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Maxal Tamor
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May 28, 2011
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P: A better search/find in the library module (Library Filter)

  • May 28, 2011
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I have used for many years iView, and then Expression Media to catalog my files, and I must say that even today I did not find nothing better from this point of view (on Mac).

As the actual one is very limited, it will be very nice to implant some more powerful search/find function in the LR Library module.

Something that allow to make very precise researches like, for example:
"Find all the tif or pdf files with a weight > 1 000 000 bytes, a resolution of 300 dpi, an Adobe RGB profile and 16 bits of depth..."


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It will be very nice too to have the possibility to personalize more the info on the preview module (for example somebody could be interested to see the weight in MB of each file, of the embedded color profile, or the resolution, or the depth of the file):


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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    April 24, 2019


    ... exposure compensation? It would be nice to be able to collect bracketed shots with specific ECs so they could be bulk-edited.
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    Ernst van Loon
    Inspiring
    December 20, 2018



    When in the library view I filter on ratio, I currently only get the options for portrait, square or landscape. To select photos for specific prints I'd really like to be able to select the "standard" ratios of 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/7 etc. as well, whether portrait or landscape. Better still, any custom ratio I entered should be able to be selected as well, but that is just perfection... 😉

    bulky_microwav
    bulky_microwav
    Participant
    December 20, 2018



    In bridge there is a very easy filter option under aspect ratio that allows one to sort by crop or file aspect ratio. Examples 1:1, 2:3, 3:4, 5:7, 4:5, panoramic...etc.

    It behooves me why there is no option under "aspect ratio" only giving me portrait, landscape, and square. To me that sounds more like orientation rather than aspect ratio.

    There should be an option to filter in both the "Library Filter" under metadata, and under Smart Collections.

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    Anonymous
    December 20, 2018



    Why is there no way to filter by specific aspect ratio (4:3, 3:2, 16:9, etc) in Lightroom like there is in Bridge?

    There is a filter called "Aspect Ratio" which filters only by "Portrait", "Landscape" and "Square" options. Except for the square option, these are not aspect ratios, they are image orientation.

    Could this feature be added in a future release?

    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    October 24, 2018
    I agree that Any Filter is much less convenient than having expanded search capabilities built-in. For some uses, the Data Explorer plugin is more convenient (but still not as easy as having the features built-in).
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    JMarkTurner
    Participating Frequently
    October 24, 2018
    Lightroom really needs better native search functionality in the Library module. I'm familiar with, and have used, the AnyFilter plug-in, but that's a work-around in my opinion.

    If I understand correctly, there's a SQLite database that underlies what we see as the LR catalog. SQL is a powerful database engine, but Lightroom doesn't make it easy to perform moderately complex searches that implement AND and OR in the queries.

    I do a lot of ad hoc searches for specific images that my editorial stock clients request. Sometimes I don't want to see all of my photos that have particular keywords, or words in the caption field. Here's an example from a series of queries I needed to do yesterday:

    Find images that include "xxxxxx" in the caption, that are in a folder named "Gardens," that were made in the months of October, November, December, January, February, or March. There were 27 separate "xxxxxx" queries. I have "Gardens" folders under master folders for each year going back to 1995.

    I'll probably never need to do that exact same search again and the next complex search will have different criteria.
    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    December 7, 2017
    Two plugins can search and sort by file size (rather than pixel size): Data Explorer and Any Filter.
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    don_mayer
    Participant
    December 7, 2017


    LR CC does not allow for file size search based on MB (only on mega pixels). LR displays megabyte file size for each photo in the Library view (exif/iptc) but does not provide this as a search attribute. It would be MOST CONVENIENT to simply be able to create a smart collection such as : filesize(MB) > xMB which would return all photos greater than xMB in physical storage space size thus allowing for culling by size if desired.
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    hadouma@gmail.com
    Known Participant
    January 23, 2017


    It has been stated before here: LR is very (too) limited when it comes to working with metadata. One of my main problems is, LR does not provide nearly enough ways to filter my images. If I e.g. want to check all images for which no lens correction has been applied, there is no other way than manually go through all my RAW images to see if the checkbox is checked or not. My rule: as soon as I start repeating in an app, there is functionality missing. That is typically a computer's job, not mine.

    So please provide extensive filter possibilities to select images based on all metadata fields and all develop functions
    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    May 29, 2015
    The Data Explorer plugin can search by camera EV (exposure value) and effective camera EV (after LR adjustments have been included):

    http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-good...
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