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timsadobe@gmail.com
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April 3, 2017
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Bridge re-indexes smart collections

  • April 3, 2017
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Seems that bridge re-indexes smart collections when you click on them!

Why do these collections not stay indexed?

Anyone?

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Correct answer Ronald Keller

The whole point of a smart collection is  that it's always up to date: so it has to look if there are any new images that meet the specified criteria (or remove any that are no longer present).

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Participating Frequently
March 21, 2020

When you create the smart collection, or perform any search, you have the option to "include non-indexed files." This comes with a warning, "This may be slow," and this is no joke. If you deselect this, you will not see any indexing at all, the first time or any other time. This will work fine, as long as all your files are all indexed at the time the search is done. If they're not, then just do any search with the indexing option selected.

PhotoshopNewbie
Participant
February 18, 2019

Sorry but no this is not the correct answer.  If the files are indexed, why does it have to redo the whole thing all over again every time you open the collections.  It should simply search the new files created (un-indexed) to find new matches and not have to search what is previously indexed.  That is the meaning of "indexing."

Wrong answer!

Legend
February 18, 2019

The index doesn't update in real time. So it has to be verified. If files have been moved or deleted, the index would be out of date. So, yes, Bridge has to reindex files.

PhotoshopNewbie
Participant
February 22, 2019

So if I change one file out of 100K, it then needs to "re-index" all 100K files again.  Is that it?

Ronald KellerCorrect answer
Legend
April 3, 2017

The whole point of a smart collection is  that it's always up to date: so it has to look if there are any new images that meet the specified criteria (or remove any that are no longer present).

timsadobe@gmail.com
Known Participant
April 5, 2017

Thanks, Ronald I'm aware of that, however previously indexed files that have not moved their thumbnail previews seem to "re-generate" when visiting the folder.