Regarding this, if you put each batch of images into a new folder before you import, then where do the complications you spoke of earlier in this thread come from? This seems to eliminate the possibility of these complications.
And your conclusion is completely wrong, you do not lose the edits made in LR (unless you handle them improperly)
The images come from my camera to a new folder that is the source for the import. I put the output of the LR import on a different drive. The complications come from the fact that I lost both the original and the backup of that external drive (but tried to recover from hardware failures with Data Rescue 4).
I would lose the edits in LR if I had to discard the LR folder (and its corresponding files on disk), and re-import as if it were all new again.
The only reason I want to try to re-import is because I lost both the main and backup copies of the files that LR itself created.
Can't you tell what folder the photos are to be placed in so you don't have to reimport? Yes you can. You are handling these improperly.
dj_paige wrote:
I actually do put each batch of images in a new folder before I import into LR. Those folders become my Fort Knox of the originals. Yes, if I ever have to use them, I lose the edits made in LR, but do provide peace of mind.
Regarding this, if you put each batch of images into a new folder before you import, then where do the complications you spoke of earlier in this thread come from? This seems to eliminate the possibility of these complications.
And your conclusion is completely wrong, you do not lose the edits made in LR (unless you handle them improperly)
The only reason I want to try to re-import is because I lost both the main and backup copies of the files that LR itself created.
Can't you tell what folder the photos are to be placed in so you don't have to reimport? Yes you can. You are handling these improperly.
I may have to try to re-import each of my 100s of folders to see which are affected. Some folders import file, others not.
You are clearly going about this improperly. All you need to do is to place the backups in the same folder that they were in previously (and possibly rename them), there is no re-importing needed or required and in fact re-importing is a complete mistake. NEVER re-import!
I'm not following you, dj. This is the situation in a nutshell ...
- I have the original images on my internal hard drive as copied from the camera memory card
- I have a restored version of the folder into which LR imported those images (with filenames based on the original name, but augmented)
- LR knows the name and location of the imported files, and I can edit them in LR
- However, if I try to re-import from the same original folder, LR sees them as new (because of slight differences in the metadata)
- I don't in FACT want to re-import. I want LR to tell me that it already knows about all my images in all my folders, and if there are any that are truly new (e.g., missing), I would import them.
You're suggesting I "placebackups in the same folder that they were in previously". That's in effect what I did ... I used Data Rescue 4 to recover (as many as possible of the) files from the failed drive to a new drive. I don't understand which files you think I should copy where.
Again, I don't want the import to succeed ... I want it to fail to find any new images. That would tell me that my LR library is complete in comparison with the original images as copied to disk from the memory cards.
Maybe I'm just not explaining this clearly ...