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October 24, 2018
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P: Lightroom Desktop: Segmentation on desktop

  • October 24, 2018
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Provide segmentation features on desktop to match iOS app

13 replies

danielw58122329
Known Participant
July 25, 2025

It's been almost 7 years since this thread was opened. Please bring segmentation (back to) desktop!

Participant
May 9, 2025

Warum ist das Gruppieren (oder Segmentieren) von Fotos in einem Album in der Desktop-App nicht möglich?

In den mobilen Versionen (Android und iOS) kann man das machen, z.B. nach Jahr oder Monat...

 

SteddyShots
Known Participant
August 21, 2023

iOS Lightroom has segementation so you can have the grid view segment photos by various options, notably by date such as Year or Month or Date which I always find invaluable. But oddly it's missing from macOS. There is a drill down date option in the sidebar (which wish iOS had), but that is different from segmentation since you can visually see which photos are in the segements by simply scrolling.

Not sure if this omission on macOS is an oversite or some reason why it's intentionally not there on macOS but is on iOS?

Participant
April 5, 2023

Wow. I am so glad I used to pirate this stuff. Adobe is so terrible with basic features. This has been on here since 2018, 5 years ago. I'm glad I moved the majority of my workflow over to Aff****y because this is just inexcusable for a company their size with the money they're making off cloud.

Participating Frequently
October 19, 2022

Why is a very useful option("segmentation") found on the ipad app not also found on the macbook pro m2 app?

Rob_Cullen
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 19, 2022

The option "segmentation" is not apparent in the 'Desktop' version of Lightroom.

Perhaps because the larger screen size of Macs & PCs doesn't warrent "segmentation".

Both 'Sort' and 'By Date' options are the nearest to "segmentation" although it might be useful in Lightroom-Desktop - worthy of suggesting as an 'idea'!

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 19, 2022

that i don't know.  if you want to make a feature request, do so here - https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

Participating Frequently
October 19, 2022

How do I activate the "segmentation" option in Lr for macbook pro m2 ?

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 19, 2022

<moved from using the community >

Timothy.Spear
Inspiring
August 3, 2021

Curious, what is the use case for this segmentation?

Tim

danielw58122329
Known Participant
August 3, 2021

Wow 2 years gone still not there. Rough.

Inspiring
August 3, 2021

I find the segmentation view very helpful in providing a timeline perspective for large albums and of course the library as a whole.  

Also feature parity between the platforms is nice.  It's always disappointing when you find a useful feature on one platform only to find its not on another.  Leads to the feeling that one platform has a lower priority to Adobe than the other.