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How to Fix Your F*ed-Up Catalog – Troubleshooting in Lightroom
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How to Fix Your F*ed-Up Catalog – Troubleshooting in Lightroom

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CLASS DETAILS
Runtime: 1 hour 47 minutes | Up to 1440p (2K) Resolution | Speed Control (.5 – 2x) | Interactive Chapter Markers

CLASS OVERVIEW
It’s not the best way to start a relationship. The complicated part of Lightroom messes with your mind just as you’re getting to know each other. Harsh words get thrown around – “Unintuitive”. “Confusing”. “Booby-trapped”. Ouch. You make a new catalog, then another, but the situation just gets worse. What’s up with all these question marks and exclamation points? Where did my images go? What am I doing wrong? Never fear – Go Ask Erin is here. Let’s take a look at all the ways to troubleshoot and save a f*ed-up catalog, whether your goal is to re-connect with the one you have, or to start over from scratch. You’ll feel clean when you’re done, I promise.

CHAPTERS
00:00:16 – Erin’s rant About Catalogs
00:01:00 – Four Main Strategies
00:01:47 – Start Fresh or Start Over
00:02:12 – Restructure or Reorganize
00:03:09 – Merge Multiple catalogs
00:03:29 – Migration
00:03:58 – Adobe Vocabulary
00:07:02 – Multiple Catalogs
00:09:08 – Lightroom Catalog Was Not Found Message
00:10:50 – Upgrade Message
00:13:34 – Enable Address Lookup?
00:13:47 – Updated Catalog Confusion
00:14:47 – Start a New Lightroom Catalog
00:14:53 – How to Open Your Catalog
00:16:02 – Select Catalog window
00:17:22 – Never Open an Unwanted Catalog
00:18:12 – Creating a Folder Structure
00:23:23 – Destination Folder Message
00:24:33 – Copy vs Add at Import
00:27:26 – Parent Folders
00:28:53 – Building Subfolders
00:33:18 – Renaming a Catalog?
00:35:11 – Moving a Catalog?
00:35:38 – Trashing Extraneous Catalogs?
00:37:48 – Edit Identity Plate
00:40:15 – Search for Missing Folders
00:41:18 – Rename Folders
00:41:43 – Rescue vs Restart
00:44:02 – View Options
00:44:34 – Synchronizing and Removing Folders
00:45:25 – Saving Metadata to xmp
00:49:40 – Relinking Missing Images
00:54:10 – Find All Missing Images
00:58:07 – Merging Catalogs
01:03:27 – Locate Images via Contextual Menu
01:03:53 – Building a Structure cont.
01:05:14 – Duplicate Folders
01:05:31 – Moving Multiple Images
01:05:45 – File Already Exists at Destination
01:10:07 – Show Folders in Subfolders
01:11:39 – Merging Subfolders
01:12:44 – How to Migrate
01:18:13 – Identifying Upgrades
01:20:22 – Find the Open Catalog
01:23:45 – Deleting a Catalog Doesn’t Delete Photos?
01:41:38 – Update Before Merging?
01:41:56 – Saving to xmp?
01:42:23 – Dated Subfolders?
01:44:53 – Collections Instead of Folders?

© Go Ask Erin / Newmediasoup, LLC

SKU: ondemand-20200504 Categories: Library, Lightroom, On Demand Tags: Adobe Vocabulary, Building a Structure cont., Building Subfolders, Collections Instead of Folders?, Copy vs Add at Import, Creating a Folder Structure, Dated Subfolders?, Deleting a Catalog Doesn’t Delete Photos?, Destination Folder Message, Duplicate Folders, Edit Identity Plate, Enable Address Lookup?, Erin’s rant About Catalogs, File Already Exists at Destination, Find All Missing Images, Find the Open Catalog, Four Main Strategies, How to Migrate, How to Open Your Catalog, Identifying Upgrades, Lightroom Catalog Was Not Found Message, Locate Images via Contextual Menu, Merge Multiple catalogs, Merging Catalogs, Merging Subfolders, Migration, Moving a Catalog?, Moving Multiple Images, Multiple Catalogs, Never Open an Unwanted Catalog, Parent Folders, Relinking Missing Images, Rename Folders, Renaming a Catalog?, Rescue vs Restart, Restructure or Reorganize, Saving Metadata to xmp, Saving to xmp?, Search for Missing Folders, Select Catalog window, Show Folders in Subfolders, Start a New Lightroom Catalog, Start Fresh or Start Over, Synchronizing and Removing Folders, Trashing Extraneous Catalogs?, Update Before Merging?, Updated Catalog Confusion, Upgrade Message, View Options
  • Description

