Lightroom/photoshop question (1 Viewer)

I use Lightroom to import my images and then do a quick delete of rubbish and duplicates.

I then open Raws via bridge to continue selection and editing in CS3. This also involves deleting further shots.

The question I have is if I delete a picture outside of Lightroom (CS3, Bridge of just my desktop) how do I update Lightroom so that it no longer contains a record of the image. At the moment I have lots of 'missing images' when looking through Lightroom.

I have to do this as my computer is slow at working on the large 7d raws and this is the quickest way it seems to work for me.

Should really look at my workflow but hey ho I have knida got used to it.

"Synchronize Folder" should do it, Marcus.

From the excellent "Missing FAQ" guide by Victoria Bampton:

Its main purpose is to update Lightroom’s catalog with changes made to that folder by other programs, for example, adding or deleting photos or updating the metadata.

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One of the options in the dialogue is to "Remove missing photos from catalog" which sounds like what you're trying to achieve.

Incidentally, yours does sound like a cludgy workflow - I do all my culling (before moving to Lr to convert as tiff for further work) simply by opening up the files in Irfanview: left and right arrows navigate through the files in the folder, and the Delete key gets rid of any I don't want.

And it's quick.

With Lr, I don't see the need for Bridge at all: cull in Irfanview, convert in Lr (saving to a folder called "converted" under the parent file containing the RAWs - I don't actually use Lr's DAM functionality), edit in Photoshop (as required) at my leisure when I'm done with Lr.

Great thanks Keith - will try that out.