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witolds62691620
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March 6, 2017
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Filtrate photos viewed as smart preview

  • March 6, 2017
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How to filtrate photos viewd as smart preview and as orginal photo?

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    Rob_Cullen
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    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
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    March 7, 2017

    I am not sure what you are asking for.

    A smart Preview IS a preview of the original photo.

    If you want to filter and see only Smart Previews, one way is to create a Smart Collection-

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
    witolds62691620
    witolds62691620Author
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    March 7, 2017

    I want to separate photos viewed as smart previews form photos viewed as orginal + smart previews.

    Rob_Cullen
    Community Expert
    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 8, 2017

    You cannot 'separate'.  Smart Previews must be considered to be "Previews" and only previews- not whole and independent image files. (regardless of the talk about them being re-sized dng files!)

    Yes you may be able to edit the Smart Preview disconnected from the original photo, but it must still eventually link back to its original 'parent' image.

    There is no purpose in creating Sm-Previews unless you are -

    1. Exporting a catalog to another computer for a temporary need (like travel)

    2. using the option in preferences to speed up Lr editing functions.

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
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