LrC v13.2 and flags in XMP

[FSt0p]

Hi.

In the release notes of LrC v13.2 among other things there is this statement:

•  Support to read and write flag states to XMP

Can someone clarify how exactly this should work?

The issue is that flags are local to source (at least they were used to be).

So if image is flagged in one collection, and rejected in the other - what exactly would be saved to XMP?

Or only flags applied in the folders will get saved to XMP?

Or flags are global now like star ratings?

I would appreciate any information on this.

Thank you.

[Ian Lyons · Accepted solution]

It provides inter-app support for 'Pick' and 'Reject' flags. That is, flags applied in LrC when saved to XMP (sidecar or embedded in DNG) are available to Lr Desktop when the files are synced to the cloud. The same applies in the other direction.

Flags are global. So, applying a reject flag to a file in one collection means that the same file in another collection is also flagged as a reject. You can check this behavior very easily.

[FSt0p]

Thank you for the answer.

I've searched a bit, and it seems that I've missed the fact that starting from LrC v4 flags became global.

Now everything is clear.

PS:
This community software continues to emuse me every day.

By whom on Earth answer can be marked as "correct", if not by person who asked the qustion?
For sure I can not do this in threads started by other people, and for some reason it happened in this thread.
Not to say that the answer is incorrect, it is just unclear how this happens...

[DClark064]

I hope someone answers your question about "correct" answers.

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Any Employee Admin or Community Expert can mark a post as correct. 
In this case, it was me. 

[Ian Lyons]

It's also important to note that whilst a Comminity Expert can mark their own answers correct, doing so is frowned upon. Therefore, I doubt many, if any, do so.