LR3 to LRCloud

Will my LR3 Libraries integrate with LRCC? do I need to transfer anything?

No I don't think so. Lr4 updates the Lr3 catalog the first time you opened Lr4. But updating the catalog does not mean that the name of the catalog file is changed.
So, if your Lr 3 catalog had been named "Lr 3" then the updated Lr 4 catalog would still be named "Lr 3" - although it is the Lr 4 catalog.
The name of the file is totally un-important, you can name the catalog file anything you want. What counts is the contents of the catalog file not its name.
Since you work in Lr 4 the catalog must be a Lr 4 catalog - even if its name is "Lr 3".
If this annoys you, you can change the file name in your OS (Mac Finder / Win Explorer). You should rename the catalog file and the preview file. After renaming the files double-click the catalog file and Lr 4 will open with it.
BUT PLEASE - back up your catalog in a safe location before you proceed with renaming the catalog.

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Importing to LR3.3 from Panasonic DMC-ZS3

Sorry if this has been addressed. I couldn't find anything about it.
Windows 7 Pro, 64bit, LR3.3, 2-SanDisk 2gb cards, RAW USB 2.0 UDMA reader
Ever since upgrading to LR3.3 I have not been able to Import files (jpg) from my wifes SD cards straight to LR. Her camera is a Panasonic DMC-ZS3. Prior to LR 3.3, ie; 3.0 it worked fine. I can copy via explorer to the hard drive then Import them to LR 3.3 without a problem. OK, there is a problem. I use LR's automatic folder destination creator by date taken, on import. It takes too much time to create all these folders using explorer.
The Import report says the files were not imported because they could not be read but reads them fine from my hard drive. It reads and imports the files from my Nikon (CF card) fine also.
Any ideas why LR 3.3 does not like these files anymore.
Jim

Jim,
Bad card readers and/or USB connections (cables, ports, hubs) are known to cause issues like yours. Somehow, LR seems to be more affected by these problems than the O/S tools.
jga154 wrote:
I can copy via explorer to the hard drive then Import them to LR 3.3 without a problem. OK, there is a problem. I use LR's automatic folder destination creator by date taken, on import. It takes too much time to create all these folders using explorer.
You could copy the files into ONE temporary folder via Explorer, and still use Copy/Move and LR's automatic folder creation by date.
Beat Gossweiler
Switzerland

Files Renamed when importing to LR4 and now can't find them in LR3

Help! What should I do???
Yesterday I installed LR 4 Beta. I had a folder with 300 images in it on LR 3, obviously all files had names. I imported these photos into LR4 to work with LR4 and they were renamed in the process. Now in my LR3 folder, all the files still have there old names and the "missing photo ?" and I assume that's because the name has been changed and LR3 can't find them. Any thoughts on an easy fix?
Thanks,
Matthew Kraus

Thanks so much for helping me with this.
I must admit, I didn't pay too much attention when importing this "test"
group of photos to LR4, therein lies my problem. Now that I look at the
import settings that were used:
1. Files were not added or copied, they were "moved" to a new location and
also renamed.
2. Files were renamed starting with "264" using my regular import template.
Listed below are the first 10 photos with their original LR3 and he
changed LR4 names.
1201_001 changed to 1201_264-2
1201_002 changed to 1201_265-2
1201_003 changed to 1201_266-2
1201_004 changed to 1201_267-2
1201_005-Edit-Edit changed to 1201_268-2
1201_005-Edit changed to 1201_269-2
1201_005-Edit changed to 1201_270-2
1201_005-Edit-Edit-2 changed to 1201_271-2
I have a back up of my images on an EHD from several days ago which has the
original file names, but this backup only has 203 of the 268 images I
imported yesterday and are renamed.
Thanks again,
Matthew Kraus
2012/1/11 Dorin Nicolaescu-Musteață <[email protected]>
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Bug in Print Module, LR3.6, custom package

