this is what works for me: i import into LR, rename, edit, and process my images. i use windows explorer to physically move my images to my server and then rename the folder that the images were imported into; this breaks the link between LR and the images. the next time i view the images in a grid, there is a "?" in the top right corner, indicating the LR cannot find the image. click the "?" and it prompts me to find the missing image. i navigate out to the folder on my server where i moved the images, find the missing image, and click ok - making sure the option to find missing nearby photos is checked. then LR will relink all the images. since i have the same drive mappings on my laptop as i do on my pc's, i can then copy my LR catalog to any pc, open it, and be able to access all my images with all my edits and processings. the only thing i have to be careful of is to keep in mind that if i do additional processing done in LR, i will have to manually synchronize my LR catalogs.
the thing you have to remember is that even though the images can be accessed across a network, the LR database is a local database that cannot be accessed across a network. |
