Hi again Richard,


I've double-checked if you can delete photos from the Catalog and original download location on an internal HD...


Quote Originally Posted by Richard Lane


This is exactly what I won't to be able to do, which is delete the rejected ones from the Original Hard Disk Folder (in order to save space), as well as from the Library. Then I will be able to archive the original keepers folder to an external drive offsite, as well as backup the Library with the stored processing settings and keyword searches.

I forgot to ask you about your importing workflow. Do you transfer the .CR2 files from your CF card to a folder on the internal HD first, then import into LR3? Or do you import right from the CF card? I'm pretty sure you


If you import right from the CF card you are not given the option to "add" when importing to LR3 - just "copy as DNG" or "copy". If you import from a folder in the internal (or external) HD, you have all four import options available.


That being said...


Yes - even if you've imported the originals using the "add" option in the import dialog, youcan delete a photo from the catalog and the hard disk. You must be viewing the photo, however, from the "Folders" pulldown menu in the Left panel in the Library Module. If the photo happens to be in a collection and you are viewing it from there, and you hit "delete" there will be no delete dialog giving you a choice....it will just delete the photo from that particular collection - the photo will still be in the catalog.


I'm rambling.....hope this makes sense


Damian