Questions tagged [lightroom-catalog]
The catalog is a database used by Adobe Lightroom to track image organization, along with changes to images and their metadata. It is possible to use more than one catalog as and when needed - particularly useful for professional photographers - to prevent any one catalog becoming large and slow.
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Adding same description to many files in Lightroom
How do I add the same caption/description to multiple files using Lightroom?
I tried to select all the photos and edit the caption in the Metadata panel but it only applies the changes on a single ...
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Where are Adobe Lightroom (not Classic) edits stored?
I want to ensure my Lightroom edits are backed up. From what I understand, in Lightroom "Classic," a "catalog" was used to store edits. This notion seems to have been deprecated at ...
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Mac ~/Library/Caches/Adobe Camera Raw: Ok to delete?
My ~/Library/Caches folder on my mac is huge (55GB!) and most of it is attributed to the Adobe Camera Raw folder.
I want to check to make sure it is ok to clear this (put in Trash) before I do so. I ...
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Converting old photos to JPEGs in Lightroom?
This is a question about photo management in Lightroom Classic - I pretty much know what I'd like to achieve, but I'm bit uneasy to experiment, knowing how flimsy and buggy LR can be. As such, I'm ...
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Lightroom CC says it can migrate a Lightroom 6 catalog only once - why?
I try to move one of my LR 6 catalogs to the newfangled LR CC. I get the following dialog:
Why can I migrate only once? I am planning to do a test migration and then later with a new CC library a ...
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Sync Smart Preview of Master Catalog
I use Lightroom Classic with a master catalog approach (compared to multi-catalog) for my work.
I don't store any of the RAW files on my local HD - everything is on multiple HD (2 HD, 2 large USB keys,...
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How ignore video when import media to Lightroom (not uncheck every time, full ignored)
When I import photos Lightroom import videos too, but how ignore video files or files by extension without press every time "Uncheck videos" at import dialog?
Uncheck videos button shown if press alt ...
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What is a good alternative to Adobe Lightroom on macOS?
I'm looking for a possible alternative to Lightroom for the Mac platform.
I already know of Photoshop alternatives such as Affinity Photo, but I haven't been able to find a serious offering close to ...
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Lightroom CC sync issues
I have 2 SSDs in my mac and have kept my photo library on my 2nd drive with the library index/catalog file on the 1st drive with no problems. I had to replace my 1st drive with a new one and ended up ...
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Lightroom 8.1 catalog backup includes lrcat-wal and unzipped lrcat
I'm using Lightroom 8.1 on Windows 10 1809. I've chosen to always get prompted about backing up the catalog when exiting, but after I upgraded to 8.1 (from Lr 8.0 on Windows 8.1), it seems that ...
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How can I share and edit images in my library across multiple devices with Lightroom Classic CC 2019?
I'm pretty new to Lightroom Classic CC. I've used Lightroom CC for some time and this wasn't an issue, because the images were stored in the Creative Cloud. However for some reasons I've decided to ...
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How to handle RAW file storage across devices in Lightroom?
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I'm trying to figure out if there is an established way of managing RAW files across devices when using Lightroom. I am aware of Lightroom's cloud sync, but unless I'm misunderstanding how ...
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Folder-Organising Photos already Imported and Edited in Lightroom
At some point I imported photos in to Lightroom without allowing for them to be categorised in to date subfolders. I now have a batch of files 'loose' in my 2018 folder. Since importing them I have ...
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Where can I find Lightroom database documentation?
I'm looking for some documentation for the Lightroom Catalog (sqlite database) structures.
Here's a simple example of what I'm trying to do. I found a table containing the exif data (...
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Recovery of LightRoom library following file system corruption
A few months back my disk had a file system corruption (this was the moment I realised my backup strategy sucked big way). I could recover most of my files but only using a low level recovery which ...
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