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December 19, 2017
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P: Please add smart albums

  • December 19, 2017
  • 93 replies
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I would love to be able to create smart albums (aka smart collections) in the all-new Lightroom CC. Basically, a folder that contains a set of photos based on metadata information and updates automatically. The feature set should ideally contain all the options that exist in Lightroom Classic for smart collections. Thanks!

93 replies

Rikk Flohr-Retired
Adobe Employee
October 14, 2024

Greetings all,

 

Updates for Adobe Photography products are released.   The October (Max)updates have implemented this feature request on Lightroom Desktop.  We will leave this request open for Mobile devices and Web. 


If you do not see the update in your Creative Cloud Application, you can refresh it by hitting [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[ R ].

Note: It may take up to 24 hours for your update to be available in your Creative Cloud app.

 

Thank you for being so patient.

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
Participant
March 20, 2025

I am using Lightroom on my PC and iPhone and iPad lots. I used key words and therefore use smart forders. This is brilliant but don't work in the iPhone or iPad app. 

mathieud65778067
Participating Frequently
July 18, 2024

I cannot believe that we've been asking for this very basic feature for 7 years....

I'm not sure what's wrong with Adobe

Known Participant
July 17, 2024

There is no reason Smart Albums should not be in Lighroom - please add them.

Participant
February 2, 2024

I waste so much time trying to figure out how to do basic And/Or/Not filtering or similar simple tasks, never imagining that it just isn't possible.  Lightroom CC is so unpleasant to use when you run into basic things that "should work" and just do not exist.  Apparently with no intention to ever improve the product.  

Participant
December 31, 2023

I'm considering switching from Apple Photos and this is the first feature I looked for when I opened Lightroom. It's amazing that in 2023 (almost 2024) this feature is still not available in Lightroom. I'm imaginging Adobe has no plans to introduce it at this point, so a migration from Apple Photos is probably out of the question for me.

kinkstone
Participant
November 1, 2023

saved filters, with a name? please!

mathieud65778067
Participating Frequently
August 29, 2023

@Lucent right, but this looks more like AI, no ?

Doing a smart album like a saved search isn't very difficult is it ?

At least if you start with pictures' Tags and people faces.

Lucent
Participating Frequently
August 29, 2023

Given the time it's taken I can only imagine they've rediscovered Russell's paradox in the form of, "What do we do if a smart album is all photos with keyword Bride but not in collection Wedding and the collection Wedding is defined as all the photos without the keyword Bride?" and are working through all the steps Zermelo-Fraenkel went through to put together the 9 axioms of their set theory.

mathieud65778067
Participating Frequently
August 29, 2023

@21062019 when can we expect this feature, pls ?

mathieud65778067
Participating Frequently
August 29, 2023

Lightroom CC needs to have DYNAMIC / SMART ALBUMS (like the dynamic playlists in iTunes): You create an album with several criteria, like keywords, people, or location (also using And/Or/Not). And the folder gets updated automatically when new photos are added to Lightroom, or new keywords are added to a photo. So you don't need to add the photos to the album or folder manually. In effect, the album would be a bit like a detailed saved search. Examples: your family, a group of friends, a specific location where you come back regularly, a specific topic you like (Sports with certain people).... Don’t tell me it’s difficult to develop.