Managed images

Images imported and stored within an image cataloguing database. Lighroom (the web version) works with managed images, Lightroom Classic works with external ‘referenced’ images. Managed image are stored within the database itself in a single location but are inaccessible to other programs.

General

Referenced vs managed files in cataloguing software: what’s the difference?
ByRod Lawton February 14, 2023August 1, 2026

Well, there’s quite a lot, as it happens, and it affects the way you store, access and organize your photos

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Tutorials

Could Capture One be the new Aperture? The unexpected joys of managed catalogs
ByRod Lawton July 9, 2020August 1, 2026

Could Capture One be the new Aperture? Like Aperture, it can create fully managed catalogs, which means all your images are stored within a single, monolithic catalog file. It sounds like madness… but is it?

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