In Lightroom when you 'create a new version' the source file is NOT
duplicated. Only the xmp data (or the internal LR database) is duplicated
(and then edited) to make another set of 'instructions' to apply to the
same source file and appear as a second 'version'.
On 3 July 2014 10:12, SwissPace <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have both Aperture and Lightroom accessing the exact same raw images in
> an external (to them) file structure without issue, of course if I were to
> move folders in one then the other would get fooled so I don't do that and
> anyway I have a logical structure which I want to keep control of. Each
> library tracks its own changes leaving the raw files intact I don't often
> create version copies and have never looked into where it places them but
> neither system clash as far as I know.
>
>
>
> On 03/07/2014 10:54, Piers Hemy wrote:
>
>> Can't answer your fundamental question, Chris, but Lightroom does indeed
>> act
>> as you describe, import - non-destructive edit - output. It isn't
>> restricted
>> to that workflow (and one eventually discovers how flexible it can be).
>> And
>> it does provide DAM - in my view that is its fundamental offering,
>> together
>> with an interface (to the same raw converter as used by Photoshop) which
>> is
>> designed for photography rather than graphic arts more generally.
>>
>> Piers
>>
>> Nathan's question (concerning the size of his Fuji .raf files converted to
>> Raw) prompt me to ask, "why bother".
>>
>> With Aperture, and probably its successor, I import new images to the
>> Aperture library, leaving the originals in my filing system (folders for
>> each year) where I can edit them (the versions, not the originals) and
>> output them as I desire: to a website, to email, to FB (rare), to Photobox
>> for printing or to the printer. Chris
>>
>
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