P: Allow filters to stay selected after enhancing

[Jeff Hackbarth]

When using the denoise or enhance features, it would be great if the filters selected in the Develop module would continue to stay selected.

Currently, if I have a set of filters - like hiding rejected images, or specific color tags - and then decide to enahnce or denoise an image, whenever Lightroom finishes processing, it resets all of my filters back to showing everything.

If I've already rejected an image - or 100 - I clearly don't want to see them, and don't want to have to keep clicking the desired filter after every single enhancing/denoising process, just to get rid of the clutter. Sometimes, I can batch enhance or denoise, but other times I need to do it one at a time , and repeating this process for 100-200 images, for example, wastes a lot of time and is incredibly annoying. 

[Jao vdL]

Oooh learned something new which is really rare! Thanks @johnrellis. This one has annoyed me to no end.

[Adriaan_S]

The Photo Merge features in LRC is great except for one detail: it turns off the filters (both the Library filter at the top of the screen, which in my case I had set to a specific Date) and the filter at the bottom, just above the film strip (which I had set to Flagged and Unflagged photos). Every time I use the Photo Merge, I have to manually re-enable both of them afterwards.  This happens both with HDR and Panorama options.

My request is for the Photo Merge to automatically re-enable these when used, after it is done processing. This will save me time.

Info: I am using LRC 12.4 on Windows 11.

Thanks, Adriaan Sachtler

[johnrellis]

See the correct answer at the top of this thread:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-allow-filters-to-stay-selected-after-...

[johnrellis]

Moderators, @Rikk Flohr: Photography, please merge with this thread:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-allow-filters-to-stay-selected-after-...

[Nature Light]

Windows 10 Pro 64 bit.  After upgrade to new version 13 of LR Classic, when I use the attribute filter to limit images to only those with a zero rating, then create an HDR, or, use a third party plugin, when that process is done, all images of all star ratings are displayed.  The attirbute filter has been turned off and I must once again set to rating = 0.

[johnrellis]

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Click the lock icon to lock the filters:

[johnrellis]

Moderators, @Rikk Flohr: Photography, please merge with this thread:

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[AJ Ford]

Lightroom Classic version: 13.0.1 [ 202310121438-d2af310c ]

Windows 11 Home 10.0.22621 Build 22621

Step 1 Choose a folder with 3 or more photos, and with at least one photo marked as rejected
Step 2 In Library module, set Attribute Library Filter to only show Flag & Unflagged Photos
Step 3 Select a photo
Step 4 Go to Develop module, and apply AI Denoise filter. (which is AWESOME, THANK YOU!)
Step 5 Go to Library module, and note that The Attribute Library Filter is no longer applied (the rejected photo is shown)

Expected result: Lightroom Classic should maintain Library Filter settings when applying Denoise.
Actual result: Lightroom Classic sets Library Filter to "None".

[JohanElzenga]

This is as designed. Lock the filter:

 

[AJ Ford]

Thanks --- that's definitely a workaround --- since the Filter gets
deactivated without leaving the "Develop" module, it seems like unexpected
behavior to me.

I would expect any actions performed in the Develop module to not trigger a
"change source" (which is how I think the filter lock is designed).

Either way... I will definitely do that from now on.

[JohanElzenga]

This is actually very logical behavior. Denoise AI creates a new file (DNG), which could be filtered out if you filtered on proprietary raw files, for example. That would be very confusing! That is why any action that adds a file will cause filters to reset, unless you lock them and show that you know what you are doing.

[AJ Ford]

Ahhhhh, OK. I understand now.

Thank you very much for taking the time to explain that.

[johnrellis]

Moderators, @Rikk Flohr: Photography, please merge with this FAQ:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-allow-filters-to-stay-selected-after-...

[Jacob269107324tje]

A big portion of my editing workflow is to mark all trash images as rejected with the rejected flag. Then when it comes to editing what's left, I filter my library by flags where no flag is present. This still works fine.

However, after using the new AI denoise feature, the new denoised dng is created with the same flag/color/rating status as the original. But, when this new file is created, it resets my filter status. 

This has meant that every time I denoise a file, I have to go back and reset the filter I'm using so I only see the images I care about. It would be fantastic if an update can be made so that adding the new denoised file doesn't clear filters so that I can keep editing smoothly.

 I'm using Lightroom Classic 13.0.2 on windows. 

[JohanElzenga]

This question is often asked and answered. By default, any action that creates a new file resets the filter. The reason is that otherwise the new file could be filtered out (for example if you filtered on raw files), which would cause great confusion. People would think nothing happened. If you do not want the filter to reset, then click the little padlock in the upper right corner of the filter bar.

[Jacob269107324tje]

I was wondering if that's the reason. I didn't know about the lock feature to prevent this from happening though. Thanks for the quick and helpful reply!

[johnrellis]

Moderators, @Rikk Flohr: Photography, please merge with this FAQ:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-allow-filters-to-stay-selected-after-...

[bbyface]

I often run AI Denoise on an entire folder of 50-100 at once, after a pass of using flags to make my selects. However, each time a new DNG is created, the flag filter turns off.

This is a problem for me as I would like to be able to edit in a different folder while the AI Denoise is running (as it sometimes will take 15 mins to complete a whole folder), without having to skip over shots I have already rejected. I don't delete my rejects until I'm finished editing an album, so it would be really useful to be able to have the flag filters stay on.

My workflow involves a lot of folders for very different clients that I have to edit with very quick turnaround, so this would be a lifesaver!

[Keith Reeder]

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-allow-filters-to-stay-selected-after-...

[bbyface]

Thankyou!

[EsTaF]

Hi all
The program has functionality for filtering material by rating. We can assign each photo a specific rating, from one to five, and then filter the works, eliminating material with a low rating.
For example, I have works with a rating equal to one and so on.
I filter out the material by adjusting the filter so that photos with a rating equal to or greater than two are displayed.
But when I use the noise reduction tool, the filter is reset and I have to go back to the library every time, setting everything up again.
This feature appears in any version of the program.
How to deal with such disgrace?

[JohanElzenga]

Click the little padlock in the upper right corner of the filter bar.

[Keith Reeder]

"How to deal with such disgrace?"

Well apart from reading some of the other threads that have already covered this (God knows, there are plenty of them), how about you understanding that it's perfectly logical than when AI Denoise creates a brand new RAW file, it also defaults to resetting its rating unless you interevene as explained by Johan?