Graphics Programs Reference
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Step Eight:
This brings up the Create Collection dialog
you see here, where you type in a name for
this collection, and below it you can assign
it to a set (we haven't talked about sets yet,
or created any sets, or even admitted that
they exist. So for now, leave the Set pop-up
menu at None, but don't worry, sets are
coming soon enough). In the Collection
Options section, you want your collection
to include the photos you selected (your
Picks) in the previous step, and because
you made a selection first, this checkbox is
already turned on for you. For now, leave
the Make New Virtual Copies checkbox
turned off, then click the Create button.
Step Nine:
Now you've got a collection of just your
keepers from that shoot, and anytime you
want to see these keepers, just go to the
Collections panel and click on the collec-
tion named Katie Wedding Picks (as seen
here). Just in case you were wondering,
collections don't affect the actual photos
on your computer—these are just “work-
ing collections” for our convenience, so
we can delete photos from our collec-
tions and it doesn't affect the real photos
(they're still in their folder on your com-
puter, except for the Rejects we deleted
earlier, before we created this collection).
Note:
If you're an Apple iPod or iPhone
owner, then you're familiar with Apple's
iTunes software and how you create
playlists of your favorite songs (like big
hair bands of the '80s, or party music,
or classic rock, etc.). When you remove
a song from a playlist, it doesn't delete it
from your hard disk (or your main iTunes
Music Library), it just removes it from
that particular playlist, right? Well, you
can think of collections in Lightroom as
kind of the same thing, but instead of
songs, they're photos.