Description

CLASS DETAILS
Runtime: 1 hour 47 minutes | Up to 1440p (2K) Resolution | Speed Control (.5 – 2x) | Interactive Chapter Markers

CLASS OVERVIEW
It’s not the best way to start a relationship. The complicated part of Lightroom messes with your mind just as you’re getting to know each other. Harsh words get thrown around – “Unintuitive”. “Confusing”. “Booby-trapped”. Ouch. You make a new catalog, then another, but the situation just gets worse. What’s up with all these question marks and exclamation points? Where did my images go? What am I doing wrong? Never fear – Go Ask Erin is here. Let’s take a look at all the ways to troubleshoot and save a f*ed-up catalog, whether your goal is to re-connect with the one you have, or to start over from scratch. You’ll feel clean when you’re done, I promise.

CHAPTERS
00:00:16 – Erin’s rant About Catalogs
00:01:00 – Four Main Strategies
00:01:47 – Start Fresh or Start Over
00:02:12 – Restructure or Reorganize
00:03:09 – Merge Multiple catalogs
00:03:29 – Migration
00:03:58 – Adobe Vocabulary
00:07:02 – Multiple Catalogs
00:09:08 – Lightroom Catalog Was Not Found Message
00:10:50 – Upgrade Message
00:13:34 – Enable Address Lookup?
00:13:47 – Updated Catalog Confusion
00:14:47 – Start a New Lightroom Catalog
00:14:53 – How to Open Your Catalog
00:16:02 – Select Catalog window
00:17:22 – Never Open an Unwanted Catalog
00:18:12 – Creating a Folder Structure
00:23:23 – Destination Folder Message
00:24:33 – Copy vs Add at Import
00:27:26 – Parent Folders
00:28:53 – Building Subfolders
00:33:18 – Renaming a Catalog?
00:35:11 – Moving a Catalog?
00:35:38 – Trashing Extraneous Catalogs?
00:37:48 – Edit Identity Plate
00:40:15 – Search for Missing Folders
00:41:18 – Rename Folders
00:41:43 – Rescue vs Restart
00:44:02 – View Options
00:44:34 – Synchronizing and Removing Folders
00:45:25 – Saving Metadata to xmp
00:49:40 – Relinking Missing Images
00:54:10 – Find All Missing Images
00:58:07 – Merging Catalogs
01:03:27 – Locate Images via Contextual Menu
01:03:53 – Building a Structure cont.
01:05:14 – Duplicate Folders
01:05:31 – Moving Multiple Images
01:05:45 – File Already Exists at Destination
01:10:07 – Show Folders in Subfolders
01:11:39 – Merging Subfolders
01:12:44 – How to Migrate
01:18:13 – Identifying Upgrades
01:20:22 – Find the Open Catalog
01:23:45 – Deleting a Catalog Doesn’t Delete Photos?
01:41:38 – Update Before Merging?
01:41:56 – Saving to xmp?
01:42:23 – Dated Subfolders?
01:44:53 – Collections Instead of Folders?

© Go Ask Erin / Newmediasoup, LLC

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ABOUT ERIN QUIGLEY

Erin Quigley is an Adobe ACE certified expert specializing in customized workflows and editing strategies using Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. She is an award-winning underwater photographer and editor, and creator of GoAskErin.com, which provides one-on-one instruction, custom video tutorials, and post-production resources specifically developed for underwater shooters. Along with one-on-one consulting, Erin leads trips, hosts webinars, and teaches workshops worldwide. She is a member of the Ocean Artists Society, Boston Sea Rovers and the Women Divers Hall of Fame.



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