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    Missing Catalog

    Today, I opened up LR4.4. Instead of the catalog opening a message showed up saying something on the order of "No catalog found". I checked what catalogs were there and found only one. It was too old to be the one I had been using for awhile. Can anyone explain how or where I can find the...
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    USB Issues

    I understand. I'll look into a powered extender. My 2 drives serve 2 purposes - one is used to back up original photos and the 2nd is used to backup LR changes. That works for me. Again thanks.
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    LR and the Cloud

    I'm a little confused/concerned about using LR on the Cloud. How do I evaluate whether the cloud is for me, does it have significant draw backs. etc. Simply how do I evaluate the Cloud? Is it seamless or simple to move a photo from LR to Photoshop and back? Can new versions to LR/PS in the...
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    USB Issues

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    USB Issues

    Good Morning Everyone. I am using LR4. I use 2 external backup drives. Connection through laptop USB port. Problem is when I start up laptop the USB drives do not start up/power light not on. Sometimes only one powers on. If I remove the USB cord from laptop and plug it back in both EHD...
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    Where is my catalog

    Jim, Thanks for all the help. I have moved the LR4 files to their own folder within pictures. I was having trouble finding it to fix things. I also found the way to set where the backup goes. I set it up so the backups go to the EHD. Feeling more confident now. Next I will attempt to locate...
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    Where is my catalog

    Jim, I reset preferences to Prompt Me. Now my next question: When I open LR again it is going to ask me where to find the catalog that I want to use. The problem is when I select the HD catalog LR opens but there is no information there. Just the LR screen. How do I get the latest catalog...
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    Where is my catalog

    Hi Everyone. In my mind this is a complicated scenario to explain. Been using LR4 for a few years and didn't understand much about it when starting. Never thought about where catalog was stored. I now know LR4 initially created and stored the catalog on my HD under Pictures - Lightroom -...
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    Using a USB hub

    Can I change the drive letter after one was initially assigned? I have never done this. Where do I go to do this?
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    Using a USB hub

    Phil I have several USB ports. My problem is my work space is very small. There is not enough room for cords/cables to be lying on work surface. The USB hub would help reduce cords lying around and out of my way. I might ask, Can you buy USB cables that are really flexible? The ones I have...
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    Using a USB hub

    Because of a very limited work area, I would like to use a USB hub. At least that is what I think it is called. I have two external hard drives I use for lightroom. Is there or could there be an issue with speed, reliability, etc when using one? Will the same letter be assigned to each EHD as...
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    Catalog in LR4

    Johan and Roelof I thank you. I think I understand your suggestions.. For now I like the idea of merging all the catalogs into one and working on cleaning them up/sorting as I go. That also sounds like a solution to locate some of my missing photos. I have another issue but I will create...
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    Catalog in LR4

    I forgot that I would lose all previous work if I started over. You mention Library function of Lightroom. Not sure how that works. I see there is a step called Find Previous process Photos. Is that what you are referring to? How does that work? Do I create a new Catalog, load in all photos...
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    Catalog in LR4

    Been using LR4 for a few years. Without getting into extensive details I want to create anew catalog and delete all my other catalogs. All prior catalogs were intended to be one large catalog with using Keywords to ID catagories. I can't explain why but I ended up with many, many catalogs...
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    Photomatix Pro5.1

    First let me say I have Photomatic Pro on my computer and has been there for quite some time. While in LR I highlight the bracketed photos I want to work on. Then I click on Edit In and select Photomatix Pro. A tif copy of the bracketed photos appears in LR. Next a window comes up asking if I...
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    Problem with exporting photos

    I found the problem. At the bottom of the export window there is an area that asks what is to don after post processing. It had open HDR software. I changed it to Do Nothing. Have no idea how that happened. I never changed that instruction before. Thanks for all your advice.
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    Problem with exporting photos

    I understand what you explained. What I don't understand is why does my HDR software open up and the photo shows up there?
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    Problem with exporting photos

    Hi Everyone, I use LR4 When I am in the export mode I reduce the size of the photo to export to be a size smaller than the original. Example - The original file photo is about 10 by 16. During the export process I ask for the size to be 8 x 10. When I finish the export window instead of the...
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    LR4 Exporting Problem

    Jim, That worked. Thanks bunches. Gordon
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    LR4 Exporting Problem

    I use LR 4. In the past I have been able to export any number of photo files with no issue. Lately, when I attempt to export a photo the exporting progress bar in the upper right corner comes up. It never show progress of exporting. Instead, up comes a small window that states Unable...
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    LR 4 Field Definitions

    Many months back I turned on my laptop and the HD crashed. HD drive wiped clean. I eventually am back up and operating with what I thought was all my photos. Every week I find another photo is missing.( Came across a print) Can't find it anywhere, including my external HD. I noticed when...
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    HD crashes and can't recover backups

    Hi Cletus, Back to backups - In the beginning using LR I backup original photos on ext. HD and the second HD was for the Catalogs. This worked fine except except I seemed to have too many catalogs. Why I don't yet understand? That's for another day. The reason I lost all older photos because...
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    Using LR 4 on an external HD

    Cletus, Thanks for the advice. I am just trying to understand why I am not recovering all my photos, folders. I had all my original photos backed up on external HD. When I recovered all the old ones were missing. I see now why. When I first bought laptop all photos were on an outdated desk...
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    Run LR4 on a desk top tower using lap top

    Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I understand what you explanations. Feeling very jumpy since my laptop HD crashed. Trying to understand catalogs. Since recovering with backups I still have many older photos missing, folders gone etc. But I will move forward from this point. Again Thanks
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    Run LR4 on a desk top tower using lap top

    Not sure my title is clear. Because my laptop HD has crashed and my research finds that laptop HD crashes is more common that tower HD. As a novice with all these issues, I am considering to purchase a desk top computer CPU only. I don't have room for another keyboard. I would connect the...
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