P: Filtering for HDR editing-enabled images / workflow strategies?

[umlautnord]

I'm wondering if anyone has found a way to filter for images that are being edited with HDR enabled (ie, the HDR toggle). Currently, I can only find a file type > HDR filter. That just finds Lightroom-created images that are HDR composites—i.e., an auto-bracketed image shot and composited with the Lightroom camera, or multiple images manually bracketed and merged using Lightroom. It doesn't look at whether the photo is being edited in HDR, as they're ultimately two entirely different definitions of the term.

I realize this may just need to be a "stay better organized with keywords and albums" thing, and if so, all good. But it'd be useful if there's a way: I tend to edit them at least partly on my phone (better XDR screen), and will often end up with just one or two out of a largely SDR batch to run with HDR. I usually end up exporting them differently from the rest of the batch as well, given HDR + file format fussiness.

Anyone found anything, or have strategies they like to use beyond just "don't be lazy—remember to keyword or put it in an album it when you start/consider it?"

I do sometimes duplicate an image and file the duplicate separately to try/work on HDR edits, especially if I'm planning on both an SDR and an HDR edit—trying to run parallel SDR and HDR edit versioning within Versions on the same image gets messy. That makes it easier to remember to tag, at minimum. I know file duplication isn't ideal, or how you're really supposed to handle things, but it does just end up being a lot easier versioning-wise.

[Charlie.D]

Hello @umlautnord 

I converted your post to an idea, because it implies an interesting and useful feature request that other users may find useful and may want to vote for it. 

I do find that I can search for "hdr" and if I opt to search for just that text string and not the suggested "HDR" badge that's offered, then search does seem to highlight images (and video) in which HDR is enabled.  Still, I wonder if there could be some easier way to find HDR-enabled images like a smart album or something.

Thanks for posting!

[umlautnord]

Cool, thanks for converting. I tried just searching for "hdr" as you suggested—I seem to only get things with "hdr" somewhere in the filename and/or a keyword that includes "hdr" in some way, rather than necessarily having HDR editing enabled. Admittedly, there's a lot of overlap there (I've done a decent job of keywording thus far, and often use the feature on Lightroom-generated HDR images), but it's not perfect. Would be great to have a more consistent way of finding/ID'ing specifically those that are in HDR edit mode. Thanks again!

[umlautnord]

Quick note for others needing/wanting this: this is now a filter that is available for smart collections in Lightroom Classic. As a workaround, I'm using that plus Jeffrey Friedl's smart collections sync plugin (http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/smart-collection-sync). Obviously only good if you use Classic and sync, and it is definitely just an imperfect workaround so hopefully will see this in Lightroom itself. But if you really need it, that's an option.