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L-L Guide to Asset Management - Where the #%*! are my Pictures?

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The Tutorial is 11 separate numbered videos within 8 downloadable .zip files.

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(Total Size: 2.9 GB)

1. Introduction: The concept of the Public Library and Card Catalog applied to photographs. Definition of Metadata. Who needs this stuff? Isn't this a lot of work? Get a system for your workflow. Learn how to organize, how to be productive. (12 min)

2. Where are your pictures? The system is applicable to all Digital Asset Management systems - it's the Concept not the Keystrokes. Dedicated Hard drives. The Catalog. Cull your images; edit down, leave only the good ones. Delete. (13 min)

3. Organization: File Naming Convention. Folder Structure. Name Templates and Presets. Use file types and extensions that can be made to work for you. (14 min)

4. Import & File Naming Template: File Handling on Import. Create a Naming Template. Seth's Develop settings. Metadata Preset. Copyright. Thumbnail Preview size. (27.5 min)

5. Edit Selection and Ranking: Ranking with Stars and Labels. The use of dual screens. Deletion. Re-name for out-of-sequence files. Save out the Metadata. (15.5 min)

6. Captions: Basic. Global and Local metadata. Access online data for caption & metadata use. (13.5 min)

7. Keywording: Keyword Hierarchy. Use Public and Private metadata. Keyword suggestions. Search for keywords. Keyword concepts. Keyword Sets. (30 min)

8. Filtering with Metadata: Use filtering in Lightroom to find and view subsets of your Library. Use Keywords and Metadata. Create a Quick Collection and save 'virtual' Collections. Use Smart Collections that update automatically as new photographs are keyworded. (18 min)

9. On-the-Road: Learn how to take a 'remote' Catalog on the road while leaving the originals at home - yet still be able to work with all of your files. Working with a laptop and external drives. Drive naming. 'Off-line' files. Size of Previews. Learn how to safely integrate new files with an original master Catalog: three scenarios & methods. Import Settings and Keywords. Create a Catlaog and Previews to be taken on the road. (17 min)

10. XMP sidecar Files: XMP & Sidecar defined. Are they needed? The DNG option. (7.5 min)

11. Archive & Backup: Lightroom's Catalog Settings & Backup option. A 'Very Scary Story'. The difference between a Backup and an Archive. Hard Drive Strategy. Bootable Backup. (23 min)