LR Catalogs in Photoshop

Can LR Catalogs be imported into Photoshop?

Geoff has given you the correct answer. The only way that catalog would benefit your client is if he had the same version of Lightroom, and the images could be placed in the exact same folder location that they are on your computer. The catalog is not something that is portable the way you want it to be. The easiest way to show your client is to give him exported copies of the images.
Incidentally, Photoshop does not know anything about Lightroom catalogs. It doesn't know what they are. The catalog would simply be an unrecognized file.

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PSE 8 - Coverting My Catalog from Photoshop Album 2.0

My free download PSE 8 begings the conversion of My Catalog (Photoshop Album 2.0) when only 6% of the way into the process it stops giving an error message; "Failed. Try repairing the catalog with the software that created it". Frankly I am not sure where to begin.
My entire catalog, only one by the way, was created with the Photoshop Album 2.0 application. In an attempt to identify what was in need of repair using the slideshow View over all of the photos in my catalog I did identify where some images' were not linked to the actual photo. Any such disconnect I have rectified and am able to view the entire slideshow without interruption suggesting that there is nothing to repair?
Our use of Photoshop Album 2.0 has been unsophisticated. We download our photos from camera/s mainly using the Photoshop application which automatically stores them in the Adobe sub-folder under My Pictures. We then move these into appropriately named separate folders and mapping them onto similarly named Collections within My Catalog. Here we edit and delete where necessary and also caption. Once that exercise is complete, to reduce storage, we go back to My Pictures and remove any duplication resulting from the editing process. As a final test we take a slideshow View of each collection to insure that there are no disconnect.
What can I try next? Is there any diagnostic tool within Elements 8 which can assist in identifying where we need to start with the repair job?

Hi John
Despite successfully running Reconnect and Repair, PSE 8 is still unable to
convert My Catalog from Photoshop Album 2.0. The 'Problems converting
catalogs to PSE 6 or 7' notes suggests that I might need to first migrate to
Elements 5. Can I take you up on the offer find me a copy?
Actually John I may be making life unnecessarily difficult for myself. I
would like to upgrade my Adobe Photoshop software but have some thousands of
photos with captions. Is there a more simple way to migrate photos, edited
photos all with captions into PSE 8?
Regards
Neil

Converting Catalog from Photoshop Album 2 to P. Elements 4 or 9

When converting the catalog from Photoshop Album 2.0 PE Versions 4.0 or 9.0, I get 43% through the conversion and then an error message pops up saying the file is corrupt and to repir first in the original version. I have looked up other forums which have been helpful recommending to hold Control key down whening opening P Album to firstly repair the catalog. This done successfully, with the catalog working in Album "successfully repaired", it still does not correct the error message when attemptng to re-convert the catalog into the later versions. I have about 12,000 photos in the catalog. Any ideas most welcome?

I am curious
Is PS Album 2 running on a Windows XP PC ? Does PS Album run normally ?
PSE 4 on the same PC ?
Is PSE 9 running on the same computer as Photoshop Album 2 ?
Or perhaps is PSE 9 running on a new computer with Windows 7 ?
For PS Album 2, in addition to doing the repair of the Catalog (which you have done), you should not have any disconnected files when you attempt a catalog upgrade. In PS Album 2, look for a command to Reconnect All Missing Files -- it may be under the File menu. Run that command.
Here is a reference to a discussion of problems upgrading catalogs
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Problems_converting_catalo gs
I suggest that you read it for general background and specifically I suggest that you read the comments about identifying a "poisin" video file

How do i transfer catalog in photoshop 4 into photoshop12

how i traansfer my photoshop 4 catalog into photoshop 12

this is for pse 6 and later but hopefully you can work it out from this, http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/backup-restore-move-catalog-photoshop.html

Working with libraries/catalogs in Photoshop Lightroom

So, you have a question or two or three about Lightroom Libraries/Catalogs. Not to worry, Adobe have provided a TechNote , which is aimed at addressing questions such as:
Note: with the introduction of Lightroom version 1.1 Adobe have replaced the term "Library" with "Catalog"
1. How many files can I have in my library?
2. What is the largest photo size I can import into Photoshop Lightroom?
3. Can I have more than one library?
4. Can I store my library on a network drive?
5. How can I use my library on multiple computers, such as a laptop and a desktop?
6. How do I move photos from one library to another library?
7. How can I back up my library?
8. How can I transfer images from my hard disk to an external hard disk or to a CD/DVD when I run out of space? What happens to my library if I do this?

