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Using Lightroom 5.7.1 on a PC. Assume I have 5 photos in a folder.
OK, now I want to make a second collection containing virtual copies of the original 5 photos for high dynamic colors.
So now I'm stuck at step-1 and cannot proceed to step-2.
For only 5 photos, I could ctrl-click the original 5 photos and proceed to step-2. But this is only an example. In my real world, I might have 250 original photos. It's too tedious to go through 500 images (250 original + 250 B&W) and ctrl-click the 250 original photos.
Is there an easy way to select only the original 250 photos in step-1?
----- After a lot of thought, I figure that in my source FOLDER, I could stack the virtual copies of the photos with the original photos and end up with 250 images. This would allow using shift-click to select the 250 original photos. But I can't figure out how to stack the virtual B&W copies behind the original photos in an automated way. Any way do do automated stacking of virtual copies behind the original photos? -----
To 'Hide' any virtual copies-
1. Click on [Attributes] on the filter bar and look at the "Kind" icon selectors-
2. Click (to toggle 'on' ) the 'film' icon (the left of three) to show only "Master Photos"
Or likewise- Click (to toggle 'on' ) the 'virtual copy' icon (the center of three) to show only "Virtual Copies"
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You can use the Library filter bar to hide all but a subset of currently visible images (within a given folder or collection based view) according to various attributes of the images themselves. You can then highlight just those that remain visible.
One such attribute is their "kind": whether they are virtual copies, or else master copies.
It may be worth saving a couple of named user filter presets (say: "virtual only" / "master only") for the future; as well as another filter preset (say: "show all") which clears all such filtering.
These presets can then be conveniently applied by name, on the fly, working from a drop-down menu at the right hand end of the Filmstrip - without needing to go back into the Filter bar again. You can set up whatever is most useful to your particular workflow.
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richardplondon said:
"You can use the Library filter bar to hide all but a subset of currently visible images (within a given folder or collection based view) according to various attributes of the images themselves. You can then highlight just those that remain visible.
One such attribute is their "kind": whether they are virtual copies, or else master copies."
Hi Richard.
Thank you for your reply. In LR 5.7.1 I don't see a "kind" attribute in the filter bar. However, I did figure out a way to do what I needed using the star rating filter.
The ratings in my source folder for my preferred photos was 5-stars. In my B&W collection folder I set the star rating for all photos as 4-stars. This also set the ratings for all of the virtual copies in the source folder as 4-stars. Now filtering the source folder for 5-star ratings, all of the virtual copies are automatically stacked behind the original 5-star photos. I was then able to create a second collection and create virtual copies of the original photos in it without any B&W virtual copies being imported into the second folder.
Problem solved. Thanks much for your quick reply .
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To 'Hide' any virtual copies-
1. Click on [Attributes] on the filter bar and look at the "Kind" icon selectors-
2. Click (to toggle 'on' ) the 'film' icon (the left of three) to show only "Master Photos"
Or likewise- Click (to toggle 'on' ) the 'virtual copy' icon (the center of three) to show only "Virtual Copies"
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wobertc said:
To 'Hide' any virtual copies-
1. Click on [Attributes] on the filter bar and look at the "Kind" icon selectors-
2. Click (to toggle 'on' ) the 'film' icon (the left of three) to show only "Master Photos"
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Hi wobertc,
Oh, the "kind" filter is above the grid/loupe view panel.
I was looking for the "kind" buttons below the grid/loupe view panel.
Thanks for posting your image as it helped me find the "kind" buttons. And yes, clicking the left-most kind button does display only the Master Photos exactly as I need.
Thanks much,
Raptor88