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LRc collection creation

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
February 4, 2024
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LRc allows you to right click on a folder and then create a new collection with the same name. It allows you to put the new collection within an existing set. One thing I find missing, is the ability to populate the new collection with selected images. Is this possible to do?

also, 'Quick Collection' can be saved to a newly named collection. I find missing, the capability to place this new collection into an exist collection set. Again, could this be added?

thanks....John

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jrsforumsAuthor

Inspiring

I have been remiss on not getting back to this thread on what I found to solve my problem (collection creation with selected images).

LR Queen pointed out the shortcut 'Ctrl-N'. This will create a collection with the options I need. I often will combine this with @DdeGannes recomendation to pickup the same name of the existing folder.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

Ctrl-N is simply the shortcut for "New Collection"...

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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jrsforumsAuthor

Inspiring

Now ya tell me 😀 😀 😀

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dj_paige

Brainiac

One thing I find missing, is the ability to populate the new collection with selected images. Is this possible to do?

Select the desired images. Create a new collection; in the "Create Collection" dialog box that appears, check "Include selected photos"

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richardplondon

Community Expert

This method works very well. At the cost though, of needing to type the name for this new collection - rather than basing that automatically on what the folder is called., which was the OP's aim.

I do wonder two things: whether IMO the biggest advantage of a collection (that it is folder-location agnostic) is lost by tightly relating it to a particular folder only; and whether standard image attributes and filtering on those, could not manage this in a much leaner manner. I for one would be curious to learn some more about the OP's particular workflow, e.g. whether a collection named the same as a folder is wanted for cloud-syncing reasons.

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jrsforumsAuthor

Inspiring

I will, on a frequent, regular basis, take hundreds, sometimes, close to 2K images at a sports event. I will radidly go through these to select (flag/star/label...whatever) the most interesting. While I can filter these and work with within the folder, it gets messy, particularly using processing for noise reduction & sharpening which will create dng/tif files.. Working in a collection contains the 'mess' to a manageable size. Tracking the collections to the event (folder name) is important for ease of follow up.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

Do it in a different way. Drag the folder into the collections panel. AFAIK, that should create a populated collection.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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jrsforumsAuthor

Inspiring

Will that populate with just selected images....or all images?

I'm assuming you are talking about dragging the folder on left side folders group down to the collections group.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

It's a long time ago that I tried it, and as I type this on my iPad I can't try it right now, but what I remember is that you don't need to select any images. Just drag the folder from the folder panel into the collections panel.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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