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April 4, 2011
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P: Color collections and collection sets to simplify navigation & cataloging

  • April 4, 2011
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[Update: Color labels for folders were added in LR 7.4 --John Ellis]

I find it difficult to navigate folders and collections in the LH panel. To some extent this is because I (unwisely) chose to use similar naming conventions.If it were possible to allow users to "Colour code" folders and collections it would make navigation much easier and also give me another way of "cataloging" photos.My suggestion would be a small colour indicator, rather like the online/offline indicator but round instead of oblong.

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Inspiring
July 15, 2016
This is really what this whole link boils down to, Liam. No one is asking for the invention of something that hasn't been available in other programs for years, and it's usefulness is clear to see. Come on, Adobe!!! How many more people have to say the same thing for you to act?
Inspiring
July 14, 2016
Hurry up and implement this already. Shouldn't be hard but would improve the workflow of everyone who used Lightroom
Inspiring
July 12, 2016

Great idea, I regularly have umpteen folders going & it's hard to keep track quickly. Every time I look at the folders I use up time figuring it out again


Participating Frequently
May 21, 2016


In Lightroom Library module, it would be useful if we could add a color to folders. so that we know the finished jobs and the folders we should finish work on them
Participating Frequently
May 21, 2016


I would like to be able to color code folders in the library view of LR. Here's an example of how that could be useful. If I go on assignment and shoot for three days, and have the images separated by dated folder, I want to be able to indicate when I have finished editing a folder and when I have started editing but not finished. I also want to see which folders have not been edited yet. That way, when editing a large job with several folders, I will quickly know where I am in the editing process by, for example, seeing that one folder is red (already edited), while another folder is green (partially edited) and another folder hasn't been edited yet (no color). That is just one example as to how color-coded folders in LR general view could be helpful, because without being able to do that, the process of figuring out which folders have been edited, and whether they have been fully edited, is too cumbersome. I see that a few other folks have requested this feature, but to date Adobe has not provided it. FYI: I'm on a Mac. Thanks!
Participant
April 18, 2016
Color coding selects and rejects, finished ør in precess is not a new thing..I just thought I was missing something for all these years. 
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Participant
April 18, 2016
Color coding selects and rejects, finished ør in precess is not a new thing..I just thought I was missing something for all these years. 
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TheDigitalDog
Inspiring
April 17, 2016
Develop and the features there are  primarily the domain if you will, of Thomas Knoll and Eric Chan, coming FROM Adobe Camera Raw (ACR). That's one reason why IMHO, the real powerful functions that keep coming are found in Develop. The rest of the app hasn't received the same degree of love from the LR team. IOW, if you have a feature request for ACR/Develop in LR, that's going to 'influence' two people; everything else, a team that has their own development priorities and speed to implement (or lack thereof). 
Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
TheDigitalDog
Inspiring
April 17, 2016
Develop and the features there are  primarily the domain if you will, of Thomas Knoll and Eric Chan, coming FROM Adobe Camera Raw (ACR). That's one reason why IMHO, the real powerful functions that keep coming are found in Develop. The rest of the app hasn't received the same degree of love from the LR team. IOW, if you have a feature request for ACR/Develop in LR, that's going to 'influence' two people; everything else, a team that has their own development priorities and speed to implement (or lack thereof). 
Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
Known Participant
April 17, 2016
That's what I thought the original purpose was. I guess priorities are just big features like mobile or haze. You'd think a smaller feature that actually enhances organizing would get included.