Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Back home after the trip
1. Be sure that the trip catalog on the laptop is fully up-to-date and backed
up onto the portable hard drive. Also, whether you're using camera raw
i les or dng, mak e sure all metadata has been saved to disk.
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2. Prepare to transfer/import the i les to your main computer in one of
two ways:
a. Connect the external, portable hard drive to the computer; or
b. Connect your laptop to the other computer over a network.
(Using the backup drive is usually faster and easier; just make sure
it's identical to the working i les on your laptop's internal drive.)
3. From within your main catalog, select File
➔
Import from Catalog.
Navigate to the trip catalog folder, select the .lrcat i le, and click Choose
(or double-click it) to select it as the import source.
In the Import from Catalog dialog box:
4. Enable Previews to see the image thumbnails (optional).
5. File Handling: Select “Copy new photos to new location and import”
Since you're having Lightroom perform the copy for you, in Copy to:
select “Choose”; navigate to your main photo drive and select the parent
folder that the trip folders will be placed into.
6. Clic k “Import”.
7. At er the import has completed, locate the new folders/photos in the
Folders panel. (If you had collections in the trip catalog, those will
be imported as well.) Coni rm the names and locations of the folders
and the number of photos is consistent with the original trip i les. If
anything is out of place, you can rename folders and/or drag and drop to
rearrange them (see Chapter 3) or perform additional imports.
8. Synchronize the backups for your main photo library.
9. Wipe all temporary catalogs, i les and folders for the trip from your
laptop and portable drive.
