[Tweeters] Lightroom Classic

[Tom Benedict via Tweeters]

So have you been naming your files in a way that includes enough information so that the “Everything” program can find what you’re looking for? 

Tom Benedict
Seahurst, WA


> On Dec 17, 2024, at 12:31, Robert O'Brien via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> 

> Actually, the program 'Everything'  finds any filename on your computer, image, pdf, doc, etc. literally everything, as fast as you can type in the name of what you're looking for.  Free download; incredibly useful.  You can set it to search only for  images, folders, or just set it to find Everything/

> I have several million files accumulated on my computer since when  computers started.  Without this program I would literally be 'up the creek'

> Bob OBrien  Portland.

> 

> On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 11:58 AM Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu <mailto:tweeters at u.washington.edu>> wrote:

>> Hi all,

>> 

>>    The following is about birding photography rather than about birding in

>> 

>> general or recent sightings ... if you aren't interested in it just skip.

>> 

>> 

>>    I am just learning Lightroom Classic.  LrC has a feature called 

>> "keywords"

>> 

>> which you can assign to the individual images and then use later to make

>> 

>> finding prior images both easier and quicker.  If you've assigned a keyword

>> 

>> "puffins" you can search and see only the images you have of puffins.

>> 

>>    The Keywords can also be in a hierarchy.  Although it would be easy 

>> to just

>> 

>> say "I use the taxonomy for my hierarchy" I am not going there.

>> 

>> 

>>    ===> So I'm interested in what you use for keywords ... ?

>> 

>> 

>>    My photos are currently in folders arranged by place and date (month 

>> and year).

>> 

>> And I add the bird ID to that info in my captions.  So, for example, a 

>> recent image

>> 

>> I worked on is captioned "Yellow-winged Cacique - Puerto Vallarta 2022" 

>> and is in a

>> 

>> folder called /Lumix/Puerto Vallarta 2022/.  Would you recommend that I just

>> 

>> keep/reuse that same kind of hierarchy for my keywords?

>> 

>> - Jim in Burlington

>> 

>> 

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