P: Allow Lightroom to open a file without using a catalog

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June 29, 2022
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Hi, Adobe

Most users I engage with are not enthused with the 'catalog' concept in the current lightroom platform. In fact some are looking to move waway from Adobe to other platforms ( Read Captur , On1, etc) because of this feature. It's not an economical workflow to have files constrained by this feature and have to work through this when Camera Raw can do the same editing while managing data with Bridge. It seems an additional feature with little or no advantage, but an additional cost on subscription. It would be better to introduce a dedicated 'Tether' tool - direct into file structure and improve the capture speed (Which is the advantage Capture 1 touts as benefit)

Cheers

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C.Cella

Legend

The big advantage of LR is that you can select all photos and you can find find the photo you are looking for with a quick search without going folder by folder .

Any way if you prefer you can add a folder to a Catalog, then when you are finished simply remove it.

Work like that, be sure to save changes into XMP all the times and you will be good.

Capture One as well has catalog, I don't remember how it differs from Lr.

I haven't used it in years.

And btw this feature requests will never be honoured l because catalog it's what makes Lr great.

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TheDigitalDog

Inspiring

Can you please provide examples of these advantages and where you see these being advantages over a standard folder based file structure.

How about the task of a DAM that isn't accomplished with a standard folder-based file structure.

Let's also add Virtual and Proof copies. Or Smart Collections. There are far more but let's start there.

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Elliott TaylorAuthor

Participant

Can you please provide examples of these advantages and where you see these being advantages over a standard folder based file structure.

I’ve been using Lightroom for years now and consider catalogs just an warranted layer of administration to contend with.

Cheers

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TheDigitalDog

Inspiring