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    Migrate DNG back to RAW

    Shouldn't that be "I contend that only a fool would throw away the master original Proprietary RAW file in favor of keeping a smaller open source DNG"? To Thany - to be honest if you're seriously struggling why not just leave things alone. There are numerous image file formats and in the same...
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    Migrate DNG back to RAW

    I'm thinking that if this problem is so unimportant that it isn't worth spending the cost of as couple of latte's and a muffin then it's not important enough to bother finding a solution for. If you have just spent over a thousand euros on a camera and there is a perfect solution to your problem...
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    Lightroom for RAWs on ext disk and local JPG copies with Photos.app, best workflow?

    I find there really is only one useful feature in LR Mobile at the moment and that is to sync certain galleries with mobile devices. I agree that editing images on a phone or tablet is fraught with problems and issues. However I do find it very useful for keeping several galleries of images on...
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    Hdr

    It's a good idea not to throw anything away unless you have a reason to do so. So it depends on the way you use LR. For example I take a lot of real estate photographs, usually nine bracketed images for each shot. I merge them to HDR, send them to the client, invoice, get paid and then delete...
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    LR CC Facial Recognition Sucks

    I found it improved over time quite a lot. Once it had scanned a folder and had logged names to faces it began to pick them up with increased accuracy as new folders were searched. I was also pretty impressed that even though a few people featured had aged from about two years old to over eight...
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    LR6 Facial Recognition - Experiences

    Agreed they need a rescan feature if Adobe plan to make improvements. I'd also like to see them recognise faces in profile as well. I don't mind if the software can't suggest a name (maybe that's beyond the capabilities of the software) but it would be nice to at least see it as unidentified.
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    Help

    As a corollary to the above I don't want any unexpected large one off payments to appear, which happened as and when Adobe updated PS or LR. As a small business it's all about cash flow and for me a regular very small cost is preferable to occasional lump sum payments. I am much happier paying a...
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    Replacing HDD with Amazon Prime Photos?

    If your simply looking for somewhere to archive images then Amazon Glacier or Google Nearline might be cheaper options. Neither is designed to be a place to store images you might need in a hurry, but for 'just in case' long term storage they are quite cheap $0.01 per Gigabyte per month. As...
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    Let the rumour games begin...

    I'm assuming this might be worth keeping an eye on http://lightroomkillertips.com/something-really-big-is-coming-tuesday-for-photographers-and-were-all-over-it/
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    need fast browser like onone perfect browse

    We can but dream. One day..... one day.
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    Auto Import and Photos.app

    Hopefully someone more skilled in the ways of the Mac will respond but as far as I know the LR watch folder function will only look for and import picture files as they appear inside a specific folder. If you photo's are appearing inside a file, which I assume is database set up? then I think...
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    need to be sure which duplicate to delete

    Glad to help. And the fact that the large file is named with a -2 suffix confuses the hell out of me too :)
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    need fast browser like onone perfect browse

    And on my system it's not slow at all. Which is my point. I'm a professional photographer, I have tens of thousands of images in my current catalogue and I don't criticise LR because I don't have a problem with it's speed. And nor it seems do the others who have replied. If your experience with...
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    folders in 'My Pictures' are a complete mess! Help!

    Each to their own. :) There is indeed no 'right way' to manage images. For me as a professional photographer, having a folder that says /15-04-2015/ is utterly meaningless. I have absolutely no idea what it contains. Having a folder that says /15-04-2015-tower-of-london/ is little better as...
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    need to be sure which duplicate to delete

    This might have something to do with the process you used prior to Lightroom, the smaller file might have been created automatically by a previous application you used? I would guess you are right though and the smaller image is redundant, assuming you haven't made other important edits to it...
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    need fast browser like onone perfect browse

    Don't assume that your experience is the same as everyone else's. For me (and I assume millions of other photographers) Lightroom is near instantaneous in rendering images. Therefore we simply don't have an issue and don't require other applications besides LR. There are many different ways to...
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    folders in 'My Pictures' are a complete mess! Help!

    Your picasa3temp folders are created by Picasa when it imports images. They 'should' be deleted automatically once the import is successfully completed. I would suggest you don't need them and can move them out of your pictures folder. I'd keep them somewhere until you're certain they are not...
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    HDR - LR6 sneek peek

    Yep and it's the 'merged' bit where all the fun lives and where the learning comes in :grin: Out of the box most HDR images are just where we start. Then it's tone mapping and all the other messing about that stops us ending up with something that looks like it was taken on an alien world.
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    Are you thinking of switching to the Creative Cloud?

    I'm afraid the alternative is "cheerio, it's been fun but we've moved on and you're now in a niche market we're no longer Interested in serving, all the best, Adobe". It might not be fair but it seems to be the way it is.
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    Are you thinking of switching to the Creative Cloud?

    The fact that Adobe Photoshop was one of if not the most pirated piece of software ever made is probably one reason why Adobe went down the subscription road with such enthusiasm. It's horses for courses but as a professional photographer the eight quid a month I pay for Lightroom and Photoshop...
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    Which Camera Calibration Profile?

    The D2X profiles refer to three profiles that came as default with the Nikon D2X DSLR. Many, myself included, think they are some of the nicest looking profiles. They were used a lot by sport and news 'togs who shot jpeg for speed of turnaround (copy deadlines). D2X did the job and became...
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    Which Camera Calibration Profile?

    Wot he said. For me the main use of the LCD camera screen is for composition. As mentioned above you can get an idea of how you're exposure went but it's not definitive. Once in Lightroom I use a profile based on the type of images I have. I mainly use the old Nikon D2X modes. But these only act...
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    Forcing Raw photos to open in Photoshop Camera RAW from Light Room.

    Assuming you still want to make your life more difficult by using an inferior RAW adjustment tool then ACDSee is a decent alternative to Lightroom for cataloguing.
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    Client response Gallery equivalent

    I find Zenfolio very simple to use, certainly no harder to navigate than Smugmug. As it happens the site has had a massive redesign in the last few days that makes it even simpler. I've not spent a lot of time in the Control panel since the upgrade but it might even be a little too simple now...
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    Why rename files on import?

    File renaming and a robust file naming convention can be crucial depending on the type of photographer you are and the unique workflow you use. I am a commercial photographer, so the majority of my images go to clients. It's absolutely critical that I employ a consistent naming convention so...
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