P: Multiple Selection Smart Collection Set Export should export all selected SC's

macOS Big Sur

LRC 11.1

Not trying to immediately export the images that the smart collections find.

The use case is to setup a Published Service (Hard Drive) based on the Smart Collections previously setup under Collections.

You can export them out the indivudual collection from Collections and reimport the definitions back in under a published service. The process works for one at a time. When you have 100 of them you don't want to have to type them in again.

Expanding on the use case, the end goal is to produce a file hierarchy that reflects the smart collections.

I have Collection Set with multiple named Smart Collections. I need to export out a folders where each named (smart) folder is a subfolder of a master folder. I really don't want to have to highlight the images from each smart collection and export with a manually typed in folder name. (But that's what I'm having to do....)

Hi,  

Thanks for reaching out! Sorry for the trouble with exporting smart collections in Lightroom Classic. We are here to help. Could you please confirm the version of Lightroom Classic along with the operating system which you are working on? Does this happen with a specific set of images? Where is the export destination set, to an external drive or internal drives? 

Please follow the steps below to export smart collections in a batch: 

• Select the smart collections which you wish to export. 
• Ensure that no individual image is selected or highlighted like shown beloin the grid view. Use shortcut G to switch to Grid view. 

• Use the export button in the library or use CTRL + Shift + E (Windows) & CMD + Shift + E (macOS) after you have selected the smart collections and ensured that no images are highlighted or selected.

This should help you export the smart collections in batches. 

Please let us know if this helps you out! 

Regards, 

Sameer K.