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sirhawkeye
sirhawkeye
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July 31, 2022
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please add PICK flag support in Bridge

  • July 31, 2022
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Can adobe please add Pick flag support for Bridge?  They have the "Reject" flag, so why not a "Pick" flag.  The reason I'm requesting this is for those who need to go back and forth between LR Classic and ACR perhaps, and Pick Flags don't seem to be supported in Bridge (the workaround I've found it to use 1-Star ratings as pick flags, but would be nice if Bridge actually supported the pick flag itself).

    Correct answer Lumigraphics

    There is no such thing as a "Reject" flag in Bridge. There is Rating in XMP, setting to Reject in Bridge assigns a value of -1 to that Rating. Meanwhile, Lightroom flags are not written to a file, they only exist in the Lightroom Catalog.

    So, basically, what you want is impossible.

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    LumigraphicsCorrect answer
    Brainiac
    August 2, 2022

    There is no such thing as a "Reject" flag in Bridge. There is Rating in XMP, setting to Reject in Bridge assigns a value of -1 to that Rating. Meanwhile, Lightroom flags are not written to a file, they only exist in the Lightroom Catalog.

    So, basically, what you want is impossible.

      gary_sc
      gary_sc
      Adobe Expert
      July 31, 2022

      You do not mention your ultimate goal here or what you're trying to do, but accessing LRC images with Bridge, and doing anything to the images makes a mess within LRC because the database within LRC doesn't know about those changes. Then when you're back in LRC, you'll be stopped at every image and told that the image was altered by something outside of LRC and which version do you want to keep going forward?

       

      the only full justification for this kind of activity is when you are moving images from Bridge to LRC never to return back to Bridge. 

      so, what are you doing?

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        Aaron26263113in14
        New Participant
        September 23, 2022

        Gary, this wasn't my question but as you suggesteed it depends on what you're doing. I cull and tag all my images in Bridge and then only move the best images to Lightroom. Saves space! If you have other ideas on a better workflow, I'd be interested in hearing them.

        gary_sc
        gary_sc
        Adobe Expert
        September 23, 2022

        In LRC, I press the "x" key as I cull the images. Once I'm done with that folder, I search for all rejected images and delete. (Note: in LRC you can remove a file from LRC but it's still on the hard drive. The option just below "remove from the Catalog" is "remove from the hard drive" (forgive me but I'm going from memory on the specific words, just look at the window when you right-click and select "remove file(s).")

         

        It may not work for you but that's what I do.

         

        Good luck!

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