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OUcaveman001
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May 30, 2014
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P: When selecting a collapsed stack, provide option to apply changes to all photos in the stack

  • May 30, 2014
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In Lightroom 5.4, if I select a collapsed stack of photos in the Library module, I would like the option to automatically apply changes (e.g. metadata) to all photos within that stack.

Background: as a first-time Lightroom user, I used the auto-stacking feature so that my 3-shot bracketed (i.e. HDR) photos would be stacked together. With the stacks collapsed, I went through my library, selected multiple stacks, and typed in a GPS location to be applied to those photos. I assumed that by selecting the (collapsed) stacks, the metadata would be applied to all photos within those stacks. However, the GPS locations were only applied to the first photo within each stack.

After the fact, I learned that stacks must be expanded in order to select all photos within the stack. From my perspective, this defeats the purpose of creating stacks - if one must expand the stack to apply changes to all photos within the stack, there doesn't seem to be much point of creating stacks in the first place.

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    JBrenn2014
    JBrenn2014
    Participating Frequently
    January 4, 2018
    Allow a set of Stack preference configs (like I mentioned in my post a long time ago in this thread) to apply operation to a collapsed stack. Could also be done through a dialog box at time of operation. A key condition would be whether or not the stack is collapsed or expanded. This has GOT to get fixed as there are just too many situations in the normal workflow that really need Stack enhancements (HDR sets, bracketing sets, focus stacking sets, etc). If taking numerous sets of 7-shot exposure-bracketed sets, you'd likely want to flag keeper sets, rejected sets, etc. And for focus stacking the need to efficiently use Stacks is even more critical.

    Give the user preference options of how to work with keywords, ratings, color tagging, etc with Stacks--please!!
    Steve Gandy
    Steve Gandy
    Inspiring
    January 4, 2018
    But how does Lr know you are referring to the stack or the top image then?
    Steve GandyPhotographer - Instructorstevegandy.com
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    Thany2
    Known Participant
    January 4, 2018
    I say without Alt/Option. You've selected *the stack*, so any modification you make should logically be applied to the stack, not just the picture that happens to be the first in the stack.

    When you hand out candy to a school class, you don't give candy only to the first child 🙂
    Steve Gandy
    Steve Gandy
    Inspiring
    January 3, 2018
    I agree, good idea. It would be a time saver!
    How about Alt/Option X, U, P for flags?
    Steve GandyPhotographer - Instructorstevegandy.com
    Rick Spaulding -
    Rick Spaulding -
    Legend
    January 3, 2018
    A popular request...
    In the meantime here are some cool ideas for working with stacks:

    https://forums.adobe.com/thread/719766
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    January 3, 2018


    hi, i use stacks extensively to group RAW and jpegs from that raw file ...  sometimes i just want to reject the whole stack and it's not possible.  it's really cumbersome to do it with every iteration of an image i know i want to reject/
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    Roy Reed
    Participating Frequently
    April 24, 2017


    I would like to suggest the option for stacked images in Lightroom to have the option for adjustments to apply to all images in the stack instead of just the top one as now. The default could stay as it is currently, but a tick box could be applied to change this to 'all images in the stack'.
    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    March 29, 2016
    "Shift+click only works as long as the user happens to be holding the mouse."

    Fully agree, which is why I called these imperfect workarounds. I was the second person to vote for the request, and I've posted a popular request for broader improvements to LR's handling of stacks.

    However, many people come to these forums looking for help in making LR work more efficiently for them, and, needing to get work done now, many find workarounds better than the status quo.  So including workarounds in discussions of problems and ideas for improvement is entirely appropriate.
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    GeoffVane
    Inspiring
    March 29, 2016
    Plugins Schmugins. Either we request a feature or use plugins. I hate third party plugins. Before you know we go to Windows 20 on 128 bit and I need to buy all shizzle again. Big no.
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    Thany2
    Known Participant
    March 29, 2016
    Shift+click only works as long as the user happens to be holding the mouse. Grabbing the mouse just for this, is not good for usability. And as it so happens, when flagging/rating/labelling, chances are the user isn't holding the mouse.

    Syncomatic is irrelevant here. This is a feature request for Lightroom.
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