If you want to work on the frames of a movie in Photoshop, you have a few options. One is to render and export a composition from After Effects as an image sequence, and work on the frames as individual images in Photoshop. Another approach is tor ender and export the composition as a QuickTime movie and then import tha into Photoshop; this requires Photoshop Extended.
These options are covered in a bit more detail in "Working with After Effects and Photoshop".

Do I need a separate folder "(Catalog Name)-Photoshop" in addition to "thumb5.cache"?

I have recently added PE12 to a new computer and added then converted converted the old PE6 catalogs to the new computer. This was apparently successful, as I am able to open each of the "old" catalogs in the "new" system. However, when I was looking at the catalogs folders themselves on the computer, I noticed that my largest catalog, entitled "Family Photos" (which was previously "My Catalog" but I renamed it) does not have a folder named "Family Photos- Photoshop". All of my other catalog files have this folder, which contains the JPGs associated with each catalog.
I don't know if this occurred because of something I did or if it should be this way. I had some difficulty in restoring and converting the PE6 files over to the new computer so I may well have done this without realizing it.
C://ProgramData/Adobe/ElementsOrganizer/Catalogs/Family Photos
My question is should I have the "FamilyPhotos-Photoshop" folder and if so, how do I add it now? Like I mentioned, the catalog Family Photos appears to be working fine- it was really just an accident that I noticed the different file structures between it and my other catalogs.
The photos themselves are stored as "Pictures" on my computer, and are where they should be, as far as I can tell. (It doesn't appear that I moved the actual location of the photos to the PE12 catalog file).
Sorry to ramble on, but I wasn't sure what was needed to answer my question.
Thanks for any and all help!

LadyAggie wrote:
My question is should I have the "FamilyPhotos-Photoshop" folder and if so, how do I add it now?
No, you should not, it's perfectly normal that you don't find any jpg files in the catalog folder, and that the real images are on 'Pictures'.
All of my other catalog files have this folder, which contains the JPGs associated with each catalog.
That is not the normal situation. It may be the result of previously moving or restoring catalogs, but it's not recommended. No problem if that works, but I prefer to keep the folder containing the catalog folders 'clean' without the images themselves, which are more easily accessible from the Explorer if they are in 'Pictures' or in any dedicated folder you have created for the purpose.
If you decide to move those pictures folders outside of the catalogs folder (it's not mandatory), do it from the 'Folders' view in PSE12 by drag and drop after creating a backup for safety.

How can I fix a corrupt catalog in photoshop elements 8?

I am getting a catalog corrupt error in photoshop elements 8. Is it really corrupt or is my version too old now or something? I have years worth of photos in this catalog. The photos are on my hard drive, but is there any way to repair or reconstruct the catalog? Are the tags and albums saved somewhere?

Hi,
The details about the tags and albums are all stored within the catalog so you could try to repair it.
If you can't load the organizer, try holding down the shift key while you start the organizer and it should open the Catalog Manager and jump to step 3 below.
Load the organizer
From the File menu, select Catalog - that should open the Catalog Manager.
Select you current catalog and click on the Repair button
When that has finished, click on the Optimize button
When that is done, click on the Cancel button to close the Catalog Manager.
Good luck
Brian

