Comments on: Getting Started: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Preference Menus

By: Barbara R.

Barbara R. — Sun, 20 May 2012 05:44:34 +0000

Dear Dave,

(picture me screaming) So… when you switch the user preset preferences in Lighroom 3 to the setting given in the video, you lose all your current user presets?

Barbara

By: David Marx

David Marx — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:33:32 +0000

Dear Wendy,

Sorry about the delay. Adding keywords on Import would definitely explain why your new raw files have XMP sidecars. Any metadata change to the original raw file that gets saved down to the file level will be written to the XMP sidecar unless you convert the files to the dng format.

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David Marx

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 01:17:38 +0000

Hi David,

I think maybe I figured it out. If I add keywords on import would that be the reason I have the XMP files for each picture??

Thanks, Wendy

By: David Marx

David Marx — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:54:04 +0000

Dear Wendy,

I wonder what changed from one day to the next. Two thoughts– 1. Did you shoot the same type of files both days? XMP files will only appear for proprietary raw files. If one day you shoot Jpeg,and the next day, raw then this might make sense. Along those lines did you convert any of the files to dng? 2. Did you use a metadata preset on import on Sunday? If you did then this would explain why they all have XMP sidecars.

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David Marx

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:45:35 +0000

I turned on the “automatically Save Changes to XMP ” before I imported any photos into lightroom. I didn’t work with these pictures in any other program before importing them into lightroom. I went out taking pictures Saturday and again on Sunday. Both days I immediately copied the pictures from the memory card into Lightroom. The ones from Saturday only show an XMP file for the pictures I edited. All pictures from Sunday have an XMP file. As far as I know, I didn’t do anything different from one day to the next.

By: David Marx

David Marx — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:28:03 +0000

Dear Wendy,

Did you just turn on the “Automatically Save Changes to XMP” preference switch? If not then when did you last press the “Save Metadata to File” button? Did you work with these files using any other program before bringing them into Lightroom?

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David Marx

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:46:00 +0000

I am new to using lightroom and I have been watching your tutorials and I have a question for you. So far the pictures that I have imported from memory cards only show an XMP file for the images that I have edited. My most recent import on the other hand, all images have an XMP file upon import. As far as I know I didn’t do anything differently. Am I doing something incorrectly?

By: David Marx

David Marx — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:28:06 +0000

Dear Casey, The "Photos Go Here" folder is something that I created. It makes my image storage nice and tidy. It also makes it easier to move the entire set of image folders from one drive to another. See Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Catalog Creation and Image Storage Fundamentals and Moving Folders with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. -- David Marx

By: Casey

Casey — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:29:31 +0000

Thanks so much for all of these great tutorials! I am learning so much from them! Just a quick question for you. In this tutorial you mentioned about creating a “Photos Go Here” folder. Is this something that you recommend to someone who is storing everything on external hard drive? If so where do I find the tutorial to do this? Thanks again for all the help!!!!!

By: Cory

Cory — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:56:25 +0000

Thanks for the reply. I did make the change, but nothing was happening for some time. Only manual.
After a bunch of digging around myself, I found that there was an update to Lightroom, and that fixed my problem. Once it was updated, the .xmp files were created/updated with each change.
Thanks so much.