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deepeddy
deepeddy
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July 16, 2018
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The Star Ratings Filter <= Does Not Include Zero

  • July 16, 2018
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I am using Elements 13. I use the star system to temporarily assign categories when I initially process photos from the camera. I selected <= five stars expecting to see all photos displayed but those without any stars are not displayed. This is apparently true for any non zero star rating. Certainly zero is less than any of  the others. Try selecting <= five stars and see if those with zero show up. What is the rational for zero stars not being less than one, two, three, four or five stars or am I doing something wrong? 

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    Correct answer MichelBParis

    deepeddy  wrote

    Menu/Find/Metadata seems to value zero less than other ratings but that does not address my questions:

    Why is star rating zero not less than one in the star rating filter like it is for Menu/Find/Metadata?

    What rational is there to consider zero not less than 1,2,3,4 or 5?

    The rules for the organizer were set more than fifteen years ago. Do you really think you can find someone at Adobe who can give the rationale of this choice at that time?

    For other users like you and me, it's only possible to give suppositions.

    For instance, many users don't consider the absence of rating as being zero. For them it means that this is an undefined value, or a temporarily undefined value. For others, it is an alternative way to find 'untagged' items. Who is right? Even if a majority of users complain about that choice, changing the rule will hurt many other users, so softwares editors are reluctant to changes those options in newer versions.

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    MichelBParis
    MichelBParis
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    July 16, 2018

    Try to use the menu Search by details (metadata) with the option 'note.

    You can save that as a 'saved search'.

    deepeddy
    deepeddyAuthor
    Participant
    July 16, 2018

    Menu/Find/Metadata seems to value zero less than other ratings but that does not address my questions:

    Why is star rating zero not less than one in the star rating filter like it is for Menu/Find/Metadata?

    What rational is there to consider zero not less than 1,2,3,4 or 5?

    MichelBParis
    MichelBParisCorrect answer
    Legend
    July 17, 2018

    deepeddy  wrote

    Menu/Find/Metadata seems to value zero less than other ratings but that does not address my questions:

    Why is star rating zero not less than one in the star rating filter like it is for Menu/Find/Metadata?

    What rational is there to consider zero not less than 1,2,3,4 or 5?

    The rules for the organizer were set more than fifteen years ago. Do you really think you can find someone at Adobe who can give the rationale of this choice at that time?

    For other users like you and me, it's only possible to give suppositions.

    For instance, many users don't consider the absence of rating as being zero. For them it means that this is an undefined value, or a temporarily undefined value. For others, it is an alternative way to find 'untagged' items. Who is right? Even if a majority of users complain about that choice, changing the rule will hurt many other users, so softwares editors are reluctant to changes those options in newer versions.

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