Converting Catalogs From Photoshop Album (2.0) to Photoshop Elements 13

My Photoshop Album currently holds some 23,000 photographs/jpgs from 2003 to date. Each is catalogued to provide a very high level of granularity to assist in identifying specific photographs and their subject content.
I have purchased Photoshop Elements to update the management of the collection. The Adobe information identifies it to be a suitable successor but indicates that there is likely to be some effort required to update the catalog. Using Catalog Manager I have attempted to Convert the old catalog which didn’t work because it “couldn’t be seen” in Elements. Further research of the Forum and other Adobe resources pointed to the Catalog Conversion Utility. Again this also failed to work.
I then reduced the number of photographs to about 4,500 (year 2014). I have noted by the way that this has had virtually no effect on the psa file size. As I gradually Deleted photos from the Catalog I have come across about 100 items which cannot be deleted and returns the following error message….
The ODBC data source reported the following error:
“[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Indicator variable required but not supplied on column number 10 (fDateTimeHigh)”
I have tried a number of ways to delete the photos including removing them from their folder; “Reconnecting the Missing File” with/without the same name in a different Folder; and generally getting myself very frustrated with my lack of knowledge. Googling/search for help and pointers hasn’t found the solution.
What or where can I find a way of deleting these errant files? (I have MS Access if this is a tool that might get me the solution.)
Note that one very old and small Catalog did convert and successfully integrated into Elements so it all works in principle. It seems to point to these problem jpgs.
Any help would be much appreciated.
FROM PHOTOSHOP ALBUM
System Details:
#### NOTE the following is incorrect (copied from “System Info” on Album Help. This is the original build OS; currently Windows 7 with latest updates. See further down for Photoshop Elements for System Info. ####
Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0.0.16271
Current Catalog:
Catalog Name: Main.psa
Catalog Location: C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Photoshop Album\Catalogs\
Catalog Size: 45MB
Catalog Cache Size: 536MB
System:
Operating System Name: XP
Operating System Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1
System Architecture: Intel CPU Family:6 Model:10 Stepping:7 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP
Built-in Memory: 4GB
Free Memory: 4GB
Important Drivers / Plug-ins / Libraries:
Microsoft DirectX Version: 9.0
Apple QuickTime Version: 7.76
Adobe Image Viewer Version: Not installed
Adobe Acrobat Reader Version: 11.0
Adobe Acrobat Version: 10.1
Adobe Atmosphere Version: 3.0
FROM PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS
Elements Organizer 13.0.0.0
Core Version: 13.0 (20140831.m.62014)
Language Version: 13.0 (20140831.m.62014)
Current Catalog:
Catalog Name: Mum & Dad Document Scans
Catalog Location: C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Photoshop Album\Catalogs\New Catalogs\Mum & Dad Document Scans\
Catalog Size: 132KB
Catalog Cache Size: 31.8KB
System:
Operating System Name: Windows 7
Operating System Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1
System Architecture:
Built-in Memory: 8GB
Free Memory: 4.6GB
Important Drivers / Plug-ins / Libraries:
Microsoft DirectX Version: 9.0
Apple QuickTime Version: Not installed
Adobe Reader Version: Not installed
Adobe Acrobat Version: 10.1
CD and DVD drives:
D: (ATAPI iHAS624 BUS: 1 ID: 1 Firmware: B)

Yes. Thanks for your reply. Just shows my age doesn't it! I've really got to upgrade my system from Windows 3.1.
Still it lasted me for quite a few years over its various issues and wasn't a bad investment for me considering I think it was a magazine cover freebie, though I can't remember whether it was issued on 5" or 3" disks!!!
Interesting to note that conceptually the original design was quite good and together with the new face recognition technology which is as good if not better than Picasa the PSE13 Organiser does a good job. It's a pity Adobe doesn't promote more of this side of the product. I wasn't able to find the replacement to Album as it was starting to struggle as the photo count increased and I hadn't been able to find an obvious replacement. Still that's over now.
All I have to do now is to raise a query as to how to order/sort certain tags and it's a near perfect product for me. Can't find the answer in the Manual(s) or FAQs - or I'm not using the correct query key words.

How do you convert a Photoshop Album 2.0 catalog to Photoshop Elements 13.0 catalog?

I have a lot of photographs with metadata and tags in Photoshop Album version 2.0 and I want to pull thee images, metadata, and tags into Photoshop Elements version 13.0 on a Windows 7 computer. Searching the web I found that this has to be done with the convert feature. I tried File, Manage Catalogs, Convert and point to the folder holding my Photo Project Catalog.psa file, but nothing happens. It does not apparently see the .psa file. How do I get my .psa catalog migrated into Elements 13?

Hi,
See if this helps.
Convert Organizer catalogs for 64-bit versions | Photoshop Elements 13 or later
Brian

Need help loading pics from multiple catalogs on Photoshop Elements 3

In the past, I've synched my photos from Photoshop Elements 3 to my video Ipod without a problem, but I only had one catalog in Elements. I created a new catalog and wanted to upload some of the pictures in the NEW catalog to my ipod. The trouble is, when I go into the photo preferences in my Ipod, it only shows the albums in the catalog I'm in. I want to load some pics from both catalogs. If I switch to the second catalog it erases everything it loaded previously from the first catalog. Does anyone know a way to upload from multiple catalogs on my Ipod? Is it possible to do?
Thanks!

