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Okay so I have been using iPhoto to organise all my kits. I am beginning to get quite a collection and don't like the fact that I can't see stamps as iPhoto has a default black background for png files which I can't change. I have a creative cloud subscription and noticed some people use it to store their photos and kits in Lightroom.
I was wondering if people could tell me how they store all their pieces or if there is a thread on here someone can direct me to? Hope your having a nice weekend ![]() Samantha. |
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Personally, I use Picasa. It is a free program from Google. By far, it has been my favorite way to store and organize. I never got the hang of ACDSee.
I have heard of people loving Lightroom to organize. However, the last thing I heard was that you had to convert pngs into tiffs. I am not sure if that is still the case.
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I use Picasa too. It's easy to use and works smoothly.
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Long ago I did a post on how I organised my stash on LR. It's pretty much the only system I have stuck with for so long (I've tried Picasa, ACDSee and just plain Windows Explorer.). It still worked even when I switched to a Mac back in 2012
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Thank you, I will definitely have a look at your Blog Alexis. I tried uploading Picassa and I think I chose the wrong option as it started to import every single photo I had in all my IPhoto libraries, so I Uninstalled it, as it would have taken me ages to go through all the folders. Will have a look at Lightroom first as I have heard good things about it, before trying Picasa again.
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You do NOT have to convert PNGs anymore. LR5 handles PNGs just fine. And it lets you change the background color so viewing stamps is no problem.
![]() I tried Picasa and I hated it but I am having great success with Lightroom. I use LR for photos too but I have a separate catalog for my stash. This isn't required at all, but I like it that way because then they keywords and labels and smart collections are all separate. I'm never going to tag a photo "Lliella Designs" or a scrapbook paper "Mom", yk? And I never need to look at both at the same time so it's not a big deal to just close one and open the other when I'm going to scrap. I have the following keyword hierarchies: BYOCs (Build Your Own Collabs, which some other stores besides SS do) -- StoreName 2014-01 -- StoreName 2014-02 -- etc. Designers -- Erica Zane -- Traci Reed -- etc. Product Type -- alpha -- elements -- -- frames -- -- journal cards -- -- etc. -- papers -- etc. Theme -- Birthday -- Christmas -- etc. I'm not going to list them all out but you get the idea, I hope. I don't have a tag for stores because designers come and go too much and that's a PITA. Instead I use a Smart Collection for each store. When a new designer comes, I edit the smart collection to add that designer. When a designer leaves, I edit the smart collection to remove them. Easy peasy.
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I would recommend picasa too. I use picasa for my kits. You just need to go into your preferences and choose the folders you want it to import
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I use LR to organize too. I upgraded to LR5 because of the png issue. I only tag the previews so I don't need to tag a zillion files, and it works great for me.
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