Photographers struggle to organize and manage large photo libraries across multiple Lightroom catalogs without losing metadata or creating duplicates

Professional and serious amateur photographers need to split their photo management across multiple Lightroom catalogs (often due to file size limits, performance issues, or organizational needs), but lack a straightforward way to do this without losing edits, keywords, and ratings. Current Lightroom architecture forces painful workarounds like manual exports, external hard drive juggling, or accepting slow performance with massive single catalogs.