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December 15, 2017
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Maximum number of images to export at once?

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Hi

I want to do an end of year back-up, exporting every edited image from this year as high resolution jpegs to an external drive.

That's around 40,000 images though - can Lightroom (Classic) handle this or is it better to do it in manageable pieces?

Thanks

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Hi, thanks for this - sounds like you're doing something very similar to what I need - can you give me an idea how long the export took to get to 45%?

Many thanks


Well it has been 1+ hours since my last post and now the progress is at 75%. But I think I'm now into larger RAW files than earlier during the export process. So that seems to be about 1+ hours for 30% which would be about 6,000 images.

This is on a Win 7 PC with a second Gen i7 CPU overclocked to 3.4GH. So if your system is newer and faster for your 40,000 about 7 hours +/-.

I did this just to check if LR could/would export large amounts of images at once. Once it completes I'll delete all those exported files.

I kind of work the way Per works.

I export to JPG only to send in an email and If I'm going to print an image I'll send to PS and create a TIFF file to print myself of send to a pro printer in my area.

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Per Berntsen
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Per BerntsenCommunity Expert
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December 15, 2017

I assume that you already have backups of your originals as well as the catalog? That's all you need.

Besides, exporting jpgs is not the same as doing a backup.

Personally, I only export when I need a file for a particular purpose, and when the exported file has served its purpose, I usually delete it.

To answer your question, no I don't think you can export 40,000 files in one go, it's possible that you can't even export 500 files in one go. Exporting is very resource intensive, and you would probably get frequent Out of memory errors.

But there is absolutely no need to do this, as long as you have backups of the originals and the catalog.

    duncanl98088127
    duncanl98088127작성자
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    December 15, 2017

    Hi Per,

    Thanks - I have back ups of all Raw files and my catalog, but I need to have remote access to all the years' edited files as jpegs.

    If I'm away from the office and a client wants a shot I did in March this year, I don't want to go back into LR and export it, I want to be able to send them an already edited file.

    I think the second part of your reply answers my question though, which is that I will have to do this folder-by-folder. :-(

    Thanks

    Just Shoot Me
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    December 15, 2017

    Hi, thanks for this - sounds like you're doing something very similar to what I need - can you give me an idea how long the export took to get to 45%?

    Many thanks


    Well it has been 1+ hours since my last post and now the progress is at 75%. But I think I'm now into larger RAW files than earlier during the export process. So that seems to be about 1+ hours for 30% which would be about 6,000 images.

    This is on a Win 7 PC with a second Gen i7 CPU overclocked to 3.4GH. So if your system is newer and faster for your 40,000 about 7 hours +/-.

    I did this just to check if LR could/would export large amounts of images at once. Once it completes I'll delete all those exported files.

    I kind of work the way Per works.

    I export to JPG only to send in an email and If I'm going to print an image I'll send to PS and create a TIFF file to print myself of send to a pro printer in my area.

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