Hi everybody,
After two days of unequal fight with Print Module bug I hope I finally pinned it down.
Hope it saves someone time
I have my photos usually cropped in DSLR format (2:3)
Printing I use often two popular formats 13x18cm and 15x21cm that are close to 5:7 (first one is 5x7in)
Initially I was using virtual copies and had them cropped to 5:7 format.
However this makes a little mess in my workflow and it's time consuming.
What I found was Custom Package in Print Module.
Having cell with target size I drag desired photo into the cell and using cmd-key drag this foto to have proper look as the width target format is smaller. So far so good, but ...
From time to time printed photo looked totally different from what I saw on-screen.
First of all there are couple threads about that problem. I visited them but they remain unanswered
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3344521
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3278739
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/697107
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3885690
There are visual samples there of what happens.
Photos in JPG file that was created from LR look differently than in LR. Photos in file are bigger or/and wrong positioned within the cell
What I managed to find is:
Everything goes fine until photo is rotated by 'Rotate to Fit' function. It happens in my case only with photos that have the same orientation that template.
Example:
Template is set on A4 borderless format set to portait (Page Setup... button).
Two cells 14,85cm height x 21cm width (A5 format). First one over second and both in landcape position.
When I drag photo cropped in Landscape orientation such a photo is rendered properly.
When I drag photo cropped in Portrait orientation it's atutomatically rotated 90 degrees (couterclockwise) by "Rotate to Fit option" and that is when **** happens.
Final print (to file or printer) shows that user dragging is omitted in render. What's more if "Photo border" is set to on, photo in this cell is not reduced. Instead of this (as far as I can see) photo border just crop some part of picture.
If I switch orientation of the A4 page from portrait to lansdcape, magically photos that are cropped in portrait orientation start to render good (they are not rotated now) while those in landscape start to render wrong.
This looks 99% as software bug.
I'm using LR3.6 on mac osx 10.6.8
I'd like someone to follow it and to check if the same happens on different Mac or Windows.
Cheers
Robert

Confirmed in LR 5.3, OS X 10.9.1.
Screen display is fine, user repositioning is ignored when printing if page is in landscape mode and the image is rotated 90° (Rotate to Fit on). A4, Epson printer. Bug also appears in PDFs generated via the "Printer…" button. I didn't check JPEG export.

I have mac version 10.10.1 yosemite.Using LR3. I exported 7 sub folders from LR to an external hard drive in order to free up space on my mac hd.

encountered two problems:
1. instead of seeing the 7 sub folders in the external drive, all the images are out of order, entirely scrambled. when I open LR3 however, the contents of these folders are greyed out and show 0 images. I can see the question mark next to the image saying it is located elsewhere (i.e. on the external hd)If I plug in the external hd I can open the images and edit in CS5, but as I said it 's like finding a needle in the haystack.
2. no new space shows up on my mac hd even though that was the reason I made the export.
is there a way to fix this? I have a different external hd that backs up LR. Currently it is not plugged in. I am afraid to plug it in because it will take the new LR configuration and I'd lose any option to correct the problem. I also , on the same (different) hd I have Time Machine backup. would that help to fix the problem and bring back the organization I previously had with the 7 subfolders. All that organization is currently lost,i.e. show as greyed out 0 content in LR on my mac hd and shows as scrambled on the external hd.
Can I fix this??

zarowin, you want to move the files. Not export them! See here: Move folders around in Lightroom | Adobe Photoshop Lightroom tutorials. There are two ways to do that. One is to move the folders inside Lightroom to your external HD, the other is to move them in the finder and reconnect the folders afterwards using the tips in the link dj linked to above. Also, you really should upgrade your Lightroom. LR 3 is not fully Yosemite compatible. I think the problems are mostly cosmetic though.
Periodically I get a prompt in lr asking if I want to back up lr and I have been consistent about doing so. At this point however, since those out of order images have be “exported” (am I using the right word??) to the second external hd, into a folder without subfolders, (hence the scrambling effect), if I were to plug in the external hd that is my backup drive (for time machine as well as for lr), won’t it be backing up the mistake I made by not using subfolders ongto the other external drive, thereby compounding the problem?
This warning has nothing to do with Time Machine. It is Lightroom's own backup. Every week or so, it will generate a backup Library that you can revert to in the case of trouble. In fact, you can usually safely delete the very old ones but keep them from the last month or so. Look for them in a folder called "Backups" right next to your main catalog file (probably in your Pictures folder). Be sure to only throw away the oldest backups. If you have never done this and have a large catalog with 10's of thousands of images you probably have easily 100 GB of these backups. Just calculate how much space you are wasting if you started doing this around LR 3, several years of backup catalogs at a frequency of once a week, and a typical catalog size of 1.5 GB (my main catalog is over 2GB).
Lastly, Time Machine backup doesn't overwrite older versions. It keeps versions around of all your catalog files (including the backups!).

Catalog hell since upgrading to LR3 from LR2. Please help.

