A question, does anyone knows if Lightroom 1 will have a backup feature a la "Vault" in Aperture?

Is this different from a photo binder?

theres a backup folder in beta 4, so I don't know why there wouldn't be. Don't really know anything about it though.

I thought photo binder was the same as the "Export Project" of Aperture so you can export everything from a shoot from a laptop to a desktop. Maybe it has a backup use also.

I'll guess that is the problem when a software is release without any documentation at all, we have to kind of guess what everything is for.

Backup of the library is slated for v1.0.

See: http://lightroom-news.com/2007/02/03/from-...1-to-version-1/

for list of items added/changed from b4.1 to 1.0

Thanks,
Mike

Thanks. I am trying to figure out the Library management of LR and how can it be use in my workflow. Aperture I understand, but It has been difficult understanding LR, specially without any books on the subject and with being in beta and ever changing...

For example, they took out "shoots" which I thought were rather interesting concept and language.

Binder is gone in LR 1 !!!

I am beginning to think I may be staying with Aperture.

How am I going to export from my laptop to my desktop an entire shoot or project in one cohesive unit? Aperture does it. Why LR would take that feature out?

I was hoping that Adobe will come out with a robust database features that would make organizational sense and a very effective D.A.M. like Aperture. They have added some of the functionality from Aperture (versions, stacks, etc) but, I may be mistaken, but so far it does not seems that LR will be much of D.A.M.

Does anyone has the insode scoop on the Library module?

David, Sean McCormack sed (re binders)

If you use the option to write out XMP, you can simply import the folder off the laptop onto the desktop and all edits will be saved.

The library module is kind of like bridge. you can rate, sort, tag, embed metadata and keywords.

I got a chance to play with Lightroom (close to the final release) at a workshop 2 weeks ago and I think you'll find that the LR database is pretty simple to understand. The database keeps all the info regarding the thumbnails and metadata (although you can write XMP sidecar files to your raws so the develop and metadata will travel wherever the file goes.

The library shows a file path to where your images "live". Is lightroom a DAM-kinda. Images can live online or offline.

I'm not going to use this as my DAM becuase I find iView much more robust. Who knows what the Adobe guys will come up with down the road.