10 Replies Latest reply: Jul 21, 2009 4:56 PM by SF Ellen RSS

    Collections, ack!

    SF Ellen Community Member

      I am new to light room, and I suppose I am having some trouble creating collections:

       

      1. On the advice of a book I am reading by Martin Evening, I am trying to begin by clearing the 637 images that ar currently under 'Smart Collections' and 'without keywords'. I have no idea why they are there. I have tried highliging it and then file>clear quick collection, but nothing changes

       

      2. I a sorting through about 800 images from a three day shoot, and would like to group them under a collection heading I have already created called 'desert shoot' and then into sub folders, for landscapes, models etc., but when I 'select' an image and try and add it to a quick collection, it does not give me a choice of what collection to add it to (i.e collections>desert shoot>landscape) In addition, it does not seem to add it to anything, including the 637 image folder mentioned in item #1, though it does have the small grey dot on the upper right corner my book says it will have.

       

      I feel I must be missing an essential step?