Ever since I upgraded from LR2 to LR3 I've been in a hellish runaround with my catalog. Whenever I start up LR3 a dialog box pops up asking me to "Please upgrade the catalog file "Lightroom_Catalog (original)" for use with Lightroom 3." It then makes a new catalog file. The problem is that I'm asked this question every time I open LR3 and I haven't had time, until now, to research the problem and I now have 3 different catalogs. AND when I allow it to upgrade the file I'm now getting a pop up saying "LR couldn't update the format of its catalog file because the file appears to be damaged." As far as I'm concerned LR3 is what damaged it in the first place. What can I do? I have jobs coming up and I just need LR to work and I need access to my catalog of photos. PLEASE help!
Forever in your debt if you can help.
Anita

How do you start Lightroom? Do you start via a Lightroom Icon or by double clicking on a catalog file within Windows Explorer or some other shortcut?
Keep in mind that when Lightroom 3 upgrades your catalog, the catalog is saved under a different name, usually the original name with a "-2" appended at the end of the name. Your original Lightroom 2 catalog remains untouched, so if you keep opening that version it will ask you if you want to upgrade it again or if you want to open the Lightroom 3 version.
Hope this shelds some light on your issue, otherwise please let us know so we can continue troubleshooting.

Importing Videos into LR3

I seem to recall some notes that LR3 will now import video clips into a catalog. It also seems the comments stated you can't watch or edit the clips, but you can at least catalog them in LR.
Tonight I tried importing one, but when I directed Lightroom to the correct folder, it did not recognize the video clip stored there. The test clip was captured on a Canon Vixia HD camcorder and saved as AVCHD in an MTS extension on a PC. Some of the new Nikon cameras are now capable of recording video clips. Not sure what format they are saved in on the cards. Is there something I need to know about importing my videos from a folder on my hard drive?
Is this feature a little ahead of its time and not quite ready? I was hoping to test it tonight and was curious if I double clicked on a clip whether either LR or my Windows system would play the clip.
Thanks in advance,
M. Jackson

In addition to its limited support for video formats, LR 3 also is limited in its ability to handle video metadata -- you can't change the capture time and you can't write metadata (capture time, caption, keywords, rating, etc.) back to the files or sidecars.
You might consider these two plugins:
Video Asset Management: http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/video-assets
Any File: http://www.johnrellis.com/lightroom/anyfile.htm

LR3 won't print to my printer with postscript driver

System config below. Can print to USB attached Epson R1800 no problem. Can print to network attached HP2840 with the PCL drivers (though it comes out in black and white not colour). Can not print to HP2840 using Postscript drivers through either its USB or network port. Process monitor shows print engine thread consuming 1 CPU for each print job launched. Cancelling the print job in LR3 does NOT kill the print engine thread (!), leaving LR3 consuming 50% of my total CPU resource when I've tried to launch 2 print jobs. This worked fine under LR2.7 and all previous. No changes to printer drivers / config since LR3 upgrade.
Anybody with any suggestions and or experience (good or bad) with other postscript printing would be appreciated.
cheers
Rod
Quad core 3.4GHx, 8GB 1066Mhz RAM, System on SSD. Catalogue on (huge and fast) workstation RAID. nVidia GTX8800. Dual screen

Sigh...
Rebooted several times still same problem.
Installed latest Windows updates and rebooted, printing now works.
...I am sceptical that it was the windows updates, and something about one of the reboots I suspect just cleaned a cache somewhere or allowed a clean LR3 load without some memory glitch.... I suspect I will never know....
computers - dont'cha just love 'em?
cheers
Rod

How to Increase Number of Images from 500 in a LR3 Flash Gallery

I noticed people asking (and I myself needed to know) so I thought I would explain how to increase the number of images (from 500) in a Flash gallery in Light Room 3
1. I exported a Flash gallery from LR3 and it capped the gallery at 500 images.
2. Because I had roughly 600 images to put in the gallery, I exported the remaining 100 as a separate flash gallery. (Going ahead and exporting 2 galleries will save you headache in a later step)
3. I combined all the images folders (copying "large" images from one folder to the "large" folder in the gallery I want to upload to my site, etc.) so that the files are all in one location.
4. The next step is to increase the gallery maximum in the code. Access (from the exported gallery) GALLERYNAME/resources/mediaGroupData/group.xml and open the group.xml file. The line of code you will be changing is <media totalGallerySize="500"> Change the 500 to the number of photos you want in the gallery.
5. This next step isn't too complicated, but it is specific. You know have to tell that flash file to look for the images you just transferred to the images folder. The best way to do this is to open the group.xml file for the second gallery you exported. Copy all the code beginning with <item> to the bottom of the page. This code tells the gallery to look at your specific images (Note: you'll notice within each item the names of your image file)
6. Return to the (other) group.xml file of the gallery you plan to use (with all your images in it). Scroll to the bottom and erase the lines </media> and </mediagroup> becaue you will repaste them in a moment. Next, paste the copied code there.
7. Save & check your browser!
I hope this was clear...please comment back and I'll clarify if needed.
ro

