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I find the Lightroom GPS Mapping a compelling feature. Although my images are usually in descriptive folders, it would also be useful to be able to go to the map and simply click on the location to access images taken at a particular place perhaps on different occasions. My memory is not as good as it was, I want to nail stuff while I can still remember where it was taken.
While I had Lr v4 demo I did use the mapping feature quite a bit and found it very useful but our needs obviously vary.
Recently I have been using Lr more to process images and am getting more used to it. I really miss the levels feature as it is implemented in Photoshop, it's so simple, in Lr to me it's so messy and non intuitive I still haven't figured how to use levels to get the results I get in Ps so easily, despite Rich showing me how a while back. Rich, do you know a good video or tutorial on the Lr levels feature? I just can't get it to do what I want, in Lr it seems to be split into sections which is a nuisance. I want to be able to spread the entire existing image data across the usable range, not adjust sections of data as seems to be the case in Lr. To me Levels is a very quick and easy way to set the black and white points. I would use Curves to adjust individual sections of the image.
As for importing your images from Photo Plus, I don't know that software, I guess it's PC, I don't know much outside of the Mac world. All that Lightroom needs is your images to be in a folder structure within one folder, which I call Pictures. I don't think it matters on a PC where the Pictures folder is, even on an external drive will do.
All you have to do is point Lightroom to your dedicated Pictures folder and import. I select 'Add' images, which leaves the images in their folders so you can access them. I select 'Standard' preview and the box 'don't import suspected duplicates' ticked (unless I need them of course). Then import, sit back and have a coffee or two.
If Photo Plus has ingested the images like iPhoto does, then you will need to export them from the Photo Plus library at maximum resolution and as TIFF's for best quality. I avoid JPEG except as a final export format to display on my computer or share via the web. There is a loss of image quality with JPEG with every save.
If you use NEF's you really need to locate the original NEF files and import them or you won't be able to apply the same level of control if you need to adjust an image.
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Robert.