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P: Ability to sync Smart Collections with Ecosystem Clients

Community Beginner ,
Apr 08, 2014 Apr 08, 2014

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Collection synching / Lightroom Mobile is a great addition to Lightroom 5.4. Please extend this functionality to Smart Collections as well.

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Community Expert , Sep 15, 2021 Sep 15, 2021

While you are waiting for Adobe to implement that suggestion, you could have a look at this plug-in from Jeffrey Friedl: http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/smart-collection-sync

 

As Jeffrey himself admits, it's a bit kludgy....but it does work.

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LEGEND ,
Apr 25, 2014 Apr 25, 2014

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Smart collection sync would shorten the workflow for me! Just rate my new imports and they'll be on the iPad.

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LEGEND ,
Apr 30, 2014 Apr 30, 2014

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Well Tom, I think you got enough replies. I just enabled mobile and ONLY have smart collections so am having to make some dumb ones to try this out. My .02, if the filter criteria is changed from the mobile app then Undo should be available for 7 days.

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New Here ,
May 01, 2014 May 01, 2014

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It occurred to me that if you were concerned about images becoming unavailable because they unflagged it then it would be a simple enough thing to have another smart collection which had unflagged photos in it. Yes you'd need to plan ahead and set up the smart collections and have them synched, bit but it might be a way to get round some of these problems.

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LEGEND ,
May 01, 2014 May 01, 2014

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I finally had the time to update Lightroom today, and install Lightroom mobile, only to discover that it is not possible to sync Smart Collections.

If Smart Collections can't be synced then the update is of no use.

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New Here ,
May 04, 2014 May 04, 2014

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Argh...just installed LR Mobile....wondered why I wasn't able to synch any of my collections....all of them are "Smart" so that would be why!

Would definitely like to see this implemented as soon as possible please. Great "first pass" at LR on the iPad....can't wait to see how you guys make it grow. Thanks!

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LEGEND ,
May 04, 2014 May 04, 2014

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This really is a critical limitation to LR mobile. Like many of the folks above, I do not manually manage my collections, instead relying on keywords, star ratings, colors, and flags to categorize and rank.

I won't really find much use in LR mobile until we can sync Smart Collections. Having an "undo" option in case you accidentally "un-pick" something would be great, but I would consider that a bonus. Thank you, Adobe!

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LEGEND ,
May 06, 2014 May 06, 2014

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Just spent the last hour trying to get a Smart Collection to sync.

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LEGEND ,
May 16, 2014 May 16, 2014

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Consistent with the comments of others, virtually all of my Collections are Smart Collections. I vote for Adobe giving the highest priority to enabling synchronization of Smart Collections to LR Mobile. It is otherwise all but useless to me, and this is not an exaggeration.

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Community Beginner ,
May 21, 2014 May 21, 2014

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Obvious it need to sync and if you change a flag in the mobile it needs to change also in LR, but in respect of the non destrutive nature of LR I suggest to create a virtual copy of the original smart collection. Thanks

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LEGEND ,
Jun 11, 2014 Jun 11, 2014

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Just wanted to chime in and say that all my collections are smart collections as well. For me it makes sense that when a pick flag or whatever is changed, causing the picture to no longer be a part of the collection, undo will be available for as long as the application is running, whenever the undo stack is full or what else triggers changes in the undo functionality. I haven't yet tried the iPad version yet, so I apologize for not knowing how other things regarding undo is implemented there.

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LEGEND ,
Jun 21, 2014 Jun 21, 2014

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need this feature... its a real must!!

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LEGEND ,
Jun 21, 2014 Jun 21, 2014

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Hi I cannot wait until the option for syncing smart collections is adding.


How about instead of trying to undo or review just have option of turning off certain mobile features based on collections or all collections. For example turning off the option to change flags or rating on a collection. I personally don't use the flag option on mobile as I do all that work on my PC, however I find I occasionally change the flag myself or showing someone photos on my mobile device they change the flags by accident too when flicking through photos.


Just an idea.


This would add so much value on the mobile app


Thanks

Mark

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LEGEND ,
Jun 21, 2014 Jun 21, 2014

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Please add smart collections, and folders.

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LEGEND ,
Jun 22, 2014 Jun 22, 2014

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How about instead of trying to undo or review just have option of turning off certain mobile features based on collections or all collections. For example turning off the option to change flags or rating on a collection. I personally don't use the flag option on mobile as I do all that work on my PC, however I find I occasionally change the flag myself or showing someone photos on my mobile device they change the flags by accident too when flicking through photos.

Just an idea.

This would add so much value on the mobile app

Mark

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LEGEND ,
Jun 22, 2014 Jun 22, 2014

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This feature should absolutely be Adobe's TOP priority for the lightroom mobile app, followed closely by background syncing.

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 22, 2014 Jun 22, 2014

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I think 30 mins is more than enough time to realize your mistake.

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 22, 2014 Jun 22, 2014

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A lock flagging option for a collection would be nice regardless just to prevent accidental flagging when thumbing through picks or letting a client browse

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LEGEND ,
Jun 25, 2014 Jun 25, 2014

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Yes, please add syncing to Smart Collections....

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Explorer ,
Jun 26, 2014 Jun 26, 2014

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Agree - I usually just use folder views, but when I do create collections, I usually use smart collections on keywords. So I am going to have to change the way I use LR on the desktop in order to get anything synced onto the iPad.

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LEGEND ,
Jul 03, 2014 Jul 03, 2014

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Another vote from me for smart collection syncing please!

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LEGEND ,
Jul 09, 2014 Jul 09, 2014

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Me too for Smart Collection Sync please!!

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LEGEND ,
Jul 20, 2014 Jul 20, 2014

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I would love to see this feature added. Also I think it would be great if lightroom added the option in Tether Mode as well as in Importing to add images to a collection during importing or as they are captured while tethered. This way as the images are being added to the collection they are also be synced with the lightroom mobile app, this would be amazingly helpful when shooting in the studio allowing someone holding the iPad to view the images as they are being shot and they can like, or reject images right then and there.

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LEGEND ,
Jul 20, 2014 Jul 20, 2014

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I can see where that might be an issue with smart collections, I was wondering how about the option to have images put into collections as they are being imported or tethered to a computer that way they can be views on LR mobile on the iPad by a client or photo assist as you are shooting in the studio, this way, especially in the case of a client, they can like and reject images right then and there without having to walk all the way over to the computer.

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New Here ,
Aug 07, 2014 Aug 07, 2014

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Agree. Static collections are just that, static and dumb. With smart collection syncing we would get dynamic and automatic updating of the syncing. Same as for the publish services.

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New Here ,
Aug 17, 2014 Aug 17, 2014

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No use to me. Took trial but will only buy if smart collections are supported.

One more thing. Would be great if you could export all smart collections at once as a back up. I mean just the settings and not the pictures.

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