Lightroom 30 day trial in process, not yet able to open Imported Photo files in the Library for some strange reason? Any clues?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Noble on January 18, 2012 at 4:28am

Dennis.

When you import JPG you should get the import window which gives you four choices: Copy as DNG, Copy, Move, Add.

I usually use Add which adds them to your catalog but does not move them from their folders. You should be able to view and open these files.

Also, if you are testing out Lightroom, why bother with LR3? LR4 is in public beta and should be out in a couple of months. This has a lot of nice upgrades from the previous version. You can go to Adobe's site to download this new version. It will be active until the official version is released.

Mike

Permalink Reply by dennis sowell on January 18, 2012 at 4:31am

This young lady happened into my life one day while she and her Mother were strolling the Outdoor Markets at "Jackalope's" Vast Product Selection lots ("Santa fe Style" Imports for yard, garden, and home,) in Santa fe,NM  Having just  stopped to get a break from the Summer Sun(as we were) at a shaded overhung booth where I was watching a demonstration of glass blowing, I knew I had to Photograph her if possible. I knew when I saw her that she was the kind of subject that a portrait photographer gets to stumble into once in a great while that "must be photographed" if she can be.

I asked permission and it was granted. I use the image today with some of my students to affirm the reason why "we must always be prepared for that one exceptional opportunity for a Great Picture"!  Besides in the Land of Enchantment and beyond in the southwest, the Mystery Mountains of Az, the San Luis Valley of CO, you can never tell what sort of "Wildlife" of "Other Worldly Phenomenon" my appear at the next turn. People dont usually joke too much about "them" anymore, we are not alone! The body of evidence is staggeringly lopsided! Keep a camera or two ready always,, motion picture also.DAS  

Permalink Reply by dennis sowell on January 25, 2012 at 11:31am

Mike, thanks for responding. I've added the Beta LR 4 to my Computer and seems it has some advantages over what I was working with previously. Thanks for that suggestion. I wouldn't have known it without your help.

AS to functioning with Lightroom, or CS5 versions, or whatever else I may choose to challenge myself with, I've found myself up against the wall more times than not, and failing to understand what to do next to help myself get going again.

This is undoubtedly a result of my own "declining cognitive function", which was diagnosed many months ago, as a big part of my overall health issues. Physically I am good condition, and have many years to go before any expected decline, but the cognitive function has been steadily going downhill and there seems to be no stopping the slide.

That said, I have been told that anything I can do to further challenge myself mentally will benefit my grey matter!   Doing so has been proven to be a valuable help in at least slowing the decline, if not actually renewing neural pathways. Doing more mentally while expecting only whatever results may come from it (with realistic goals) is the best I can do.

Thanks for your helpful information. I may yet succed at learning new things above my current level of function, time will tell! Either way I enjoy every day that I can shoot,  or just work inside on post processing, (with new stuff challenging me), I still enjoy it! That is why I do it in the first place!

Get out and shoot! dennis