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Transferring Photo Edits from a Laptop to Desktop Computer When Retuning to Office

Jack Siegel
I normally don’t do a lot of editing on the road, but on this trip I did. What I want to do is ace those edits, and use them in my main catalogue. When I work on the road, I open a new catalogue for that trip. Do I copy that catalogue, and then somehow merge it with my main catalogue on my desktop, and then copy the files, and delink them, or is there another way to get the edits in my main catalogue? Thanks.
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  • BeO
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    Hi Jack,

    You can do this in several way. I encourage you do test for yourself to find the way you like the most.

    • copy that trip catalog to your desktop computer
    • Create a new test catalog (simulating your main catalog on the desktop computer)

    Two ways:

    1. Trip catalog, menu File>Export>Originals, check "Include adjustments"
      Then import your images into the test catalog. Check "Include existing adjustments"
    2. Test catalog menu >File >Import catalog. select your trip catalog file

    On trip I use a session instead of a catalog and then just copy the image folders with Explorer/Finder to my desktop, that includes the adjustment files in the subfolders already, then import images to catalog (or use a session to further edit them). That's just another way as I like session more than catalogs.

     

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  • Jack W
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    Personally, I would only use a catalog to collect all of my images together in a "library" and I would have a different session for each trip. You can use a catalog to house the associated images from a session.

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  • Jack Siegel

    Thanks much for the advice. I will give it a try.

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