Comments on: Lightroom 2 - The Day After FAQ http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/lightroom-2-the-day-after-faq/ Photoshop Lightroom News, Tips, Tutorials, Videos and more. Simplify Photography from shoot to finish. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:07:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jeff Elliott http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/lightroom-2-the-day-after-faq/#comment-65150 Jeff Elliott Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:17:35 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=697#comment-65150 Hi Matt, I've got a dual-boot WinXP 32-bit and Vista 64-bit machine, and Lr 2 is installed on both. They each have their own catalogs, but I have just one copy of all my photos. Can I point the 64-bit Lr 2 installation to the 32-bit Lr 2 catalog folder so I don't lose changes made in either environment? In other words, are the catalogs binary-compatible between 32-bit and 64-bit Lightrooms? Thanks! Hi Matt,

I’ve got a dual-boot WinXP 32-bit and Vista 64-bit machine, and Lr 2 is installed on both. They each have their own catalogs, but I have just one copy of all my photos. Can I point the 64-bit Lr 2 installation to the 32-bit Lr 2 catalog folder so I don’t lose changes made in either environment? In other words, are the catalogs binary-compatible between 32-bit and 64-bit Lightrooms?

Thanks!

]]> By: Keith http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/lightroom-2-the-day-after-faq/#comment-61500 Keith Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:11:14 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=697#comment-61500 Matt- first of all wanted to say what a fantastic blog you have the tips, and presets are awesome. I share the frustration of others who have commented on the pricing politics of Adobe and realize this is not the role of your blog (although the marketing folk at Adobe are surely reading it!). For readers wanting to vent their anger at pricing you should perhaps head over to the Adobe forum and join the thread of angry customers: http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b5f71e/ Matt- first of all wanted to say what a fantastic blog you have the tips, and presets are awesome. I share the frustration of others who have commented on the pricing politics of Adobe and realize this is not the role of your blog (although the marketing folk at Adobe are surely reading it!). For readers wanting to vent their anger at pricing you should perhaps head over to the Adobe forum and join the thread of angry customers: http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b5f71e/

]]> By: Drew Loika http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/lightroom-2-the-day-after-faq/#comment-61147 Drew Loika Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:15:43 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=697#comment-61147 Same problem here as many others, photos edited and saved in Photoshop don't appear in Lightroom. Same problem here as many others, photos edited and saved in Photoshop don’t appear in Lightroom.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/lightroom-2-the-day-after-faq/#comment-60016 Daniel Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:07:41 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=697#comment-60016 The PSD bug clarified (from my bug report to Adobe): 1. LR (English) in grid view, right-click on image, choose "edit in Photoshop CS3" (English) 2. Edit image 3. Save image in PS and close it Result: The PSD file is stored in the same folder than the original unedited DNG file, thats as it should be. BUT: the image shows up in the catalog, but in the folder panel the folder is now duplicated and even the drive (F: in my case) is duplicated! There are two folders now with the same name and two F: drives show up. If you right click on the image and choose "show in Explorer" there is only ONE PSD file and only one folder too. Expected results: Image should show up next to the original file in grid view and be stacked. No duplicate folder and drive in the folders panel On my MacBook Pro 10.5 this works perfectly as it should. Very strange. I hope Adobe will correct that soon. It's very time consuming always to manually synchronize the folder. The PSD bug clarified (from my bug report to Adobe):

1. LR (English) in grid view, right-click on image, choose “edit in Photoshop CS3″ (English)
2. Edit image
3. Save image in PS and close it

Result: The PSD file is stored in the same folder than the original unedited DNG file, thats as it should be. BUT: the image shows up in the catalog, but in the folder panel the folder is now duplicated and even the drive (F: in my case) is duplicated! There are two folders now with the same name and two F: drives show up. If you right click on the image and choose “show in Explorer” there is only ONE PSD file and only one folder too.

Expected results: Image should show up next to the original file in grid view and be stacked. No duplicate folder and drive in the folders panel

On my MacBook Pro 10.5 this works perfectly as it should.

