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soboyle

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« on: June 04, 2010, 01:56:25 pm »

I would love to be able to backup selected images from within Lightroom.  Often I archive only the final cut from a shoots selection, so out of 300 shots, perhaps 50 get archived. Is it possible to backup just a selection of the raw images from within lightroom, either to DVD, or to a selected external drive (not converting to tif or psd, but keeping in raw format)?
Would save hunting and picking the final selection of images for backup.

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« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2010, 10:30:50 pm »

Just export to specific folder as originals.

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« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2010, 01:29:57 am »

You can also export to DNG.  That may be a more "archival" standard.
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« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2010, 03:39:27 am »

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You can also export to DNG.  That may be a more "archival" standard.
That is what ADOBE is dreaming of, DNG as archival format. Until such time it is yet another raw (or cooked) format and little or no gain to be achieved when converting. Even ADOBE themselves advice to keep the original (raw) file for archiving purposes.

Do a save metadata first of that is not already automatically done, then export your keeprs of a shoot to a folder on a drive.
The seems to be aposibility to export to DVD from within Lightroom, however i have no experience with it.
Personally what i do, looks like the oher way around compare to your approach. From a given shoot after the selection of keepers and rejects is done, i move all rejects to a different folder; main reason is to reduce the cluttering in my keepers folder.

The folder with the keepers , the rejects folder and the folder holding any derived images is grouped together in a parent folder. In this way all images of a shoot are kept in one "shoot" structure. Note that I have a habit of not throwing(deleting) away rejects unless absolutely worthless. In the parent folder i also have a folder for administrative files, such as assignment, lists, instructions, etc.

I use collections to further collect keepers into groupings/collections for whatever given purpose.
I also use metadata and keywords to allow searching, retrieving and grouping.

I use the cataloging capabilites of LR as my asset management system for all my images, and it forms the core element of my system that supports my workflow from "klick" to the "kick" of presenting the images.

I have a backup solution that on a regular basis automatically backups my images and my catalog.
Next to my "working copy" images and catalog the backup procedure realises 4 backup copies, spread over different disks and computers. ( is am still working on an off-site backup).
The cost is not a limiting factor, it requires a software program and some set of harddisks. DVD's are fine when the amount in GByte is relatively small, even then it is relatively costly compared to usb-harddisks, and you still face the issue how to store them (it is rather bulky compared to harddiks) and how to assure that in case of emergency (a fire or a flood) you can quickly take them with you as one set(not leaving any image behind).
Also i find recovering images from a DVD takes a lot of time.



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« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2010, 01:10:55 pm »

I was hoping to do a direct backup of the selected files without having to duplicate them in a different format on the Hard Drive.

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« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2010, 10:52:13 pm »

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I was hoping to do a direct backup of the selected files without having to duplicate them in a different format on the Hard Drive.

So do that.
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« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2010, 01:20:45 pm »

What I like to do to archive original raw files and the LR developing that goes with them is to Export as Catalog and save this package to a NAS device or USB drive or off-site storage. Be sure to check the include negatives checkbox. I don't save the previews for archiving, too much space consumed and I can always rebuild them.

I can now either use this as a standalone catalog or import it into another catalog.
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