Catalog (moving photo proxies)

Until recently, I burned my photos on CD (1 CD / month). Then I imported the photos in the catalog of PhotoShop Elements and I started tagging.
Meanwhile, I bought an external hard drive (1TB RAID) and I moved all my photos to it.
How can I transform this change to my catalog without re-tagging all the photos?

My files are offline. When I try to reconnect, PSE says 'there are no files to reconnect'.

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How do I free up space on my C drive by moving photos to a separate hard drive on the same pc?

I need to free up space on my C Drive by moving photos to Seagate expansion (H) drive. Currently use Windows Vista and elements 11 where I have organiser containing folders and albums which I want to keep intact after the move. Photos are currently held in C:users, valued customer, pictures. I’m pretty ignorant on how to do this but have tried to read and follow the FAQs and previous advice and think I have some understanding(!) I have made a catalog back up onto a separate Seagate expansion drive (F) and although the files appear to have been renamed as ‘B0000001’ for example, I believe this is normal and I can also see a backup.tly and a catalog.buc file so I’m assuming the backup was successful. I think I need to take the following steps;
1. drag and drop the folders containing my photos from the C drive into the (H) drive. (Does this have to be completed one folder at a time or can they all be highlighted and dragged and dropped in the same action)?
2. As I’m not changing computer then I’m assuming I don’t need to restore the catalog?
3. At this point I won’t have deleted anything off the C drive so how do I ensure the catalog establishes links with the photos that are now on the (H) drive if they’re still on the C drive?
4. Once I know the photos are safely on the (H) drive and all links to the catalog have been established I’ll take a new backup of the catalog onto the separate Seagate expansion drive (F)
5. Do I need to take a separate backup of the photos which are now on the (H) drive?
6. I’ll then delete the photos on the C drive.
7. In future any new photos I take and import into Element 11 organiser, I’ll save on the (H) drive.
Have I got the steps right? Any help would be appreciated as I don’t want to lose anything.
Thanks.

It's much simpler:
Dekka1 a écrit:
I need to free up space on my C Drive by moving photos to Seagate expansion (H) drive. Currently use Windows Vista and elements 11 where I have organiser containing folders and albums which I want to keep intact after the move. Photos are currently held in C:users, valued customer, pictures. I’m pretty ignorant on how to do this but have tried to read and follow the FAQs and previous advice and think I have some understanding(!) I have made a catalog back up onto a separate Seagate expansion drive (F) and although the files appear to have been renamed as ‘B0000001’ for example, I believe this is normal and I can also see a backup.tly and a catalog.buc file so I’m assuming the backup was successful.
Yes, the renaming is normal and the fact you can see a backup.tly file is good. However, even if you are 99% sure that the backup is ok, the only way to be 100% sure would be to restore somewhere else... (being somewhat paranoid!)
I think I need to take the following steps;
1. drag and drop the folders containing my photos from the C drive into the (H) drive. (Does this have to be completed one folder at a time or can they all be highlighted and dragged and dropped in the same action)?
Dragging a master folder also drags its subfolders, no problem.
2. As I’m not changing computer then I’m assuming I don’t need to restore the catalog?
No, no need to do that. When you move (by drag and drop or the move menu) the organizer automatically updates the catalog.
3. At this point I won’t have deleted anything off the C drive so how do I ensure the catalog establishes links with the photos that are now on the (H) drive if they’re still on the C drive?
The drag and drop procedure really moves, that is to say : copies the files to the new location AND deletes the files in the old location. Note that if there is a problem in the file transfer, the original files won't be deleted. The transfer of big libraries can require several hours. That happened to me with a power outage at 95% of the process. The files already copied stayed on the new computer, the original files were not deleted and the database of the catalog rolled back to the initial situation as if I had done nothing. So dragging and dropping is safe, at least on recent PSE versions.
4. Once I know the photos are safely on the (H) drive and all links to the catalog have been established I’ll take a new backup of the catalog onto the separate Seagate expansion drive (F)
5. Do I need to take a separate backup of the photos which are now on the (H) drive?
6. I’ll then delete the photos on the C drive.
7. In future any new photos I take and import into Element 11 organiser, I’ll save on the (H) drive.
Have I got the steps right? Any help would be appreciated as I don’t want to lose anything.
Thanks.
If you take a new backup, it will include all the files recorded in the catalog. If you still have pictures on your C: drive, and possibly others on other external drives, everything will be backed up. You can't specify a backup for images in a given disk, only for all images in a catalog. For instance, you can move only a part of your images on your C: drive. You can add pictures in the drive you want, C: or H:

Moving photos from one iPhoto library to another

Is there a way to move photos from one iPhoto library to another? I tried to use export, and that puts the photos in the other iPhoto library (I can see the photo if I open Hard drive>user>pictures>iPhoto Library but when I open iPhoto it is not in that Library's library.
If I have not made myself clear, please ask and I'll try again.
Dave

sudkcore
Is there really no other way than via third party software??
Yes there is, detailed above: export from one, import to another.
I love using iPhoto but this is a real drawback.
Wow, really?
I have bought an external disk so i can free the space on my laptop by moving photos and now I have to buy some software in order to do that??
You don't have to buy it. What's more the free version of iPhoto Library Manager will move up to 20 pics at a time. And the paid version is only $20.
BTW: you can run an entire library from the external disk:
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library Folder as an entity from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
Regards
TD

I want to move a PSE 5 catalog and photos from an old Dell Dimension desktop to already installed PSE 13 on a new Dell XPS. Can it be done?

