Actions can be stacked, so that one is run after the other, in order to create more dynamic edits. On average, our presets change 30-50 settings.Īctions are prerecorded sets of multiple software commands, that play one after the other, to make specific changes to an image. Organize via keywords and other metadata - definitely.Presetsare essentially a configuration of settings, designed to quickly achieve the look of hours of editing, making global changes with a single click. I'm considering a switch to one catalog and no folders for my photos and would appreciate pros and cons, opinions, what has worked for you, etc. And then you use keywords and other metadata to organize within LrC. And you avoid the OS problem caused by a humongous folder. Folders by capture date is as simple as it gets, almost no effort, you set LrC once to create folders named by capture date, and then you keep using that setting with no additional effort. What that unnamed guru was likely saying is the he (or she) doesn't use folders for organizing purposes (keywords are used for organizing), but still uses folders for storage. It is a good idea to use folders, if for nothing else that your OS will slow down with one humongous folder, and since LrC uses OS commands, then you will find this slows down LrC as well. I suspect you mis-read what the guru said about folders.

I've also read of one Lightroom guru who does not use any folders for photos but rather extensive key words and collections to organize their photos.

Of the top 50 reasons why the Lightroom would be slow, the size of the catalog file is not on the list.īut I've recently read accounts where people have all their files in a single catalog, as many as 100K+ with no speed issues. My file folder structure predates my use of Lightroom and I created the multiple catalogs because Lightroom was getting slow with all my folders in a single catalog. I also have a catalog for each of the past several years such as 2021 photos, etc. Historically I've organized my files into trip folders, such as Glacier, Florida 2022, etc.

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