Any LightRoom users on at this hour?

[glen]

I just moved my pictures over from my laptop to the desktop.
They moved over nicely.
however, the editing I had done, did not.
How do I fix this? I assumed it automatically came over with the export/import catalog feature.

 

[glen]

Can I move the meta data separately, and after the fact, or do I have to re-export the Catalog?

 

[glen]

Browsing some photo editing forums seems to suggest 2 things:
1) Some, but not all of the metadata is in an *.xmp file.
2) Some, but not all, maybe most, "artsy folks," really have no idea how the software works.

I don't mean that as much as a cut on artsy folks, as I mean it as a complement to the folks here at Anandtech who are very good at speaking both languages.

 

[Jinny]

copy the entire catalog folder over, then import it
you were unclear as to what exactly you copied over. the original files? or the imported files

 

[glen]

copy the entire catalog folder over, then import it
you were unclear as to what exactly you copied over. the original files? or the imported files

I copied the entire catalog, but I either did not export the metadata or did not import the meta data. My guess is that I did not export correctly. Is there a setting that toggles between export files only and export files and metadata?

 

[glen]

Anyone?

 

[xSauronx]

i had a hdd failure and restored my photos w/ edits by copying the folders and the catalog back, and iirc, opening the catalog directly.