P: Add Color Labels

[jwdave]

I added thousands of photos (other than those in Synced Catalogs) and now I cannot differentiate them other than by the standard filters provided because I have used color labels to identify certain criteria. Color labels are just as important as Flags, Please add them!

[EMSI68219]

I´m also waiting for it a long long time. 

[schrajmund]

@Rick are you actually using these products? In Classic the feature is already present

[schrajmund]

Color labels, keyword labeling painter, select multiple and label. Automatic labeling from EXIF data, more search options. It would be nice, thanks

[Bill Wysong]

Hey, Family:

Please stop asking for color labels; they are already in Lightroom.

What I want are COLOR FOLDERS. And I want them for Photoshop too.

[Bill Wysong]

Rick, I've been asking for years for color folders in Lightroom and Photoshop. Can you get that done?

[Victoria Bampton LR Queen]

Here's the existing feature request for color labels: https://feedback.photoshop.com/conversations/lightroom-desktop-cloudbased/lightroom-ecosystem-add-co...

For your other requests, would you like to expand a little more on what you're looking for specifically?

[Rend]

@william_wysong 

There is no color lables in Lightroom Mobile when files imported into cloud via Lightroom Classic.

That is the issue.

[schrajmund]

@Victoria_Bampton_Lightroom_Queen Yes: You can filter for camera right now, but you cannot for lenses or other settings, like flash fired, aperture, iso, etc. I know, that I can search for them, and it should work theoretically, but in practice, more often than not, it won't list every photo, that should be included. Also typing and lining up multiple search criteria is not as productive, as it was in Classic, where you saw in a list every possible attribute, and you just chose the ones you wanted. 

[Fearless_experts15D5]

@william_wysong No, Lightroom Classic CC has color labels. The "new" Lightroom CC is still missing several features including color labels.

[Victoria Bampton LR Queen]

Good news for you... there's a whole heap of stuff you can filter on using search facets. Try these: https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/lightroom-cc/using/search-organize-mobile-ios.html#search-photos

[schrajmund]

As I said: I know about them. Two problems:

1. they don't work properly, I had many occassions when not all photo were shown, that should've been

2. it is not as near as good solution regarding software ergonomics, as the alternative in LR Classic - why step back? 

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Please add color labels to the Lightroom Cloud ecosystem. I was very disappointed the other day when I started syncing collections to the cloud from Lightroom Classic and the color labels were not available on Lightroom Mobile, etc. I'd love to be able to make selects from phone/tablet, but without color labels it just does not fit my workflow.

[bitblue]

How many years has this now been a missing feature in LR Mobile?
Color labels are an essential need for my (and every other photographer I know) workflow.  On the main LR system, images get tagged with color labels to indicate importance of editing.  When I move to the iPad to edit, I can’t see squat.  Please, this isn’t rocket science.  

[cubickay]

Ability to use colour labels in addition to star ratigs and flags - just like in LrC and competing software. The usual colours options are fine, and maintaining this information in Sync would be a boon.

[Victoria Bampton LR Queen]

This thread is being merged into an existing authoritative thread for better tracking and response. Please review the official answer (if any) in the second post on the thread for more information. 

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Color labels are an indispensable tool for sorting images in Lightroom.

I use them for a wide variety of sorting, but most importantly for sorting through artists for the concerts I shoot. With thousands of images, it’s easier to batch sort a Red filter than to hand make every keyword label to each artist.

Color labels on Lightroom Mobile would be an important addition for mobile photographers everywhere.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

My workflow depends on color labels as well. Would be great. 

I am not programmer but is it so hard to add such little things to LR CC? I thought that would be a given to add any function of lr Classic which is not relying on performance issues on other devices like tablets.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

I have synced a collection from by desktop app in hopes that I could use my phone to narrow down my photos. My workflow relies heavily on colour labels when culling and identifying my best work of a session. I was expecting that the app would have colour labels that would sync back to the desktop app. 

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Yes. Color labels is a must.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Please, make the color labels availableon LR mobile. Í have over a million photos color labeled in LR Classic CC. I was very happy when I first time used the LR mobile, but I am not using it now, because it doesn't fill my basic requirements, the ability to color label photos. As mony others wrote before, it is a good thing to label the photos on the road back to office, it saves a lot of time. Please make it available and let us know when will it be.

[Johnnyenv]

Why should we stick around with Lightroom when this feature has been asked for now clocking 4 years. It's not that the community isn't voting. We're sick of voting for stuff that never sees the light of day

[Timothy.Spear]

I used color labels with Classic, more because they were there. Most of my process depended not on keywords, presence (or lack of) of certain meta-data, and editting information (such as if photo was cropped).

Due to many other constraints, I re-invented my workflow when I switched to the cloud ecosystem.

So my question is, for those that are focused on just the cloud ecosystem, not syncing to Classic, how would labels improve your workflow? What am I missing?

[melissaf4578382]

Hello! Is the color coding cababilty still available? I only see the star rating which does not apply to a photo when I attempt to add? Also, how do I create a copy of a photo to apply a different edit? And lastly, where is the teeth whitening tool? If removed, which sliders to I use to whiten?  Thank you!

Melissa

[selondon]

Hi Melissa,

There isn't any colour coding/labels, or teeth whitening tool (I'd do selective edits and probably use exposure or whites).

There are probably feature requests for these in the Ideas section you can search for, you can then Upvote.

In the Cloud Based Desktop you can Make a Duplicate (not on Mobile though). Also checkout the Versions feature... 

https://lightroomkillertips.com/using-versions-in-lightroom-cloud/

Star Ratings should work though, check out the shortcuts in the top menu.

[Brandon22396806z42q]

Hi there, I've seen some older posts on a similar topic (Color labels in Lightroom CC) and wondering if there is any support currently for using color labels in Lightroom Mobile / iPad? I see the flagging and rating functionality, but color labels would be very useful as well. 

Thank you!