Originally posted by BigMackCam Right now, I'm repeating a lot of manual effort every time I process a shot...
I think people who get frustrated with Lightroom are mostly upset about the degree of work required for each image. But they miss out on the best part because they do not dig into how presets work.
My import preset:
- Adds the develop settings I mentioned
- Adds my copyright info
- Adds some basic keywords I always add
- renames the files to my format (yyyy.mm.dd.hh.mm.ss.##)
- copies files onto my NAS server into the directories it creates automatically (Pictures/Year/Day)
- makes a backup copy onto an attached external drive
The develop settings are basic, but good enough for maybe 90% of images. I then fine tune anything by hand that needs it or if I want to go all fine art on it. Lightroom is designed to be flexible and save you work, but all too often I see people drudging through one image at a time. Presets are the key to Lightroom.