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I'll admit to never really using LR2 properly in a cataloging sense, just post processing really. However, since a fresh install of Win7 on both my laptop & desktop, I want to start getting some organisation.
Up to now, I've always saved the RAW's from my camera onto my HDD in a 'RAW' folder named by date.
Then I would import into LR2, delete/keep, process, and then export into a 'Processed' folder on my HDD, again, named by date.
As lightroom catalogs as well, am I using up a lot of space by keeping the RAW's separately in folders on my HDD?
Would a neater solution be to always import from my camera or memory card straigt into LR, then just export to my 'Processed' folder?
Does LR2 store the RAW files somwhere, or does it just make some sort of image (I'm guessing the latter, as the silvertone files it creates don't seem that large).
Also, any recommendations for a good LR book? I'm interested more in the cataloging side of it really, I'm quite comfortable with the processing, just never really spent enough time with the workflow side of it.
Up to now, I've always saved the RAW's from my camera onto my HDD in a 'RAW' folder named by date.
Then I would import into LR2, delete/keep, process, and then export into a 'Processed' folder on my HDD, again, named by date.
As lightroom catalogs as well, am I using up a lot of space by keeping the RAW's separately in folders on my HDD?
Would a neater solution be to always import from my camera or memory card straigt into LR, then just export to my 'Processed' folder?
Does LR2 store the RAW files somwhere, or does it just make some sort of image (I'm guessing the latter, as the silvertone files it creates don't seem that large).
Also, any recommendations for a good LR book? I'm interested more in the cataloging side of it really, I'm quite comfortable with the processing, just never really spent enough time with the workflow side of it.