The way SQLite databases work, database size has zero effect on the speed of accessing data. What can slow you down is the size of the specific piece of data that you are accessing. This means that working with a photo that has a lot of edits performed can slow you down but the overall size of the database does not. This is the reason you will see some individuals with anecdotal stories complaining of slowdowns with large databases. Most likely, there are other causes such as a slow hard drive, slower computer, or trying to access photos with a lot of editing done on them.
Keywording your photos is probably the best way to organize your photos. The biggest benefit to keywording is that a single photo can fit multiple keywords. And when you use keywords well, having one catalog allows you to make the best possible use of keywords.
As you might expect, searching for certain keywords in a catalog of photos will be faster than searching for a keyword in a database of , photos. But citing faster keyword searching as a reason for using multiple catalogs is a bad argument because it takes a LOT longer to open and close multiple catalogs than it ever would to keyword search even the most massive of Lightroom catalogs.
That image could be keyworded with vacation, landscape, Grand Canyon, sunrise, and probably a few more. Collections are one of the most powerful tools in Lightroom and probably one of the most underused features as well. Less moving actual files around means less chance for file corruption, misplacing, or accidental deleting. It also means that you can have photos that fit into multiple collections. That means that you can categorize and break down your photos however you like, delete a collection, change a collection, or do just about anything you want, and your original photos are safe in their folder.
You can create smart collections that automatically add photos when they fit a specific set of criteria. Make sure to retain ' Previews' in the preview cache files. For example, for 'Lightroom 5 Catalog Previews. After you rename your catalog, you may need to help Lightroom Classic find it.
See Lightroom Classic can't find my catalog. How do I find it? From the context menu, select Export this Folder as a Catalog. You can back up your catalog automatically when you quit Lightroom Classic or back up manually.
To plan your backup strategy to manage storage and back up your catalog, see Plan your backup strategy. Backing up your catalog does not back up the photos it references.
To understand what a catalog is, see What is a catalog? No, but you can sync smart previews of your photos from Lightroom Classic to the Lightroom ecosystem. To know more, see Sync Lightroom Classic with Lightroom ecosystem. To learn how to delete a catalog, see Delete a catalog.
When you delete a catalog, you're not deleting any photos nor are you removing the Lightroom Classic app itself. For more information, see Uninstall or remove Creative Cloud apps , Uninstall Lightroom manually , and Remove photos from catalogs. No, you can't store catalogs on a network but you can store or share your photos on a network. Smart Previews let you edit your photos in Lightroom Classic even when you are disconnected from the network or when your computer is disconnected from the drive that has your photos.
If you move or rename your catalog and then try to open Lightroom Classic, you could encounter an error such as Lightroom catalog was not found. In the Select Catalog dialog box, your renamed catalog is probably the first catalog in the list. Select it and click Open. To avoid missing photos, always move them from within Lightroom Classic than in the operating system.
To know more, see Move photos to a different folder and Locate missing photos. Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy. Find quick answers to frequently asked questions about catalogs in Lightroom Classic.
What is a catalog? Catalogs are different from collections. Collections are an organizational tool within a catalog. See Work with photo collections. To watch a video tutorial about catalogs, see How Lightroom Classic catalogs work. You will see a progress bar in notifications center at the top left 2. If you want to move your images around, this is the best way to do it.
And if we go back to my external drive, notice these 12 images, have been relocated. It has organized them into proper folders. Lightroom is still seeing these photos because you moved them within Lightroom.
The next step you want to do is go into Collections. This is where you organize individual shoots. You can set this up in a couple of ways.
One, we can make a collection from a folder. Just drag the folder into the collections panel and it will create a collection with the same name and contain the same photos as the folder. All these collections do is reference the images. Another way you could do it is to go under a collection, select and drag photos into other collections. One of my strategies is to create a collection called Unsorted and I just dump everything into that unsorted collection.
And then, you can use things like Filters, using text or attributes, metadata, camera type. For example , if I click the FC, which is one of my Phantoms. I can use this to go through the different cameras to organize those.
You can go by focal length. You can go by different things to help you organize. You can use keywords, but the key here is to put them into collections. Click on that little circle and that will add these into the target collection. You can actually go through and you can use different strategies, and organize this yourself. I have a really comprehensive training, the Lightroom for Digital Photographers Series. Check that out. A little tip though. When you are ready to master Lightroom, check out my comprehensive.
How much disk space is on your hard drive? Will it be enough? If you're working on multiple computers, consider keeping your catalog and photos on an external drive that you can plug into either system. Copy or move your photos to that location before you import them into Lightroom Classic. Finally, start Lightroom Classic and import photos into the catalog by adding them in place. Two final recommendations: Although you can have multiple Lightroom Classic catalogs, try to work with just one.
There's no upper limit to the number of photos you can have in a catalog, and Lightroom Classic offers myriad ways to sort, filter, and otherwise organize and find photos within a catalog.
For example, you can use folders, collections, keywords, labels, and ratings. With a little thought and practice, you can probably find ways to organize and manage all of your photos successfully in one catalog. After you start working in Lightroom Classic, if you need to move or rename photos — say that your hard drive fills up and you have to switch to an external drive — perform those tasks from within Lightroom Classic.
If you do, you'll likely encounter the dreaded "photos are missing" error and you'll have to relink everything.
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