Very strange. I hope Adobe will correct that soon. It’s very time consuming always to manually synchronize the folder.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/lightroom-2-the-day-after-faq/#comment-60005 Daniel Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:29:47 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=697#comment-60005 Sorry, Matt, but the PSD issue is not a "new feature in LR2". It's just a very annoying bug. I also have to manually synchronize the folder for the PSDs to show up. A very time consuming and manual process. Note: Works perfect on my MacBook Pro 10.5, but bug on Win Vista Ultimate. Sorry, Matt, but the PSD issue is not a “new feature in LR2″. It’s just a very annoying bug.

I also have to manually synchronize the folder for the PSDs to show up. A very time consuming and manual process.

Note: Works perfect on my MacBook Pro 10.5, but bug on Win Vista Ultimate.

]]> By: Brian http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/lightroom-2-the-day-after-faq/#comment-59827 Brian Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:04:07 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=697#comment-59827 I find the edit in Photoshop is working such as this: (WIN) Edit in PS3, save. (TIFF) Shows up in catalog/collection, retains rank but not flag and is not stacked. Normally I have the collection filtered to Flags and a certain rank. So I unfilter the Flag option, the file is there next to the CR2, pick it and refilter. I don't think it is stacked though. Martin Evenings LR2 book indicates the Stack w/Original dialogue is still present but I do not see it in preferences, and I don't get any dialogue when I click edit in PS3 to select it as he indicates. Brian I find the edit in Photoshop is working such as this: (WIN)

Edit in PS3, save. (TIFF)
Shows up in catalog/collection, retains rank but not flag and is not stacked. Normally I have the collection filtered to Flags and a certain rank. So I unfilter the Flag option, the file is there next to the CR2, pick it and refilter. I don’t think it is stacked though.

Martin Evenings LR2 book indicates the Stack w/Original dialogue is still present but I do not see it in preferences, and I don’t get any dialogue when I click edit in PS3 to select it as he indicates.

Brian

]]> By: Richard Whetton http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/lightroom-2-the-day-after-faq/#comment-59775 Richard Whetton Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:43:05 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=697#comment-59775 Hi Matt, not a gripe at you but Adobe! Just to add salt to the wounds for us international customers - not only do we have to pay more, but the Napp discount is not valid either :-( I am looking forward to upgrading sometime soon despite this but Adobe are not making any friends internatonally. I still love this site, keep up the good work, Rich. Hi Matt,

not a gripe at you but Adobe! Just to add salt to the wounds for us international customers - not only do we have to pay more, but the Napp discount is not valid either :-(

I am looking forward to upgrading sometime soon despite this but Adobe are not making any friends internatonally.

I still love this site, keep up the good work,

Rich.

]]> By: Chris Fitch http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/lightroom-2-the-day-after-faq/#comment-59534 Chris Fitch Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:31:24 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=697#comment-59534 There is an issue with the edit in photoshop option. You do have to sync the folder afterwards. It seems as if LR2 is built for Vista x64 on a quad core system because I have had a improvement in performance compared to LR1.4. Despite what others have said. On a 64bit quad system with only 2GB of DDR3 I'm running much faster. I have my catalog with over 20,000 DNG photos in it. From time to time I've noticed when browsing through all the photos in grid view it can lag from time to time but thats just do to the large files. Launching LR2 is much faster, LR1.4 always took a few min for me and LR2 is pretty instant. Between the 64bit support and Dual Monitor support the upgrade was worth it. The masking brush and gradient tools are nice touches but not the key features. I'm still waiting for internal HDR and Pano Stitching support. I have yet to test if I can now load gigapixel photos into lightroom. Previously in LR1.4 there was a resolution limit. Will see if thats the case in LR2 There is an issue with the edit in photoshop option. You do have to sync the folder afterwards. It seems as if LR2 is built for Vista x64 on a quad core system because I have had a improvement in performance compared to LR1.4. Despite what others have said.

On a 64bit quad system with only 2GB of DDR3 I’m running much faster. I have my catalog with over 20,000 DNG photos in it. From time to time I’ve noticed when browsing through all the photos in grid view it can lag from time to time but thats just do to the large files. Launching LR2 is much faster, LR1.4 always took a few min for me and LR2 is pretty instant.

Between the 64bit support and Dual Monitor support the upgrade was worth it. The masking brush and gradient tools are nice touches but not the key features. I’m still waiting for internal HDR and Pano Stitching support.

