Network Lightroom Catalog

Is there anyway to network a Lightroom Catalog as I work with both a desk top and Wacom tablet

That is probably one of the most requested features that we see. But, unfortunately, isn't possible. Some people resolve the problem by putting the catalog in a dropbox folder. Another alternative is to put the images and the catalog on an external drive. I can't give you any details about the dropbox idea because I've never tried it. Using an external hard drive has worked well for me in the past. But Lightroom does not support the catalog being on a network drive.

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  • Lightroom catalog together with network

    Hello, i have a home network with Lightroom on my base computer. The Lightroom catalog is also stored here. The pictures are on a central server, connected to the network. This works fine. But: i want to use a second computer in another room with Lightroom installed to see the pictures by using the Lightroom catalog. But this is not possible, because the catalog is not allowed to stay on a network server!!! It should be there so that it can be used within a network (therefore i have one!) Does Adobe or anybody has a solution? Thank you very much

    To: Bill
    thanks for the tip on substitutiary locomotion for LR using a catalog across a network (obscure kid's movie reference there!). I tried it, and it works. On WinXP, that is.
    For everyone viewing this, the process is as follows:
    You have an LR catalog on another computer in your local network, that you want to access from your computer.
    In Window's Explorer on your computer, "map" the network drive (on the other computer) that holds the folder with the catalog, or perhaps even specifically that folder, to a virtual or single-letter drive on your computer, say "x". (And note, the quotes I place around things are there by me to delineate exactly what you type, do not type them in yourself. Only type what is BETWEEN the quotation marks.)
    Then access the command-line (DOS level) editor on your computer through the menu system, "Start | Programs | Accesories | Command Prompt".
    Type "cd\c:\"
    (The above step may not be needed, but I was taught to make my commands from a main-drive location, not a subfolder. Back to the little routine.)
    At the prompt, "c:\ ",
    type "subst p: x:\"
    where "p" stands for any free local drive letter on your computer, and "x" is the local drive letter you mapped the other computer's LR catalog drive or folder to. NOTE THE CLEAR SPACE BETWEEN P: AND X.
    Now, open LR on your computer, tell it you want to open a new catalog, and choose the drive-letter that you typed where I use "p" as the drive to find it on, navigate to the folder that has the ".Ircat" folder on it, select it, click on "open".
    If you get a message that it cannot access files across a network, simply click on the drop-down box to the right titled "choose" and select the folder-path on the "p" drive and it will now load.
    It takes half the time to do this that it does to read it!
    I tested this by exporting a small folder as a catalog, copying that folder to another machine, doing the mapping\substitutiary routine above, and accessing it (only from one computer at a time) sequentially from both computers, changing a couple things each time, without saving back to the XMP either manually or automatically.
    After doing several changes I then closed the catalog without saving either manually or automatically to xmp. All changes were there immediately on opening the catalog with the other computer. Virtual copies, exposure changes, ratings, labels, keywords ... all saved from both computers to a local drive on the one computer, and readable and useable from the other computer.
    You do need to keep from using both at the same time, like duh, but then, we've managed to use file-sharing across our network here for several years with up to 5 people accessing files without both being on the same file at the same time in ANY program, CS, word processing, whatever.
    Of course, anything one EVER does it always at your own risk.
    Neil

  • Technical question:  Is it possible to work on the same Lightroom catalog across two computers and have the catalog sync? If so, how??

    Technical question:
    Is it possible to work on the same Lightroom catalog across two computers and have the catalog sync? If so, how??
    Here's a little more information on what I am trying to do.
    I have a desktop computer with 4tb worth of pictures that has Lightroom and Photoshop on it. I also have a laptop with Photoshop and Lightroom. I would like to be able to edit those same pictures with their current edits that are currently on my desktop on my laptop. If this can be done, I'm sure I need to be on the same wifi network for my laptop to be able to access my desktop's photo library. I am technically savvy enough to map a network drive, but how do I get my two Lightroom catalogs to sync when I make a change on one of my computers? Would i be working only on one catalog? Or two separate catalogs that would need to be manually synced to the other computer? Would it be beneficial to put my lightroom catalog on something like dropbox?
    I'd appreciate any information or tutorials if someone knows how to do this.

    I do this by having my LR catalog and photos on an external drive that I swap between the two computers.  I am on Windows and have the same drive letter assigned to the drive on both computers.
    Because the photos are on a portable drive I back up the portable drive to another hard-drive every night or after important work, because portable drives are susceptible to damage or loss.