500 images in a single gallery is too many - think of the poor viewer!
But if you must create Flash galeries with more than 500 images, you're better off editing the underlying engine - here's one link showing how to do it

Can't open .CR2 files off of a Canon PowerShot S95 (LR3/PS cs5)

I just bought the new Canon S95. I download pics off of a reader and usually go directly through LR. This time, LR would only download the few Jpgs I had on the SD card and showed me "The files are from a camera which is not recognized by the raw format support in Lightroom."
It does however show a Canon S95 as part of the info when viewing the jpegs in the library module.
I copied the files from the SD card to my hard drive via copy and tried to open the files in Photoshop and got the following error. "Could not complete your request because the file appears to be from a camera model which is not supported by the installed version of Camera Raw. Please visit the Camera Raw help documentation for additional information."
I am running a MacPro with 8 G of ram and the current versions of LR3, Photoshop CS5 and Camera Raw. I can see the thumbs of these raw files in finder where I placed the copies. I have downloaded many .CR2 files from a Canon S40, S70, 20D, etc. I'm lost.
Thanks to all.
Peace

mybrotherbob wrote:
try using Adobe DNG converter to convert them to a supported format…
That's silly. The Adobe DNG Converter and ACR are always released in tandem and the same camera models are supported in each respective version.
If that camera is not yet supported in any version of ACR, it wll not be supported in any version of the DNG Converter either.
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LR 2.6or7 and LR3 on same machine? Want to test...

I'd like to see if my setup will have problems reported here. Can I install BOTH programs? (That would add LR3 to existing 2.6 install.) I really just started using LR2.x a little while ago but I want to try LR3 with non-production images. I don't have a separate test computer.
Win7 64-bit Home Premium
6Gigs RAM
i7-920
nVidia GTS250 Card w1Gig VRAM
JBOD storage
Other users are having sobering problems, but there must be many machines with no problem. If I cannot test I will put the box on the shelf for now without installing.
Jonathan
I did search around for a "Discussion" with this question but nothing returned for search strings I tried...

Jonathan,
I have been doing the exact thing you are proposing since v3 arrived. I am having some performance issue so am awaiting v3.1 or 3.2 to start using the new features. I didn't want any crossover - so I didn't convert the v2 catalog when first starting v3. I had v3 start a new empty catalog. Then I copied a few directories of images to a new section on my hard drive for LR3 testing (several thousand images with mutliple lighting/noise arrangments) and re-opening lr3, I imported them in place into the new v3 catalog. By doing this, I don't have to worry about accidently doing a Ctrl-S into images that would be seen by both versions.
Once I am done testing v3.1 (hopefully) or v3.2 and am ready to convert, I will delete the new v3 catalog and from the OS start the old v2 catalog "with" LR3. This will start the process of converting the old catalog at that time. Between now and then, I will simply do production work on my v2.
All looks good to me for v3 but the loss of performance in the spot removal tool (almost useless) requires me to wait a while. It is not a horsepower issue in my case, maybe video, maybe a need for rendering optimization, maybe something else. Time will tell - they will figure it out eventually (remember the early versions of the local adjustment tools ...).
Jeff

How do I move my library from LR2 to LR3 please?

I have both LR2 and 3. I have images saved on both versions of Lightroom on the same Mac but I now wish to transfer all my images from LR2 to LR3. I have LR2 backup files (Lightroom 2 Catalog.lrcat) up to a couple of days ago, can I use this and import in one fell swoop and if so how do I do it please?

LR 3 will upgrade a single catalog but if you have separate catalogs you will have to export the LR2 catalog first.
See this link on merging multiple Lightroom catalogs:
http://lightroomkillertips.com/2009/video-merging-multiple-lightroom-catalogs/

How many computers can you put LR3 Educ. on?

My daughter has LR3 on the family desktop PC and she wants to use it at school on her laptop. Can she run Lightroom 3 Educational on both computers?

For a definitive answer, read the EULA that comes with the software.
If it works like the standard edition, she can run it on two computers, just not simultaneously.
Hal

How do I permanently save edits I make in LR3?