In the past, I've synched my photos from Photoshop Elements 3 to my video Ipod without a problem, but I only had one catalog in Elements. I created a new catalog and wanted to upload some of the pictures in the NEW catalog to my ipod. The trouble is, when I go into the photo preferences in my Ipod, it only shows the albums in the catalog I'm in. I want to load some pics from both catalogs. If I switch to the second catalog it erases everything it loaded previously from the first catalog. Does anyone know a way to upload from multiple catalogs on my Ipod? Is it possible to do?
Thanks!

Multiple Catalogs with Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.0?

Is it possible to work with multiple and independent catalogs in PSA SE?
I suppose all catalog information by default is stores in the file C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Adobe\Photoshop Album\Catalogs\My Catalog.psa (Windows XP Pro), and I can se that a renaming of this file is reflected in the program top-line.
It would be fine if I could start the PSA SE with a file path+name parameter identifying the actual catalog (xxxx.psa file) to open

The previous post answers my question about SE not having a multiple catalog feature. But I had been using PSA ver 1 which does have this feature. The SE came with a new computer. Is there any way I can incorparate the feature from ver 1 (which I paid for) into SE?

Lr cannot read Catalog .psa (Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2)

Hello,
I use Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2 to manage my 12'000 photos (with tags) and I'll move to Lightroom. But I cannot import the catalog .psa into Lr2.3.
Lr can read only catalog .lrcat, .lrdb, and .aglib !
I renamed catalog .psa to catalog .aglib etc. but nothing happenend.
My idea, I will :
1. Install PSE 7,
2. read catalog .psa (is it possible?)
3. export into catalog .lrcat, .lrdb, or .aglib (is it possible?)
4.then import with Lr with all the tags
Is there someting easyer to do ?
My brain is boiling :-\
Thank you
Tennistin

PSE7 should be able to convert your catalog. I don't really know, as I haven't tried and haven't read about converting PSA Starter Edition catalogs, but I am optimistic.
The problem is that the current version of Lightroom will not read PSE7 catalogs. Probably when Lightroom 3 comes out, it will read PSE7 catalogs. So, I would search the Internet to see if the trial version of PSE6 or PSE5 is available somewhere for download. If you can find one of those versions, they will convert your PSA catalog as well. Lightroom definitely does convert PSE5 and PSE6 catalogs.

Aperture, good cataloger for Photoshop,but is there more?

Hi,
I am trying to maximize the benefits of Aperture, but there is still confusion. Aperture obviously is great at storing, cataloging, comparing, retrieving and opening images. The books and web tools are convenient and work quite well also. My problem is that I still have to go to photoshop for extrapolating my images to a larger size, resolution, then while there, I use Noise Ninja and Photokit Sharpener since it is convenient and the results are good. If I could at least extrapolate my image in Aperture for sharpening, I don't think I would need to go to Photoshop and that would be the ideal way to maximize Aperture.
My question is, why use Aperture for these things at all? I don't mean to sound negative. What Aperture does do, it does it quite well. I would just like to have it be the one stop shopping place for my images from camera to printer.
I can open, catalogue, compare, store, retrieve by metadata, and more in Photoshop already. I want to be told that Aperture is better for some reason than Photoshop, but I am not seeing it. What am I missing? Should I just interpolate in Photoshop, bring it back to Aperture and then print out of Aperture and then store it? It seems like an extra step for little benefit, especially when I can do this on my laptop and my desktop computers which I can not do with Aperture. (Don't really need the laptop for editing, but it would be nice to have)
I assume most who have Aperture are still using Photoshop for some things, but when does Aperture become indespensible as compared to being just a very nice looking raw image editor/cataloger?

