Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
When you create collections, they're a more permanent way of keeping your
photos organized into separate albums (by permanent, I mean that when you
relaunch Lightroom months later, your collections are still there—but of course,
you can also choose to delete a collection, so they're never really that permanent).
However, sometimes you want to just group a few photos temporarily, and you
don't actually want to save these groupings long term. That's where Quick
Collections can come in handy.
Collection Instead
Step One:
There are a lot of reasons why you might
want a temporary collection, but most of
the time I use Quick Collections when I
need to throw a quick slide show together,
especially if I need to use images from a
number of different collections. For example,
let's say I get a call from a potential client,
and they want to see some examples of
football games I've shot. I'd go to a recent
football game shoot, click on its Selects
collection, and then double-click on an
image to look at them in Loupe view. When
I see one I want in my slide show, I just press
the letter
B
to add it to my Quick Collection
(you get a message onscreen to show you
that it has been added).
Step Two:
Now I go to another football game collection
and do the same thing—each time I see an
image that I want in my slide show, I press
B and it's added, so in no time I can whip
through 10 or 15 “Best of” collections and
mark the ones I want in my slide show as
I go. (You can also add photos to your
Quick Collection by clicking on the little
round circle that appears in the top-right
corner of each thumbnail in the Grid view
when you move your cursor over the
thumbnail—it'll turn gray when you click
on it. You can hide the gray dot by pressing
Command-J [PC: Ctrl-J]
, clicking on the
Grid View tab up top, then turning off the
checkbox for Quick Collection Markers, as
shown on the right here.)
