One last thing to consider: Any new changes done in Lightroom 4 will not be available in previous versions of Lightroom. Done! We have successfully upgraded our Lightroom 3 catalog into a brand new Lightroom 4 catalog. The Lightroom 4.2 Release Candidate and Camera Raw 7.2 Release Candidate include the.
If later on you regret feeding Big Brother more information, you can disable this feature under the “Metadata” tab of the “Catalog Settings” Dialog. Adobe just released new updates on both Lightroom 4 and Camera Raw. Even though I am NOT happy with Google’s recent privacy policy changes, I recommend enabling this feature so you can use the brand new Map Module. U PDATE () Adobe Lightroom 3.4 is now out, as well as Adobe Camera Raw 6.4 Adobe Lightroom 3.2 and Adobe Camera Raw 6.2 are now available as final releases, and are free for all current Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS5 owners These updates include bug fixes, performance and stability improvements, new camera and lens profile. You now see the “Enable reverse geocoding” dialog, which is basically asking for permision to access Google Maps.
I have over 50,000 RAW files and 600 presets, and the upgrade took less than 4 minutes. Depending on your system specs, how many images you have, the file sizes, presets etc, the upgrade can take several minutes. I recommend keeping this file for a couple of weeks until you have confirmed that all the images and settings were upgraded correctly. The old previews will me moved to the new location but the old Lightroom 3 Catalog will still exist in your system. Keep in mind that Lightroom will create a NEW catalog inside the new folder we just created. Ready? Jump! Hit “Create” and then “Upgrade”
See our previous post with step-by-step instructions on how to do this. This is especially important if you often shoot on location and need to sync temporary catalogs to your permanent catalog. Simple:ĮAP stands for Eduardo Angel PhotographyĪnd Laptop is the location of the Catalog, the place where all my Lightroom settings (keywords, presets, previews, plug-ins, etc) will be stored. You might be wondering why I picked this naming structure. I strongly suggest you click on “change” and determine the best location and name for your upgraded catalog.Īs you can see I created a new FOLDER (EAP_LR4_Laptop) and a new CATALOG name EAP_LR4_Laptop. Catalog names can NOT be changed later. You should see the “Lightroom Catalog Upgrade” dialog. Right click on that file and select “open with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4″ It should look something like name.lrcat On your Mac’s finder, find the location of your Lightroom 3 catalog. The following steps can be used to upgrade Lightroom 1, Lightroom 2 or Lightroom 3, as well as Lightroom 4Beta catalogs.