I want to move a PSE 5 catalog and photos from an old Dell Dimension desktop to already installed PSE 13 on a new Dell XPS8700. Can it be done? If so, how? Link to any clear cut instructions?

Hi,
You can visit Common catalog upgrade issues | Organizer | Elements 6 or later and see if it works.
You can also visit Converting a catalog from previous versions | Learn Photoshop Elements 11 | Adobe TV for visual help.
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Kishan

Using iPad 2 photos and have not found key to organizing or moving photos from one album to another existing album

With ipad2 I have been almost successful in moving photos from the stream or roll to separate albums. It takes the commands but does not allow last step. What am I missing?

If you are wanting to copy photos from your computer to the iPad then you need to select all the folders that you want to copy together in one go - synced photos can't be deleted directly on the iPad, instead they are removed by not including them in the next photo sync, so on each photo sync you need to select all the photos that you want to remain on the iPad. So you will only do one photo sync to copy them.
So when you connect the iPad to your computer and select it on the left-hand sidebar of your computer's iTunes, on the right-hand side on the Photos tab you need to select the parent folder under each those 100 folders are directly under - each of those 100 folders will then get their own album on the iPad. The folder to album relationship only works to 1 level i.e. if those folders have sub-folders in them then their photos will go into the parent's album on the iPad
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Moving photos between projects

I'm having a problem - erratically - moving photos from one project to another. When I select one photo & drag it to a different project - the entire project gets moved instead of just the one selected photo. (I've double checked that there are no photos selected before I select the photo that I want to move.)
If I cancel the move, I end up with missing thumbnails & sometimes missing photos.
This is erratic because sometimes dragging one photo to another project works.

It is really hard to tell what might be happening - we need more details:
What is your Aperture version? The most recent Aperture 3.4.1?
Are your images referenced or managed? Raw or jpegs?
How did you edit them? With Aperture or an external editor?
Do you create new versions when editing and stack them, or edit the current version?
And after moving to a new project, the preview of the version shows the original master, but the thumbnail shows the original edits? Is that correct?
I Suspect, when you moved the images, they lost their previews. As a test, duplicate an image version (Photo > Duplicate Version) and force the generation of a new preview (Ctrl-click, hold down the options key ⌥, select "Generate Preview"). Does that bring back the edits? Also you could try to export the image version ans see, if the edits are still there.
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Léonie

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Moving Photos Around

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if you use iPhoto on your Mac for photo storage, create an iPhoto album or multiple albums, and place the photos you want in the album or albums.
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To remove an entire album from your iPhone, deselect the album under the Photos tab for your iPhone sync preferences followed by a sync. To remove select photos from an existing album that is transferred to your iPhone, remove the photos from the photo album in iPhoto followed by a sync.

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Iphoto 11 v 9.4.2 keeps quitting on OS X 10.8.2; while editing or moving photos; any help please!

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Storage dropped from 16GB to 7.5GB after moving photos to PC. Why?

I was nearing capacity on my 16GB iphone, so I moved photos to my PC. Now storage shows 7.5GB available instead of 16GB (7.5 GB Available, 6.1 GB Used). How do I get my storage back up to 16 GB?

HI Trev
This is quite odd. First of all i would like you to check your photos whether if it has increased or not. Could you please check whether new apps or videos are automatticaly synced to your phone while moving to pc?
This could be the problem. While elses you are transferring you photos from iphone to pc via itunes, Itunes automattical sync the apps which are not installed in your iphone from the pc.
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Kyaw

Capable of moving photos with Bluetooth?

Moving photos taken from the onboard camera to my laptop via bluetooth is one of my primary actions on a cell phone. I hope I'm overlooking this feature. Anyone figure this out? If its missing I sure hope a software update can add it sooner than later.
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Here is how the Help tell me of Moving Photos (BUT IT DOESN"T DO THAT!!)

I do exactly what it says but it doesn't copy the file to another event. I can however copy them anywhere else. It is **** of a work to copy them to the desctop and back to the event I want to have them be in...Do any1 have any Idea why it doesnt copy??
Select Events in the Source list.
Command-click to select two or more Events.
Double-click one of the chosen Events to open them.
If you have set your preferences to use the Event double-click to magnify photos, move your mouse to the bottom of the Event’s key photo and click the “Show photos” button when it appears.
Drag the photos you want to move into the Event you want to add them to.
To select multiple photos that are not next to one another, hold the Command key down as you click.
The moved photos will appear at the end of the Event.
You can also use cut and paste to move one or more photos from one Event to another.
To do so, select one or more photos you want to move and then choose Edit > Cut (or press Command X). Then select the Event you want to move the photos to, and choose Edit > Paste (or press Command V). The photos are removed from one Event and appear in the other.

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Moving Photos to New Computer - Losing My Mind!

Just replaced our old Dell desktop with a shiny new HP. Previously ran PSE 3.0 under Windows XP with the photos residing on one external drive (F:), and backup files on another external drive. The new machine is Windows 7 (64 bit), so I've loaded the trial version of PSE 8. I tried restoring from the backup, which restored the pictures to the Public Pictures folder per my request,but then the converted catalog still pointed to the F: drive to find the photos. When I tried to reconnect, I realized it would take forever (11,000 photos!).
How do I get the restored catalog to point to where the pictures are???

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The Reconnect command is poorly designed and very fussy, so be sure to follow the instructions carefully.
If you can't get it to work, then I recommend starting over: Install PSE 8 on the old machine, convert the catalog from 3 to 8 there, and then use PSE 8's backup/restore to backup the catalog and photos and restore them on the new machine. As you've discovered, trying to change to a new computer, a new version of Windows, and a new version of PSE at the same time is problematic.

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