Lightroom Drag and Drop

Hallo,
ich verwalte meine Bilder bisher mit Elemetns 6. Ich möchte jedoch auf Lightroom 2 wechseln (Geschwindigkeit). Ich mache hauptsächlich Panorama und HDR. Also Bearbeitung in Externen Programmen. Dazu markiere ich die benötigten Bilder (in der Regel 12-30)in Elements und ziehe diese per Maus in das andere Programm. Leider funktioniert dies in Lightroom nicht. Ich kann auch nur ein externes Programm einbinden. Bei mir ist dies Nikon Capture NX 2. Kann mir jemand sagen, wie ich in Lightroom die Bilder an andere programm per Mausziehen übergeben kann. Oder besteht die Möglichkeit weitere externe Programme einzubinden.
Danke und viele Grüße
Lothar Alb

I dont want to drag and drop dnd, but the orginal files. I do picture mangagement (keywords etc.) not editing in lightroom, so I just want to use the pictures I managed in my catalog to use in indesign quickly. If you drag and trop something from .AI into photoshop for example it does work.
Illustrator and PS are both programs where the image you see has a 1:1 correspondence with an image file.
Since Lightroom is just using the paths of pictures it should be able to place pictures from lightroom into inDesign directly. Same as Bridge does.
In Bridge (as with all conventional digital asset managers), each thumbnail shown, reliably "maps" to a given digital asset in 1:1 correpondence
In order to access the asset that is referenced by a LR image, you can select "show in Explorer/Finder".
A normal OS folder window opens with that source file already highlighted. Dragging and dropping this into another program or folder, will lead to whatever outcome you would normally expect. Of course, dragging it onto another folder will move it in a way that disrupts LR's referencing of that, within its Catalog. But drag-drop operations that COPY this file or generate new referencing or versions based on that, should be safe in LR terms.
A "picture" seen in Lightroom, is not the same thing as a file, it is a virtual entity.
Dragging that thumbnail from one place to another inside LR may have the effect of adding collection membership to that image, or causing it to be included in a list of images to be exported, or whatever, and may also affect the original file's location if dragged onto a different folder.
This thumbnail may, though, merely represent one processing variation (Virtual Copy) that is sharing the use of an underlying file on disk, with another thumbnail(s).
RP

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You can obtain scripts here:
http://www.robcole.com/Rob/ProductsAndServices/MiscLrPlugins#MiscScripts
You'll have to edit lua code to adapt for Premiere. Not that hard really (e.g. clone, then change the script name and path to executable..), but may be too intimidating for some folks. If you are one of those folks, go for the plugin instead - it's usable via GUI - no lua code - can probably accomplish the same thing.
http://www.robcole.com/Rob/ProductsAndServices/OpenInWhateverLrPlugin
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dj_paige wrote:
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dj_paige wrote:
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I guess it creates new photos, hence it modifies the timestamps whereas drag and drop does not.
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One is the file data. This is what the Finder shows. This tells you nothing about the contents of the file, just the File itself.
The problem with File metadata is that it can easily change as the file is moved from place to place or exported, e-mailed, uploaded etc.
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Photo applications like iPhoto, Aperture, Lightroom, Picasa, Photoshop etc get their date and time from the Exif metadata.
When you export from iPhoto to the Finder new file is created containing your Photo (and its Exif). The File date is - quite accurately - reported as the date of Export. However, the Photo Date doesn't change.
The problem is that the Finder doesn't work with Exif.
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m.
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trebozz wrote:
b_gossweiler wrote:
Why aren't you setting up your application as an external editor?
Beat
I tried that. It works but it has to make TIF copies, which creates a new problem of having TIF files all over the place. I can work around that, but as I said, a pain in the butt when compared to the ease which Bridge makes it.
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