Originally posted by 12345 Ok, I just wondered, because if you export multiple copies of the same original file, it will save them with a file-name sequence like that.
Now I'm curious; if you shoot JPG, and don't export from Lightroom, what do you use Lightroom for?
I am still confused as to why I have copies with that file-name sequence, in some folders I only see one or two copies not 5 or 6, I also do not export from LR. Unless I inadvertently did an export without knowing...........
To answer your question I use Lightroom to import my photos from the SD card and for post processing. Once I have done my post processing (of JPG's and occasional RAW) I save my processed photo into a new folder called Processed Photos which I do not import back into Lightroom, as they have already been processed. I find that often the JPG's can be improved in PP (cropping, exposure, sharpening, S curve, etc). I try not to use RAW (except for special shots) as the file size is too big and my hard drive is too small to keep that many files on tap if I were to shoot exclusively in RAW (nice to have/do, but....), my JPG's are generally about 3-7MB in size. I am only able to keep 20 months worth of pics on my 500GB HDD. The other previous years are kept on external HDD's. So with a small disc space availability, getting a stack of unwanted duplicates is a real problem as it leaves very little room on the HDD. Both my wife and I shoot K5's so the computer we share has to cope with the needs of two photographers.
I know that I don't use the full functionality of LR, but for what I do and under the circumstances, this approach meets my immediate needs.
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Originally posted by Bruce Clark Set lightroom to NOT start up when a Card is inserted in your computer.
Check that your Lightroom import is set to "DO Not import Suspected Duplicates"
As mentioned earlier only use Lightroom to move images around. Never ever go into the operating system to do this. When I say never ever, I have had occasions when LR does not work because for various reasons and I had to remove certain files in Windows explorer, before LR would work. The reasons LR did not work were largely because of my previous messing around in Windows explorer, indexing files and so on. I had a lengthy thread on this a few months ago.
After copying from SD card to my hard drive, I always check the files are intact and then reformat the card in camera. Whatever backup routine use use should then look after copies in a different storage location.
Remember Lightroom does NOT back up your images it only backs up the Catalog. On this it set LR to back up the catalog regularly and from time to time optimize the catalog as well.
Good luck
Thanks Bruce.