Wed Apr 15, 2009 5:42 pm
Hello Alvaro,
I use Lightroom all the time and lately I`ve came to this solution,so that I can backup my photos AND my work already done on them. First I need to say that I only shoot in raw.
1.Import the photos in Lightroom, one folder at a time and create a collection for every separate folder.
2.Do the edits in Lightroom as much as possible and for higher-end work,in Photoshop. The resulting Photoshop file unfortunately has to be either tiff or psd,which takes a lot of space while editing the raw file in Lightroom only adds up a few kilobytes to the xmp file.
3.When done, gather a few folders (or not) to fill up a dvd and burn it.
4. I have about 3-4 TB of storage, so for the moment I can afford to keep the pictures on the hard disks, too.
5.If you want it, you can create a huge collection containing all your collections but it will only have the previews information and the xmp files, not the actual pictures, if you don`t want them in. This way you`ll have a “bird`s eye view”on your photos.
I hope this helps,
Nelu