P: Color collections and collection sets to simplify navigation & cataloging

[Guest]

[Update: Color labels for folders were added in LR 7.4 --John Ellis]

I find it difficult to navigate folders and collections in the LH panel. To some extent this is because I (unwisely) chose to use similar naming conventions.If it were possible to allow users to "Colour code" folders and collections it would make navigation much easier and also give me another way of "cataloging" photos.My suggestion would be a small colour indicator, rather like the online/offline indicator but round instead of oblong.

[TheDigitalDog]

It's NOT easy, that's exactly my point Mike! No inexpensive either...

[TheDigitalDog]

It's NOT easy, that's exactly my point Mike! No inexpensive either...

[serendigity]

Workflow and functionality are what the app is all about. Compared to develop module code this would be a lot easier to implement. But as you say, all about priorities I guess.

[serendigity]

Workflow and functionality are what the app is all about. Compared to develop module code this would be a lot easier to implement. But as you say, all about priorities I guess.

[PatBranch]

That's what I thought the original purpose was. I guess priorities are just big features like mobile or haze. You'd think a smaller feature that actually enhances organizing would get included.

[PatBranch]

That's what I thought the original purpose was. I guess priorities are just big features like mobile or haze. You'd think a smaller feature that actually enhances organizing would get included.

[TheDigitalDog]

Develop and the features there are  primarily the domain if you will, of Thomas Knoll and Eric Chan, coming FROM Adobe Camera Raw (ACR). That's one reason why IMHO, the real powerful functions that keep coming are found in Develop. The rest of the app hasn't received the same degree of love from the LR team. IOW, if you have a feature request for ACR/Develop in LR, that's going to 'influence' two people; everything else, a team that has their own development priorities and speed to implement (or lack thereof). 

[TheDigitalDog]

Develop and the features there are  primarily the domain if you will, of Thomas Knoll and Eric Chan, coming FROM Adobe Camera Raw (ACR). That's one reason why IMHO, the real powerful functions that keep coming are found in Develop. The rest of the app hasn't received the same degree of love from the LR team. IOW, if you have a feature request for ACR/Develop in LR, that's going to 'influence' two people; everything else, a team that has their own development priorities and speed to implement (or lack thereof). 

[Mike Ditz]

Color coding selects and rejects, finished ør in precess is not a new thing..I just thought I was missing something for all these years. 
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[Mike Ditz]

Color coding selects and rejects, finished ør in precess is not a new thing..I just thought I was missing something for all these years. 
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[Ron_Bernstein]

I would like to be able to color code folders in the library view of LR. Here's an example of how that could be useful. If I go on assignment and shoot for three days, and have the images separated by dated folder, I want to be able to indicate when I have finished editing a folder and when I have started editing but not finished. I also want to see which folders have not been edited yet. That way, when editing a large job with several folders, I will quickly know where I am in the editing process by, for example, seeing that one folder is red (already edited), while another folder is green (partially edited) and another folder hasn't been edited yet (no color). That is just one example as to how color-coded folders in LR general view could be helpful, because without being able to do that, the process of figuring out which folders have been edited, and whether they have been fully edited, is too cumbersome. I see that a few other folks have requested this feature, but to date Adobe has not provided it. FYI: I'm on a Mac. Thanks!

[majedphotos]

In Lightroom Library module, it would be useful if we could add a color to folders. so that we know the finished jobs and the folders we should finish work on them

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Great idea, I regularly have umpteen folders going & it's hard to keep track quickly. Every time I look at the folders I use up time figuring it out again

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Hurry up and implement this already. Shouldn't be hard but would improve the workflow of everyone who used Lightroom

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

This is really what this whole link boils down to, Liam. No one is asking for the invention of something that hasn't been available in other programs for years, and it's usefulness is clear to see. Come on, Adobe!!! How many more people have to say the same thing for you to act?

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

This is really what this whole link boils down to, Liam. No one is asking for the invention of something that hasn't been available in other programs for years, and it's usefulness is clear to see. Come on, Adobe!!! How many more people have to say the same thing for you to act?

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Since this request is from 2010 and hasn't gotten the attention I believe it deserves, and Lightroom has grown considerably since then, I'm posting it again with a few of my own considerations. Here it goes:

When working with a large catalogue, one might get lost or take a long time to find certain folders, even when using the library filters. The reason? Well, for me is that I have multiple network folders with multiple shoot dates within (as shown in the print screen attached) with a VERY large number of photographs. Naming or re-naming the folders to match whatever criteria is really not an option and with a catalogue this big and ever growing, library filters take a long time to find stuff.

Wouldn't it be great if we could rate, color, annotate, flag and checkmark the actual folders?

And the more I think about it, the more it makes sense to me, specially when thinking ahead of time. In 5 or 10 years from now, I'll have a lot more folders and a lot more considerations regarding my labeling, rating or flagging, hence, annotations and checkmarks! Of course you could say, just export your bigger catalog into smaller ones by group, say by year for instance, but still, if I'm putting together an exposition about pictures spread out along my years photographing, that becomes a problem, and the more I photograph, the more I see this as a problem.

Also, I believe this would be a great addition for co-working on catalogues, large studios and media folks out there.

Imagine this for a second: How great would it be, for any photographer or media manager, to instantly see what these or those folders are about?!

(view figure 1)

(Figure 1)

All of that would depend on your style of logging your media of course, but still, it would mean a lot more control over your library! And the main reason I have Lightroom, is for that exact purpose, Organizing and Managing my archive. I believe that this is a feature a lot of us would like to have and would mean a major advance in the workflow.

Anyway, this (figure 1) is something I put together to illustrate my point. If anyone thinks this should be a thing, please comment, like, share, etc! Lets get this through!

Old Request from @_gary_:

Re: FEATURE REQUEST - COLORED FOLDERS 

Something similar by @teraj:

Marking pictures with Voice Memo attached 

[marcv]

Definitely in favor of this! The benefits have been stated by many people over the last 5 years, since this post started. I cannot understand why Adobe did not fit this into their product roadmap. My life would be so much better with color coded folders. Really, I would be so happy. Grateful actually! Not joking here, I would give up the whole slideshow module just for color coded folders. And the book module.

[PatBranch]

Nice mockup! Those folder features would be incredibly helpful.

[PatBranch]

Nice mockup! Those folder features would be incredibly helpful.

[serendigity]

This is a great mock up. We need to put pressure on Adobe. I just posted a comment on the Lightroom Facebook page. If a bunch of us also do the same, maybe Adobe would take notice, as it appears that they do not read the feed back pages here...

[serendigity]

This is a great mock up. We need to put pressure on Adobe. I just posted a comment on the Lightroom Facebook page. If a bunch of us also do the same, maybe Adobe would take notice, as it appears that they do not read the feed back pages here...

[Victoria Bampton LR Queen]

They do read. 126 votes in 6 years doesn't make it a high priority though.

[Victoria Bampton LR Queen]

They do read. 126 votes in 6 years doesn't make it a high priority though.

[Ron_Bernstein]

That is a fair point, but if Steve Jobs had waited for 126 people to write that it was a good idea to ditch the floppy drive, Apple would have stayed with that concept far longer than it did. There's a difference in the quality of innovation between being driven by the number of people asking for a comment and the quality of those comments The value of color coding folders is irrefutable, and Apple itself has had color-coded folders for decades. This cannot be old technology. What possible reason can there be for not including this feature, other than a lack of folks writing in that they want it?, What great company innovates based on that metric? It's a no-brainer. Please Adobe - just do it!