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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 236660" data-attributes="member: 9240">Lightroom has the option of saving changes in a sidecar file which would then need to be moved, but by default the changes are tracked in the LR database.&nbsp; When you move images outside of LR you lose the linkages with the image, so for all intents and purposes you lose the changes you made.&nbsp; The one thing about the LR catalog is that once you start using LR to maintain your images then you need to use it for maintaining their storage as well.&nbsp; It's a hard lesson, and one we all learn once if we haven't read up on things carefully.There may be a way to relink them, but I'm not aware of it off the top of my head.&nbsp; Tim Grey does a lot of work on this stuff and he may have had this question asked before, so if you can track down his blog you may be able to find an answer.If you opt to keep the changes in sidecar files then you must move the files together when you move them or you bust the linkages as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 236660, member: 9240"] Lightroom has the option of saving changes in a sidecar file which would then need to be moved, but by default the changes are tracked in the LR database. When you move images outside of LR you lose the linkages with the image, so for all intents and purposes you lose the changes you made. The one thing about the LR catalog is that once you start using LR to maintain your images then you need to use it for maintaining their storage as well. It's a hard lesson, and one we all learn once if we haven't read up on things carefully. There may be a way to relink them, but I'm not aware of it off the top of my head. Tim Grey does a lot of work on this stuff and he may have had this question asked before, so if you can track down his blog you may be able to find an answer. If you opt to keep the changes in sidecar files then you must move the files together when you move them or you bust the linkages as well. [/QUOTE]

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