I am new to this software. I have an existing collection of over 40,000 images. I am an amateur photographer making images for
my own amusement, and I also document objects that are brought to me for restoration. Both purposes are very important to me.
I have been using Picasa to manage my photos for several years. While it is limited, it is very elegant and easy to use. It also does not change the original file until a request is made for a permanent change, at which point a backup original is made. Once saved, the picasa edit can be viewed by any other viewer, software or browser I am aware of.
I am liking all the manipulations that are possible with LR3. I am concerned that there seems to be no way to save an edited file so that it can be viewed using other (non adobe) software. I want to be able to upload images to my website, and to be able to share with my customers, friends, family etc. I do not want to be locked in to Flickr . I am very concerned that I might spend huge amounts of time learning LR3 then even huger amounts of time editing my images with it, only to find at some point down the road that I will be locked in and unable to see my work using another software/viewer/browser. I.E. what if I were to convert to a Mac and decide to use Aperture 3 instead? What if somebody else comes up with software I prefer and wish to change? Am I always going to be bound up with LR to see my edited work? What if Adobe decides to no longer support LR3 and replaces it with a product that I find unacceptable, unaffordale or incomprehensible? (all three scenarios have happened to me in the past). Will I have to rework thousands of images years from now? I am very confused about this, and would much rather drop the software now before I get in too deep. I absolutely do not want to be commited to having to use anybody's software forever.
I see the line "Web Photo Gallery created by Adobe Lightroom." and it terrifies me. I may have used a Pentax camera, and Adobe software, but the images were created by me, and I wish to retain total control over my work.
JG

I quite understand and greatly value the non invasive features that preserve the original data.
I also appreciate basics, from which I can learn and extrapolate.
I edited and exported a dng file, to a jpeg format, it went from 9mb to 865kb
I edited and exported a 9.6mb jpg which became a 1.5 mg jpg.
I did a separate edit (major crop) and small adjustements using Picasa, and saved a copy. Both jpg.
The original was 11.4 mb, and the copy 5.2 mb.Used the same file to do an edit using the camera mfg
software, and the file went from 11.4 to 983kb
I may be missing something very obvious or I may be overly paranoid.
Most of the time, once I am done with an edit, I do not wish to revisit.
I am concerned about what happens to 90% or so of the data. I remain
unclear about the integrity of the "exported"/ "saved" edit in the event that original file/data is lost, or separated from
the LR coding instructions,
or if LR becomes unsupported or abandoned.
Being able to reference conservation treatment data 10 or 15 years down the road can be critical.
Memory is cheap. If the answer is multiple back ups for original data, metadata, and pertinent software, then
that is an answer. If it means the editied image is forever and permanently linked to LR, and without LR,
the original file must be re-edited to similar result, that is also an answer. If the loss of information results in image degradation
analagous to photographing a magazine print of an original transparency, or trying to work with data from a thumbnail image,
that is also an answer. Whichever if any is the most accurate, defines my approach to how I might use this software. A little like archival quality printing versus drug store snapshot prints. Time spent editing is orders of magnitude greater that time spent capturing the image. Protecting that investment of time is what I am ultimately interested in.

Error message while importing upgraded LR3 catalog to new LR4 catalog

I'm using a Win7 x64 system, 3Ghz Xeon dual core, 8 GB ram system. After upgrading a LR3 catalog to LR4, it would not display all images in GRID VIEW in the upper level folders. i.e. D:/Photos/2011. It will display the images in the 2011 folder but not in the Photos folder. And yes I do have the "Show Photos in SubFolders" selected.
By importing this updated LR4 catalog to a new LR4 catalog the display problem disappears. However, I get an error message at the end of the import saying that "Lightroom could not import this catalog because of an unknown error." This occurs after it says it is importing updated keywords. But, as compared to the LR3 catalog, the new LR4 catalog shows the correct number of images in the catalog, shows the correct number of collections and seems to have all the keywords in the keyword list panel.
Because there seems to be some sort of catalog database upgrade error, I am hesitant to use LR4 for production at this time. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what this error might be, or a work around for the error so I can be confident in my LR4 catalog?
Thanks,
Tony...

I've pgraded to LR4.1 RC1 and then created a new catalog, imported from my original LR3 cat. It updated that temporary cat and then imported to the new LR4 cat without issues or error messages. I then just did an upgrade to my original LR3 cat and saved it in another location. Upgrade went without hitch or error messages and I am now using that catalog. So far, so good with the new candidate.
Tony...

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