That position works for me!
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] How'd they do that?
>I remember asking a friend once about Lightroom vs. PhotoShop. His
> response was something like: "If you're shooting events and processing
> hundreds of similar images then get Lightroom. Otherwise stick with
> PhotoShop."
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> On 3/24/2012 10:03 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Chuck,
>>
>> I downloaded the trial version of LR early-on, and tried to use it with
>> my
>> existing filing system, which consists of a folder for each year, with
>> sub-folders for each month, sub-sub-folders for each group of images,
>> with
>> these named by month, day, camera& lens, and subject matter. I normally
>> select an image to edit, do my RAW and PSE 6 editing, and save it back to
>> the same folder with a unique name.
>>
>>> From the short time I spent with LR, probably 2-3 days, it appeared to
>>> me
>> that it wanted to set up a filing system of its own, not akin to mine.
>> Since I did not explore it in depth, I may very well have missed an
>> option
>> to have it adopt my system. I just saw very little advantage it offered
>> to
>> my way of editing. I deleted it and moved on.
>>
>> I'm sure that I may be missing out on unique features that LR offers, but
>> I'm not a professional and don't deal with customers, so things of that
>> sort
>> don't really turn me on. I prefer to work with a simple system where I
>> can
>> remember the order of things, and concentrate on finding worthwhile
>> subjects
>> for my images.
>>
>> As with most things, YMMV
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chuck Norcutt"<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 6:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] How'd they do that?
>>
>>
>>> Thanks, Jim, but could you elaborate a bit about what happened or what
>>> you didn't like. My former photo mentor also gave up on Lightroom since
>>> he says the catalog system doesn't work over his small studio network (4
>>> or 5 machines IIRC). He doesn't just say he doesn't like it, he says it
>>> with great disgust.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/24/2012 10:34 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>>>> Eh? If you have neither desire nor need, you don't have to use
>>>> anything
>>>> else - Lightroom is perfectly happy for you to "add" your images to its
>>>> catalog(ue) *in their existing locations*. You do not have to "move"
>>>> them,
>>>> you don't even have to "copy" them, nor "copy as DNG" although you can
>>>> do
>>>> any of those if you choose.
>>>>
>>>> If I didn't know you better I might suggest that you are confusing a
>>>> directory listing with a file allocation table!
>>>>
>>>> Piers
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>>> Sent: 24 March 2012 12:35
>>>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>>>> Subject: Re: [OM] How'd they do that?
>>>>
>>>> My existing file structure consisting of folders named:
>>>> yyyy-mm-dd - long, descriptive event or subject name suits me just
>>>> fine.
>>>> I've been using it for about 10 years and have no desire or need for
>>>> something else.
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>
>>>> On 3/23/2012 2:13 PM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>>>>> What is it about the 'catalog' that irritates you?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 15/03/2012, Chuck Norcutt<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> But that means I have to tackle Lightroom and its silly
>>>>>> requirement that I use its catalog system which I do not want to do.
>>>>>> It's why I own Lightroom but don't use it. It would be nice to have
>>>>>> an integrated solution.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3/15/2012 10:28 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>>>>> Thanks. My PSE is a long expired trial version. I don't think PS
>>>>>>> does slide shows but Lightroom probably does. I'll have to check
>>>>>>> that and whatever other imaging related software I have.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 3/15/2012 9:54 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>>>>>>>> IIRC even Photoshop Elements does it (with music...)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 15 March 2012 14:48, Chuck
>>>>>>>> Norcutt<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The other day I saw (briefly) a slide show playing off a DVD
>>>>>>>>> directly to a TV projector with no intervening computer. The show
>>>>>>>>> was in the Ken Burns style with slowly changing images and zooming
>>>>>>>>> in/out and panning back and forth on each image during its play
>>>>>>>>> time. Somebody here ( don't know who) must have made it since the
>>>>>>>>> photos were of a local event no more than a couple days old.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'd like to be able to produce slide shows also that run off a DVD
>>>>>>>>> with no intervening computer required. A number of the elderly
>>>>>>>>> folks here either don't have a computer or, even if they do, don't
>>>>>>>>> know how to use it other than for a few limited things.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The Ken Burns style is OK but I'm really just interested in
>>>>>>>>> software that can get still images into video format and write it
>>>>>>>>> to a DVD. Most folks here do have a DVD player and know how to use
>>>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Anyone know what's available?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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