Lightroom 5, 6, and CC - Job Preparation Tutorial (Master Catalog)

 Lightroom 5 - Job Preparation Tutorial (Master Catalog)

Job preparation for ShootDotEdit is the same process in all versions of Lightroom, after Lightroom 5. 

 

1. Open your web browser and navigate to: www.shootdotedit.com

2. Click on the “client login” link at the top right

3. Under already a customer, enter your client ID or the email address on file

4. Enter your password and click “sign in”

 

5. Under “downloads” click on the ShootDotEdit Lightroom Catalog that corresponds to your version of Lightroom

 

6. In your downloads folder, locate the “SDE Catalog LR#.zip” file

 

7. Move the “SDE Catalog LR#.zip” file to your Desktop

 

8. Double-click on the zip file to unzip it

9. Double-click the unzipped file to launch Lightroom.

10. Lightroom will ask if you would like to relaunch with a new Catalog, click “Relaunch”

 

11.  A new Lightroom Catalog has been opened. There will not be any images in this catalog. Don’t worry, your Master Catalog and images are not gone!  We are just going to work in this Catalog for a few minutes.

12. Click “import” in the bottom left

 

13. Select one (1) image to import into this catalog. It doesn’t have to be an image that you are submitting to ShootDotEdit, it’s simply going to act as a place holder

14. Click “Import” in the bottom right to import this one (1) image

 

15. Your temporary image is now located in the ShootDotEdit Template Catalog!

 

16. Off to the left, about ½ way down the screen you will see a set of collections

17. Click on the arrow to the left of “My Job” to expand that collection set 

 

18. Click on the arrow to the left of “Drag & Drop Images” to expand that collection set as well

 

19. Drag and drop the one (1) image that we imported into this catalog into the following collections:

1. 01. CULL these

2. 02. Keep these during CULL

3. 03. Color Correct these

4. 04. Make these B/W

 

20. In the top left of Lightroom, click “File” and “Open Recent”

21. Select your Master Catalog from the list

 

22. Lightroom will ask if you would like to relaunch with a new Catalog, click “Relaunch”

 

23. After Lightroom has fully launched, in the top left of Lightroom, click “File” and “Import from Another Catalog”

 

24. Navigate to your desktop and locate the file “SDE Catalog LR#.lrcat”

25. Click “Choose”

 

26. Ensure all folders are checked, and click “Import”

 

27. The import will start and you will notice that all of the ShootDotEdit Template Collections have now been imported into your Master Catalog!

NOTE: Steps 1 - 27 do not have to be repeated unless a new Master Catalog is created

 

28. Click on the arrow to the left of “My Job” to expand that collection set

 

29. Click on the arrow to the left of “Drag & Drop Images” to expand that collection set as well

 

30. Remove the temporary image from the following collections:

1. 01. CULL these

2. 02. Keep these during CULL

3. 03. Color Correct these

4. 04. Make these B/W

 

31. Navigate through your computer and locate the images you would like to send to ShootDotEdit
Note: This might look different in your Master Catalog 

 

32. Select all of the images you would like send to ShootDotEdit and drag and drop them into the “03. Color Correct These” collection

 

33. Select the “03. Color Correct These” collection, and right-click

34. Select “Export this Collection as a Catalog”

 

35. You will be exporting one (1) job from your Master Catalog, locate place on your computer you would like to place these files
Note: We recommend placing these in the folder with your original image files (external hard drives are NOT recommended) 

36. Name the Lightroom Catalog that you will be exporting. You are welcome to choose any naming structure you would like as long as there are NO special characters (&, #, -, _, etc.).

37. Ensure “Build/Include Smart Previews” and “Include Available Previews” are checked

38 . Click “Export Catalog”

 

39. A new Catalog will be exported, and any Smart Previews required will be built at this time
Wait until all progress bars are complete before moving onto the next steps

 

40. Click “Lightroom” > “Quit Lightroom” to close the program 

 

41. Navigate through your computer to locate the files we just exported.

 

42. You will need to submit the following files to ShootDotEdit:

1. Lightroom Catalog
2. Smart Previews
3. Standard Sized Preview