  • Can I move the Lightroom Catalog from one location to another?

    Lightroom by default, places the Lightroom Catalog in the Pictures folder on my PC. My image library though, is located on an external hard drive. I've read that it is better to have the Catalog at the same location to avoid disconnected images, which sounds reasonable. Is it feasable to move the Catalog over to the same drive as my image library, or will that cause a problem? In other words would I need to start over again and create a new Catalog on the external drive? I know this sounds like a dumb question, but I've learnt to my cost that the obvious solution isn't necessary the correct one. 

    For better performance it is preferable to have the catalog located on an internal hard drive. By default the catalog and the preview files have to be located in the same folder since there is continual read/write taking place while working in Lightroom. Lightroom does not make any changes to the original files so its fine for them to be located on another hard drive internal or external. Lightroom loves lots of hard disk space to operate so if your catalog is on an internal drive make sure it not starved for disk space.
    However its ok for your catalog/previews files to reside on an external HDD with your original photo files.
    Your photo files can reside on a HDD conected to a network but your catalog and preview files cannot be located on a network.
    e.g I have my catalog / previews on the main HDD with my operating system with over 50% free disk space. My Photo files are on a secondary internal HDD with over 75% free disk space. I back up to external HDD.

  • Shared Lightroom Catalog???

    I use Lightroom exclusively for my photos.   I initially used it with my desktop Mac (PowerPC G5) and then started using it also on my laptop (Macbook Pro).  Both computers have all photos on external drives.  There is a separate Lightroom catalog on each computer corresponding to each computer with it's individual external drive.   You can imagine my problem now, I'm sure.  I have, effectively, TWO Lightroom catalogs, each with unique images, but also I've copied some photos over between them.  The problem is growing exponentially.
    Here's what I'd LIKE to do.   I'd like to install a shared NAS drive (perhaps an Apple Time Capsule drive) on my central hub in my house (my whole house is wired for Ethernet so that's not a problem), then put all photos on that single hub, thereby using a single Lightroom catalog and with it's images from either computer.  If I have to travel somewhere and take some photos with me, I can deal with that because that it is typically the exception, not the rule.
    Has anyone tried to do this?   I don't need to nor expect to hit the shared catalog from both computers at the same time.  I'll be using one or the other, but not both.  But I'd like to bring these two environments together.
    I'd love some insight from forum members who've attacked this problem and solved it.  I just don't know if Lightroom will allow the catalog to be on a shared drive, thus accessed by either computer.    If it will, then I imagine the work I need to do is:
    1)     create a large shared NAS drive.
    2)     copy all images to that drive.
    3)     pick one of the two Lightroom catalogs and make that the master and somehow point it to the NAS drive.
    4)     import the remainder of the photos on the NAS drive to Lightroom.
    5)     make sure that both computers reference the Lightroom catalog on the NAS drive.
    or maybe not.  Maybe there's a better way.  I'd like your input.
    if this won't work, then has anyone successfully merged two Lightroom catalogs together.   One of my catalogs has about 80,000 images, and the other about 35,000 images.   At least 50% of all images are keyworded and I'd really hate to lose my keywords and collections that I've created.
    anyway, insight is welcome.  Tell me if I'm nuts too.
    Thanks in advance.
    Dennis

    The closest think to this that will work is to put all the images on a large Firewire 800 drive with the LR catalog on the same drive, possibly in another partition. And alternately plug the drive into one machin or the other.
    It is Networked drives where one can't put a Catalog, as John says.
    Don

  • Lightroom catalog in Creative Cloud

    Does anyone have experience with putting a Lightroom catalog in the Creative Cloud folder to use for multiple computers?  It seems like it should work well for photographers who are on the road a lot and would like to avoid merging catalogs after each trip. 

    well it does not even work in a local network....
    and what kind of connection do you have T5?

