Red-Ringed Tupperware Party with (ineffective) Tin Foil Hats (3)

ibdb wrote in post #3998212
Yep. We did. I'll admit there was more than one person who gave us a moments pause before taking their food, but it was definitely a bonding/trust building experience. . .

Uhhhhh....yeah to say the least.

Ok -- all you Lightroom users out there. Does the color label information get saved to metadata when you ask LR to save to metadata?

I've been trying to keep my laptop and desktop in synch without creating a whole additional catalog for the wedding shots. After spending an hour puzzling over why my ratings weren't getting synched (only to find I'd made a stupid mistake and was having a machine compare things to my external backup drive, and not the local drive that had the correct files on it -- DOH!!!), I have the ratings synched but no color label information.

I was considering marking finished shots with a color to distinguish them from unfinished shots. I've never really played with using the color ratings much before, and had never run into this.

Am I going to need to create a whole separate catalog for that to work?

Alright. I decided to create a new catalog and test if that would work for me. It still doesn't synch the color label information!

Here's the process.

I have my original catalog (Master) on the laptop. I rate and color label some files. I select all shots and tell LR to save metadata to files. I save the catalog. I create a new LR catalog (Wedding) and import just the wedding shots. On the laptop, the Wedding catalog has the correct ratings and color labels.

I save the new Wedding catalog and exit. I copy the new catalog from laptop to desktop. I open the new catalog on the desktop, and the ratings are correct, but still no color labels.

Am I missing something here?

oh my gosh David, youre speaking chinese but spelling the words in english.....lol.

I SOLD MY FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS TODAY!
can I call myself a professional now?......lol

Zilly, I sure hope everything turns out ok....I will be praying for you!

To make things even worse -- I open CS3's Bridge, and it sees the color label information. It's definitely there. Why the *&^% isn't LR seeing it?

LR must have its sunglasses on.....yikes!

craftgirl wrote in post #3998416
oh my gosh David, youre speaking chinese but spelling the words in english.....lol.

I SOLD MY FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS TODAY!
can I call myself a professional now?......lol

I'm trying to remain calm and speak clearly about this, but it's really cheesing me off right now. You should see when the Boring Boys start getting into one of their networking discussions with Yoda. :p

And CONGRATS!

I can tell, poor Dear! I wish I could help you but I am clueless about that stuff....I better start learning though if Im going to be a PROFESSIONAL.....lol

and thanks for the congrats.....its so exciting. Im gonna go dig for threads on "going rates". Good luck figuring your problem out!

ibdb wrote in post #3998231
Pete -- love the portait mode shot. I first looked at the shot and thought landscape, but comparing the two, I like the portrait one a lot more.

Thanks.. I'm a huge fan of portrait landscapes.

Taken with the 100-400 BTW, not the obvious choice for landscapes, but it works!!

Okay, MOTHER OF THE BRIDE CRISIS MOMENT! I just tried the whole outfit on...it looks terrible...worse that terrible...absolutely horrible. So the wedding is in a month and I have nothing to wear.

craftgirl wrote in post #3998416
Zilly, I sure hope everything turns out ok....I will be praying for you!

thanks craftie

Permagrin wrote in post #3998575
Okay, MOTHER OF THE BRIDE CRISIS MOMENT! I just tried the whole outfit on...it looks terrible...worse that terrible...absolutely horrible. So the wedding is in a month and I have nothing to wear.

Sorry...I can't help you there as I've never been a 'mother of the bride'.

What about the outfit do you not like about it? A month is actually plenty of time to look for something else...if you are still up for looking.

3Turner wrote in post #3998630
Sorry...I can't help you there as I've never been a 'mother of the bride'.

What about the outfit do you not like about it? A month is actually plenty of time to look for something else...if you are still up for looking.

it just looks bad...it fits but I look like a bag of potatoes (it's beige)...no joke...I'll have to go look again...auuuugh

Permagrin wrote in post #3998652
it just looks bad...it fits but I look like a bag of potatoes (it's beige)...no joke...I'll have to go look again...auuuugh

Is it really bad or is it your idea that it looks bad? Ask the daughter... puddle or someone else for their opinion. It could just be that it doesn't look like you thought it would. Or it just is wrong..

The other option is GO SHOPPING! YAY!

Permagrin wrote in post #3997086
G'Moooooooo everyone

I went to bed at 10pm last night and woke 1/2 an hr. ago. I think my fever broke at some point because I'm feeling a lot better (so far) today. (I'm hoping it sticks!)

that's good to hear.

Yeah she's just off visiting relatives, and showing Jessica off in Taiwan. 2 more weeks to go.

I ran the pic through Neat Image and gave it a quick sharpen. (don't think I did enough cos the skin looks overly smooth).

Anyways... thanks.

Moooooooooorning all