using Lightroom on multiple computers
Merging two catalogs
Exporting as a catalog
4. Backup Strategies
Working with hard drive best practices
Using software for auto backup
Conclusion
Next steps

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