I have yet to test if I can now load gigapixel photos into lightroom. Previously in LR1.4 there was a resolution limit. Will see if thats the case in LR2

]]> By: Travis http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/lightroom-2-the-day-after-faq/#comment-59505 Travis Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:44:14 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=697#comment-59505 I was just wondering if anybody knew about the editing in external applications issue? I have seen several people mention it, but nobody has responded to it yet. This is directly from <a href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Lightroom/2.0/WS5B28C920-15F0-462d-AC9F-8F2E7693EDC5.html" rel="nofollow">Adobe</a> - "Tighter integration with Adobe Photoshop Open photos from Lightroom in Photoshop more quickly and as a Smart Object. Merge multiple photos to panorama, merge multiple high dynamic range (HDR) photos, or open multiple photos as one layered file in Photoshop. When you return to Lightroom, edited images are automatically added to the catalog. See Edit photos in Photoshop." They say in the release notes that when you return the edited images will be there, but they aren't. Even if I do as you say and go save it first, they don't show up in LR. I either have to import them, or resynch the folder to get them to come in. It would be nice to know if they are working on this, if not how can we let them know? I was just wondering if anybody knew about the editing in external applications issue? I have seen several people mention it, but nobody has responded to it yet. This is directly from Adobe - “Tighter integration with Adobe Photoshop
Open photos from Lightroom in Photoshop more quickly and as a Smart Object. Merge multiple photos to panorama, merge multiple high dynamic range (HDR) photos, or open multiple photos as one layered file in Photoshop. When you return to Lightroom, edited images are automatically added to the catalog. See Edit photos in Photoshop.” They say in the release notes that when you return the edited images will be there, but they aren’t. Even if I do as you say and go save it first, they don’t show up in LR. I either have to import them, or resynch the folder to get them to come in. It would be nice to know if they are working on this, if not how can we let them know?

]]> By: mike http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/lightroom-2-the-day-after-faq/#comment-59502 mike Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:22:44 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=697#comment-59502 Regarding the "Should I wait for an update before purchasing Lightroom 2? I don’t want a Lightroom 1.4 debacle to happen again." question -- One thing I'm not seeing mentioned in a lot of the blog posts is how cripplingly-slow the slider response is. There are dozens of forum posts out there of people having the same issue I'm having: sliders are very slow to move, tend to "stick," and Lightroom takes a longer time to update the image when you develop it. I'm regretting moving to LR2 because the issue has pretty much ruined my workflow and makes developing take a LOT longer than it used to. I no longer have the freedom to "play it by eye" when developing because it takes too long for the program to update the image and reflect the changes. Rather, I'm forced to use my keyboard for developing, which is considerably less-than-ideal. I don't know if it's happening to everyone, but it's apparently happening to enough people for it to be an issue. As soon as I'm done developing my current project (deadline tomorrow), I'm converting my remaining few NEFs to DNG and going back to 1.4 until they fix the sluggishness issue. Localized adjustments aren't worth the headache of a crippled workflow. p.s. I'm using XP on a pretty high-end machine, so it's not a hardware issue. Nor is it a drive issue, as I freshly defragged *and* re-optimized my LR catalogs. Still no dice. Regarding the “Should I wait for an update before purchasing Lightroom 2? I don’t want a Lightroom 1.4 debacle to happen again.” question –

One thing I’m not seeing mentioned in a lot of the blog posts is how cripplingly-slow the slider response is. There are dozens of forum posts out there of people having the same issue I’m having: sliders are very slow to move, tend to “stick,” and Lightroom takes a longer time to update the image when you develop it.

I’m regretting moving to LR2 because the issue has pretty much ruined my workflow and makes developing take a LOT longer than it used to. I no longer have the freedom to “play it by eye” when developing because it takes too long for the program to update the image and reflect the changes. Rather, I’m forced to use my keyboard for developing, which is considerably less-than-ideal.

I don’t know if it’s happening to everyone, but it’s apparently happening to enough people for it to be an issue. As soon as I’m done developing my current project (deadline tomorrow), I’m converting my remaining few NEFs to DNG and going back to 1.4 until they fix the sluggishness issue. Localized adjustments aren’t worth the headache of a crippled workflow.

p.s. I’m using XP on a pretty high-end machine, so it’s not a hardware issue. Nor is it a drive issue, as I freshly defragged *and* re-optimized my LR catalogs. Still no dice.

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