P: Add "Is Empty" and "Isn't Empty" to all attribute filters and Smart Collection filters

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April 4, 2011
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Lightroom desperately needs additional filtering (and smart filtering) capabilities. Specifically I want to be able to find all images for which I haven't entered anything in certain metadata fields. It is important to ensure that every image has certain metadata fields completed before releasing those images into the wild, but it's not always easy to find those empty fields....

Only some fields in the Attribute filter or in Smart Collections currently have an available option to filter by "Is Empty" or "Isn't Empty". For example, I can search for Is or Isn't Empty in the "Caption" field, but not in the "Title" field.

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Sean PhillipsAuthor

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"Doesn't Contain: a" definitely works to find an empty field. But it's not obvious and this should be fixed...

areohbee

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Indeed - this should not be marked "Implemented".

areohbee

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Indeed - this should not be marked "Implemented".

areohbee

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Sean, I really think you should try John Ellis' AnyFilter.

He did an outstanding job - Is Empty and Isn't Empty are included...

Also, although a bit tacky, just searching for "contains" 'a e i o u' is an effective way to check empty vs. not empty, unless you don't use vowels in your metadata...

areohbee

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Sean, I really think you should try John Ellis' AnyFilter.

He did an outstanding job - Is Empty and Isn't Empty are included...

Also, although a bit tacky, just searching for "contains" 'a e i o u' is an effective way to check empty vs. not empty, unless you don't use vowels in your metadata...

Sean PhillipsAuthor

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Hmm, just tested it and no it doesn't. I think you're confusing this feature request with your comment below about how LR4beta now can filter by saved/unsaved metadata. That doesn't help me find empty captions or titles...

Sean PhillipsAuthor

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Hmm, just tested it and no it doesn't. I think you're confusing this feature request with your comment below about how LR4beta now can filter by saved/unsaved metadata. That doesn't help me find empty captions or titles...

Sean PhillipsAuthor

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While that's a very good thing, it's not even remotely the same as filtering by "Is Empty"

Sean PhillipsAuthor

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While that's a very good thing, it's not even remotely the same as filtering by "Is Empty"

J

J453

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Filter and search images by a saved or unsaved metadata property was added in Lightroom 4:

http://feedback.photoshop.com/photosh...

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