  • Shared Lightroom catalog with Mac OS X Lion

    I keep my Lightroom catalog on my Macbook Pro so I have access to my pictures while travelling. But for editing, I use a desktop PC running Lightroom on Windows 7 on the same catalog. My process for doing this is:
    On the Mac, enable SMB sharing.
    On Windows, mount the SMB share.
    On Windows, use "subst" to map the SMB share to a new drive root.
    (This avoids Lightroom's spurious error about not supporting network volumes.)
    On Windows, launch Lightroom and open the catalog on the mapped drive.
    This worked in Snow Leopard. But after upgrading to Lion, Step 4 gives me an error:
    Lightroom cannot use the catalog named "Lightroom 3 catalog" because it is not writable and cannot be opened.
    This could be caused by incorrect permissions or because another Lightroom application is using the catalog. You may try to correct the problem or you may select a different catalog.
    Permissions seem OK: I can edit the catalog and the Previews.lrdata folder in Windows Explorer. And I see no stray .lrcat.lock file that might prevent it from opening the catalog.
    The Mac version of Lightroom can open the catalog just fine, so I suspect Lion's new SMB implementation broke this somehow.
    Has anyone got a shared Lion -> Windows catalog to work?

    OK, I  found a solution. The following page describes how to manually install an SMB implementation (Samba) that actually works. It requires installing Xcode from the App Store, installing MacPorts, and some command-line tinkering to configure Samba:
    http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=24022
    Once you've done that , follow the instructions in this post to create launchd entries that will start Samba at boot time:
    http://forums.boxee.tv/showpost.php?p=205428&postcount=48
    More details are here if you run into trouble:
    http://forums.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=38629
    While I can now access my LR library again from Windows, this is just the latest in a series of annoying bugs with OS X Lion. I am not a happy camper— but I'll save that for the Apple forums.

  • Sharing Lightroom catalog/database between Mac an PC

    I have Photoshop Lightroom 2.4 for Windows. All my photos and Ligthroom catalog/database are located on a networked external drive. I am thinking about getting Lightroom for my new MacBook Pro, however I need to know first if I can access and modify Lightroom catalog/database located on that drive from both Mac and PC.
    In other words, say, I am working in Lightroom on PC, adding and editing pictures one day. Then the next day I want to continue the work from my Mac. Can this be done? Do both operating systems use the same Lightroom catalog/database format?
    Cheers,
    RJ Czajkowski

    John,
    Thank you for your reply.
    When I said networked drive, I meant a 1TB WD MyBook external drive, formatted to FAT32 and attached through a USB hub to 1TB Time Capsule. It is accessible from both my desktop PC (through Ethernet cable) and from my MacBook Pro (through Wi-Fi). All Lightroom data (catalog, previews, etc.) and all photos are on that drive.
    Since both systems can access this drive, I assume this arrangement should work with what I want to do.
    Cheers,
    RJ Czajkowski

  • Networking Lightroom

    I am considering using adobe Lightroom to organize and manage about 15,000 photos in a way that all of my employees can access, search, and easily attach photos to e-mails and use in other projects.  Is it possible to network Lightroom in such a way that multiple users can access and manipulate the same catalog of photos?

    No. Lightroom is not a multi-user application.
    Consider using a true multi-user application such as Daminion

  • Using a network-stored catalog with Mac OSX

    Greetings all.
    I am using Photoshop Elements 11 on Mac OSX Mountain Lion and want to store my catalog on a local network drive (FreeNAS).  I have encountered many problems while attempting to do this.  Then I noticed in the Elements Organizer help, under the section "Repair a catalog", the following: "Note:  (Mac OS) You cannot access catalogs present on a network drive."
    Is this true. or has someone found a workaround to the problem?
    Thanks!
    --John

    Thanks, for that ( I assume we have to carry on in English due to forum policy even though we are both of German tongue I assume)
    You mean the access problems are part of the "no network drive" thing? I suspected that. Took me a whole day in front of my computer to realign the mess.  So should one better not use the network drives at all? Quite a pity in times where everybody seems to use network storage.
    No, I did not use organizer to use the photos. So there is no way to reconnect them? Should I delete the catalogue and start with the photos from scratch?
    Regards
    Andibuch
    Am 02.01.2013 um 23:35 schrieb Barbara B.:
    Re: Using a network-stored catalog with Mac OSX
    created by Barbara B. in Photoshop Elements - View the full discussion
    Well, yes, these are part of the "no network drive" thing.
    As for moving the photos, did you use organizer to move them? You will always have trouble if you move photos outside of organizer, even on the same drive--you have to let it manage your photos or it doesn't have a clue as to what happened.
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  • Why do i get the following message when i attempt to open my backup file for lightroom cc?  "Lightroom cannot use the catalog named "Lightroom Catalog" because it is not writable and cannot be opened".  This message just started coming  up after downloadi

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