Too many folders for Lightroom - difficulty accessing files

[ashleykaryl]

I am using DAM system and a recent convert to Lightroom. The problem I am seeing is that you very quickly run out of space where you can scroll down and select individual folders of images in the Library. Has anybody ever found an answer to this problem in Lightroom so I can select any folder or subfolder I want without running out of space? This has never been a problem in Bridge, so I am mystified why Adobe haven't sorted this out yet. You can see the problem in this screenshot and although it's possible to scroll down some more using the slider on the left you still run out of space after not too long.

On another subject has anybody ever found a way to neatly organise or delete lots of custom camera profiles in Lightroom that might be created using the X-Rite Passport or something similar? At the moment this is a bit of a mess.

[johnbeardy]

There's a scrollbar on the left.

John

[ashleykaryl]

Yes I mentioned that slider scrollbar in my post, but after a while I think you will still hit a point where you can't scroll any further and it doesn't take that many folders to reach this wall. Each of my main RAW folders contains roughly 4 gigs so they can fit on a DVD but even a single day of shooting in the studio can easily occupy 2-3 folders. Unless I completely reconfigure my whole system, so that each main folder contains say 10 of the current main folders this seems like a serious limitation inside Lightroom.

[Matt Limb OBE]

I take you do a full keyword routine?  Why use folders and not a Smart Collection?

I went over the same issue, have a look at Smart Collections, 1000s iof images and no scroll bar and tghey all update at every import!

By the way the scroll bar goes on for ever!!

Matt

[ashleykaryl]

I take you do a full keyword routine?  Why use folders and not a Smart Collection?

I went over the same issue, have a look at Smart Collections, 1000s iof images and no scroll bar and tghey all update at every import!

By the way the scroll bar goes on for ever!!

Matt

Yes I definitely have everything fully key worded. I'll take a look at the smart collections, which sounds like it may well the answer. Smart folders have existed on the Mac as part of the OS for a few years now but I have just never used them. Perhaps I am missing something major here.

Thanks

Ashley

[Matt Limb OBE]

I take you do a full keyword routine?  Why use folders and not a Smart Collection?

I went over the same issue, have a look at Smart Collections, 1000s iof images and no scroll bar and tghey all update at every import!

By the way the scroll bar goes on for ever!!

Matt


Yes I definitely have everything fully key worded. I'll take a look at the smart collections, which sounds like it may well the answer. Smart folders have existed on the Mac as part of the OS for a few years now but I have just never used them. Perhaps I am missing something major here.

Spend some time and have a play, Smart Collections also help sharpen your Keywording.

To give you an idea of Smart Collections, just imported some 1100 images, basic key word at upload, Smart Collection now shows me all images that have not been set Keepers/Deleters, second round of Keywording (invividual image level) and any that have not been edited via Develop -- so plenty of work for me in the next couple of days!!



Thanks

Ashley

[Matt Limb OBE]

Sorry, not sure what happened at the reply above!!

Matt

[ashleykaryl]

Thanks again for your kind assistance Matt. Although I keyword all my images I do it mainly so that I can search the archives when needed, so I try to strike a sensible balance to ensure I don't spend hours keywording images that I will never even search for later on. With that said most images will have at least 4 to 5 keywords just to ensure I can find them if needed. In the past I used to keyword images for the purpose of image licensing through photo libraries but I've really lost all interest in that nowadays with the current state of the market and ever declining sale prices. Hopefully there is some kind of good tutorial explanation on how to setup a smart collections. Good luck with those 1100 images!

Ashley