Filter Not in Collection

[joãom64433207]

Hi all,

Can't seem able to find this option?

Thank you.

[dj_paige]

This is a really brief description, and its not 100% clear to me what you want.

Are you trying to find photos that are not in any collection?

[joãom64433207]

Hi,

It is eaxctly that, filter photos not in any collection.

Thank you.

[AxelMatt]

Before we can try to help we need more informations.

[joãom64433207]

Why would you need so muhc info for something as simples as "where is this filter" bogles me... And I am not having any errors...

Most up to date version of LR.

[AxelMatt]

Sorry, but your problem description/question was very unclear for me. These question are normal in this case.

More and clear input -> more output!!

[Abambo]

OK, this is for the gallery as your clarifications tell us that your problem is basic. But normally, you should give information as requested by @AxelMatt, and please consider that you should provide exact version numbers. Versions may change rapidly and the "latest" may be not true any more in 5 weeks.

(just to clarify, no answer required)

[chipwarren]

Gotta say, poring over this thread and his question was pretty darn straightforward, I understood it straight away and @AxelMatt 's request was a little extra. Gotta back up my boy, @joãom64433207 on this one... CPU/GPU for how to set up a smart collection? Geez Louise.

[Rob_Cullen]

"how to set up a smart collection?"

Is that the question in your post? Or do you have the answer now?

This is 'Create a Smart Collection' -CLick on the [+]

This is the info you put in the Smart Collection-

(Alphabet characters are separated by one space!)

You only need to create this Smart Collection ONCE- then it is always available with one click on the Collection panel to see 'Photos not in a Collection.)

[Rob_Cullen]

"filter (to find) photos not in any collection"

Create a Smart Collection-

99% confident this works!! 🙂

[joãom64433207]

Thank you, how do I do that?

[Sean McCormack]

In the Library Module, click the Library menu. From that, choose New Smart Collection. 

The screen capture in the previous post shows what to enter in the dialog that appears. 

[Rob_Cullen]

Smart Collections explained by Julianne Kost here-

https://youtu.be/yMG1upT9se8

My Screen-Clip uses a Double-Negative:  "Doesn't Contain" and "abcd....123..". This means that a photo could only be in a Collection that does not use "abcdef...1234..." in the Collection name. Which, of course, is not generally possible.

[josephlavine]

You may find this link helpful regarding Smart Collections and how they work.

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/photo-collections.html

warmly/j

[ben446]

Did not work.

[dj_paige]

Did not work.

By @ben446

????

[Mikko Waltari]

This trick was good. Had the same question for a long time.

You should leave a space in between the letters/numbers. Got it working that way.

[AxelMatt]

Please give us more details about your problem and your system.

Please Consider including the following in your question:

• Adobe product and version number
• Operating system and version number
• The full text of any error message (s)
• What you were doing when the problem occurred
• Screenshots of the problem
• Computer hardware, such as CPU; GPU; the amount of RAM; etc

Thanks. The above info will help to solve your problem.

BTW: Please don't reactivate such older postings. It's better to generate a new one. If it's necessary moderators can be merged the appropriate threads.

[fmontano1109]

You are a genius! Thank you!!!!

[captainian]

Works perfectly - the only efficiency I can find is to type:

q w e r t y u i o p a s d f g h j k l z x c v b n m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0    🙂

[Rob_Cullen]

@captainian Obviously you are not a trained typist (if they still exist) as typing the alphabet, in alphabetical order,  would come naturally for a 'typist' . 🙂  🙂

[captainian]

So true! 🙂