Skip to main content
Jeff Hackbarth
Participant
May 7, 2023
Answered

P: Allow filters to stay selected after enhancing

  • May 7, 2023
  • 17 replies
  • 13034 views

When using the denoise or enhance features, it would be great if the filters selected in the Develop module would continue to stay selected.

Currently, if I have a set of filters - like hiding rejected images, or specific color tags - and then decide to enahnce or denoise an image, whenever Lightroom finishes processing, it resets all of my filters back to showing everything.

 

If I've already rejected an image - or 100 - I clearly don't want to see them, and don't want to have to keep clicking the desired filter after every single enhancing/denoising process, just to get rid of the clutter. Sometimes, I can batch enhance or denoise, but other times I need to do it one at a time , and repeating this process for 100-200 images, for example, wastes a lot of time and is incredibly annoying. 

Correct answer johnrellis

When using AI denoise, the filter is forgotten.
Hop to reproduce:
Mark a few images as "picked". Set filter "flagged" so only these images is shown. Use AI desnoise on one of those images. 

Expected result: 
The filter should still be in place after the AI denoise is done.

Actual result:
The filter is forgotten and all images in the collection are shown.


@Holten: "When using AI denoise, the filter is forgotten."

 

See the correct answer above for how to stop that:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-allow-filters-to-stay-selected-after-enhancing/m-p/13779605#M321876

17 replies

Participant
June 21, 2023

Lightroom Classic 12.4 on Windows 11 -- When in Library mode, I use the metadata filter to select photos by date, camera, filetype, keyword, etc.   Normally, I can flip back and forth between Develop and Library, and each in return to Library mode, Lightroom remembers to show the metadata view and rembers the filters that I have seelcted.  However, after any use of the Denoise AI feature in Develop mode, the Library turn off the metadata filters (reverts to filter = none) which rcauses all photos in the folrder to be  shown.  I can click to turn on the metadata filter back on, and when doing so, it remebers my previous filter selections, but should I have to do that every time?

Thanks.

 

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 21, 2023

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

 

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post if it helps you get responses.

 

<moved from using the community bugs>

Participant
June 4, 2023

If you are working through a filtered selection of images (i.e. "4* Picks") and then using Denoise, it will switch that filter off once it has finished processing your image. I think this is something to do with the way Lr 'stacks' the original CR3 with the new DNG by default. Either way, it's annoying as you then have to re-filter and work your way through to where you were - and if you have multiple images that need Denoise then this gets tired *real* quick.

 

By the way - I do appreciate the new Denoise - a great improvement.

DdeGannes
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 4, 2023

Have a look at the article at the link below for the recommended workflow for using the DeNoise AI feature. It provides related info and plans for further development of the feature.

https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2023/04/18/denoise-demystified

 

Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
steamstash7385248
Participant
May 21, 2023

When viewing my images in the Develop module with a star filter rating, I have been commonly running the new Ai Denoise feature.  It is really great!  

My one gripe is that everytime I choose to run Ai Denoise on an image it removes my star rating filter and I have to apply it again.  

This is truly a minor incovinence and my hopes are that in writing this is that someday there will be a patch and it will save me more time in the future than it took to write this. 

Ian Lyons
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 21, 2023

You can already do as you ask by using the lock at right hand side of the filter bar. I've attatched a screenshot shwoing where the lock is located.

 

 

 

Participant
May 16, 2023

When I edit pics, LRC, I often flag the photos within a folder to edit.  In the Develp tab, I filter to just flagged photos and do my edits.  Been doing it this way since LF had flags many years ago.  I find that when I use the DeNoise feature recently intorducted, on top of taking a long time to process like others report, it then changes the view by removing the flag only filter and showing all images.  Hoping this is resolved in the next patch/update.  

JohanElzenga
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 16, 2023

This is not a bug and does not need to be fixed. What you need to do is lock your filter. Click on the little padlock icon in the right corner of the filter bar.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
Participating Frequently
May 10, 2023

Lightroom Classic, v12.3, WIN11.

 

Hi All,

 

when i'm culling photos, i use star system. Now, i choose 2* images in library filter to show only ones to be edited ... i'm going one by one.... And here is the thing...

When i use AI DENOISE and new dng is created, my custom filter is being removed... So again i can see hundreds of pics instead of choosen 2*.

As new dng inherits star mark i can see no reason to reset the filter (especially if i'm stacking new one with original).

 

I know i can lock custom filter - but it's not a solution.

 

Hope that can be fixed in next update(s).

 

Cheers,

Michal

johnrellis
Legend
May 10, 2023
Jeff Hackbarth
Participant
May 10, 2023

Thanks, John! This seems to fix the issue I was having. 

johnrellis
Legend
May 9, 2023

If you lock the filters via File > Library Filters > Lock Filters or click the lock icon on the right end of the Library Filter bar, then the LR commands that generate DNGs (Photo Merge, Enhance) won't reset the current filter.

Participant
June 2, 2023

Very helpful, thanks!