Aperture's core strength is its integrated workflow, specifically in getting you from "lots of images" to "the images you really care about" quickly and efficiently. It doesn't have all the functionality of Photoshop (no true layers, no masking, many fewer 3rd party plug-ins), but it's great in getting you from 1000 shops to 25 "selects" in 30-60 minutes, when you've done some simple color correction and shadows/highlights to them.
If you need that, great. If you're a fine art photographer who is used to working with 4x5 or 8x10, maybe not so great, as you will need photoshop for every photo you work on.
Did you watch the videos on the Aperture site? If nothing those folks rave about meshes with how you work, perhaps it is a bad fit. Aperture isn't trying to be everything for everybody... which, based on the learning curve I went through with Photoshop, is a good thing. A very good thing

Importing a catalog from Photoshop Elements 7

I upgraded my Windows Vista machine to Windows 8, and my Photoshop Elements 7 disappeared. I recently installed Photoshop Elements 11, and I want to import the catalog from my original Photoshop Elements 7. How do I do this?

The link will guide you for catalog conversion with various aspects liek tags etc as the UI has changed now and it`s all under various rooms namely Places/People/Events
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/common-catalog-issues-upgrade-elements.html
Thanks,
Garry

?Catalog in Photoshop Elements

I am having trouble understanding how the catalog works in Photoshop Elements 9. Specifically where is it located and how does it back it up? I tried to back up my catalog to a cd and it told me I needed 108 cds to do this. This doesn't seem to make sense to me since I understood that the catalog is just a database of the locations of the photos, why would it be so large? Also I had previously backed it up to my hard drive and it didn't seem to take that much room. Finally why is the main (original) catalog stored in a hidden folder at the root level on the hard drive? Maybe not that many people use the catalog or have so many photos in it but conversely because I have cataloged so many pictures, it is critical for me to understand how it works. Any and all comments gratefully appreciated. Eilish

The help files explain catalogs in detail. This page will get you started:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/elementsorganizer/using/WSae2ea3b149d0c3591ae939f103860b3d59-7 f82_WIN.html
Quoting from one of the help files (emphasis added):
function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
The Backup Catalog command copies catalogs, media files (original and edited versions), PDFs, and projects onto a CD, DVD, or local network hard drive. You can have a backup of your catalog and media files on your hard drive (if your computer has space).
The default catalog is accessible for all users, and is therefore stored under the \ProgramData directory which is accessible to all users' programs and a Windows system directory -- hidden so users won't screw it up.
Ken

Lightroom 1.3 catalog shows Photoshop application folders (OS X Leopard)

Hi,
I have been using Lighroom without problems for a long time but now I got this weird problem with Lightroom (I am using OS X Leopard & Lightroom 1.3)
Few days ago just in the middle of using lightroom tens of new folders appeared to the catalog. Those folders were not image folders, they are subfolders of "applications/Adobe Photoshop CS3" folder and Lightroom shows randomly some of the images from my "real" folders under those new folders (no on my disk but in lightroom catalog)
I renamed the catalog file and took older backup version to use and after opening Lightroom everything was fine until some new folders appeared again (again folders that are located under Photoshop application folder on my HD)
Next I deleted my catalog and previews files and let Lightroom to create new ones. I imported one folder of images from my USB drive and it worked fine for about minute and again some Photoshop folders appeared to the catalog..
I even reinstalled Lightroom but still this problem exists..
Here is an screenshot of what I mean (only the "sekakaiset" folder is a imported image folder, other folders appeared on their own, and they do no contain images but Lightroom shows some of the images from my "sekalaiset" folder under those Photoshop folders)
http://hotimg12.fotki.com/a/88_114/80_127/weird.jpg
Has anyone experienced this same problem? What should I do to fix this?
Thanks, -Jarmo

Thanks guys for the advices!
I checked my smart folders, and found an image that was saved within my old Bilder folder and navigate to it, then moving all the files I had there to my Documents folder, so they're back and safe now (well, safeER).
The "problem" with the pictures folder being in English still remains though. I've tried all of the things that Andreas said, but none of them worked. Using TinkerTool to show invisible files had no result either, the old folder were completely gone.
I even tried uninstalling Lightroom completely (through AppZapper), changing the language to English, rebooting, repairing the privileges, changing the language back to Swedish, then rebooting again. It's still named "Pictures". I have never renamed any of the folders created by the system, so that's probably not the issue.
Any other ideas? Having the Pictures-folder in English sure doesn't kill me, but being a person who likes everything perfect, it sure annoys me! Plus that I wont feel safe moving images back into that folder for a while now.

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