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January 10, 2019
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Keyboard shortcut for adding to collection?

  • January 10, 2019
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I have a collection that I use for selects of my daughter. Is there a way to create a keyboard shortcut for quickly adding these selects to this collection, rather than selecting them in Library and dragging them over as I'm doing now?

I used to have a smart collection that automatically added selects when I rated them 5 stars and used a certain keyword. But smart collections can't be synced to LR Mobile so I converted it into a normal collection.

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    Correct answer Rafael Aviles

    You first need to set the intended collection as the “Target Collection”, then you can use the B key to add a picture to that collection.

    To set your intended collection as the Target Collection, on the left navigation column, under Collections, right-click the name of the collection and you will see a drop-down menu. About half way down the list of options, you will see “Set as Target Collection”. Choose that.

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    Rafael Aviles
    Rafael AvilesCorrect answer
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    January 10, 2019

    You first need to set the intended collection as the “Target Collection”, then you can use the B key to add a picture to that collection.

    To set your intended collection as the Target Collection, on the left navigation column, under Collections, right-click the name of the collection and you will see a drop-down menu. About half way down the list of options, you will see “Set as Target Collection”. Choose that.

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    stephens5620844
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    November 22, 2022

    Thank you from me, also, Rafael! Just started to use collections, and this will save a lot of time!

    Rob_Cullen
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    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
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    November 22, 2022

    @stephens5620844 FYI there are also two other ways to easily add photos to a 'Target Collection'-

     

    1) Hover the cursor over an image thumbnail and click on the 'spot' to add to target Collection. The spot shows grey when photo is in the Target Collection-

       

     

    2) Use the 'Painter Tool' on the Tool bar!

    Click the spray can to activate it, choose "Target Collection" in the Drop-down menu, Click the mouse cursor on any image to add to target Collection. You can add multiple images by holding down the left-mouse button and 'spraying' the painter tool over many image thumbnails in Grid view with 'one' spray of the can- Just like a Graffiti artist  🙂 .

    Remember to [click] to replace the Spray can back on its grey background on the Tool Bar.

     

    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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