Sort by Label Color

[SRPcashie]

Hi All,

I have been having this problem for a while that whenever I do a sort by label color and I have an image that is a 'copy' of another, when the copy has a label color and the original does not, it doesn't sort out to the label color group but leaves it in the rest of the files sorted by filename or capture time.  I think it might happen when it's sorted by rating too.  Then when I export the selected group I miss it. 

I am guessing this is probably a setting that stacks the copy with the original.  Is there any way beyond this?

[Randy Hufford]

You are right it does same thing to me. Work around; use the filter bar and choose the color of the flag you want and it works.

[johnrellis · Accepted solution]

Most likely, your virtual copies are stacked with their originals, with the originals on the top of the stacks.  LR always sorts stacks by the attributes of their top photos (in your case, the originals, not the virtual copies).  There are three ways around this:

- Use the Library Filter bar to filter the photos by the color you want, as described by Randy.

- Unstack the virtual copies by selecting them, right-clicking, and doing Unstack. Then the copies will sort by their own attributes, not by the originals' attributes.

- Define a smart collection named "All Without Stacks":

This smart collection will display all photos without the associated stacking (smart collections never display stacking), and the displayed photos will sort by their own attributes, not the attributes of the top photos in their stacks.